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If the acknowledgment receipts were truthful, how could Vice President Sara Duterte's special disbursing officer have handed out confidential funds in different parts of the Philippines on a single day?

MANILA, Philippines – Why did the prosecution have to invoke Superman for a moment during Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial?

The comic book superhero found his way into the records of the high-stakes proceedings on Tuesday, August 11, as private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan tried to underscore how physically impossible it was for the special disbursing officers (SDO) of Duterte’s offices to be in various locations across the Philippines in a single day to release her confidential funds.