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PERFECT SCORE FOR THE PROSEC When asked for her assessment on the performance of the prosecution today, House prosecution counsel Lorna Kapunan says that she would give a perfect score to her team. Kapunan also expressed her satisfaction with their first witness, NBI agent John Mark Calilung who undergone...

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SISON CALLS OUT LIGUTAN IN OPEN COURT WATCH: Lead defense lawyer Sheila Sison calls out counsel for prosecution Amando Ligutan about his post, reminding lawyers and law students that misleading questions are not allowed on cross examination. The post came out shortly after defense lawyer Kristine Ferrer said "they are allowed" after opposing counsel Lorna Kapunan just mentioned that misleading questions are not allowed in cross examination. Sison argued that Ferrer was not pertaining to that, but rather on the matter that questions answerable by yes or no are allowed. | Lance Mejico

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