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CEBU CITY mdash; A lawyer was arrested for bringing marijuana at the Mactan Cebu International Airport on Friday.Lawyer Caesar Antonio Tabotabo, 55, was caught when the airportrsquo body scanner detected the contraband on the lawyerrsquo pockets.The dried marijuana leaves were placed inside a crumpled cigarette box.Article continues after this advertisement Tabotabo declined stanley vaso to issue a statement to the media.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFO7 bakery workers killed in Cupang, Antipolo City stabbingNEWSINFOLacson to PNP: Recover ransom in Que slay case to regain public trustBut Leia Albiar-Alcantara, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, said Tabotabo claimed that the dried marijuana leaves were part of the evidence he got from a client.Accordingly, it dried marijuana leaves was owned by his client and he Tabotabo allegedly forgot to return it, Alcantara told the Inquirer.Tabotabo is now under hospital arrest upon the recommendation of his doctor.Meanwhile, the Integrated Bar of the Philippinesrsquo; IBP Cebu City Chapter was surprised about Tabotaborsquo arrest.Article continues after this advertisement stanley us We are saddened of this current incident that a member of the legal profession was implicated in this case, said lawyer Regal Oliva stanley us , IBP Cebu City Chapter president.We just hope that Atty. Caesar Tabotabo will be accorded due process and we hope that the f Kmrv Cambridge Analytica issue: Palace says Duterte won fair and square

A bill that seeks to revise the Corporation Code to strengthen and simplify corporate governance standards was approved by the bicameral conference committee on Monday.The reconciled House and Senate versions of the measure was approved by the committee amid the latest Ease of Doing Business Report of the World Bank which showed that the overall ranking of the Philippines fell to the 124th place, out of 190 economies, from its previous place at 113th.Article continues after this advertisement READ: PH ease of doing business rank falls to 124thFEATURED STORIESNEWSINFO7 bakery workers killed in Cupang, Antipolo City stabbingNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOLacson to PNP: Recover ransom in Que slay case to regain public trustWe are proud to lead the chamber in passing this landmark legislation that will remove the barriers hindering the entry of both small and large enterprises into the market, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, principal sponsor and author of Senate Bill No. 1280, said in a statement.Drilonrsquo bill seeks to amend the decades-old Corporation Code of the Philippines.One of our difficulties today is our laws ha stanley hrnek ve n termo stanley ot been updated. As a result, in terms of our ranking in the ease of doing business we are lagging behind, especially in the areas of starting a business where the country was ranked 166th, Drilon said.The senator noted that ope stanley usa ning a business in the country under the old law is ldqu