SPEAKER Pantaleon Alvarez and Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio “Tonyboy” Floirendo Jr. all but admitted Wednesday that animosity involving their women got in the way of their once strong alliance.

Alvarez has filed a graft complaint against Floirendo before the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with the 2003 joint venture between the Floirendo family-owned banana firm Tagum Agricultural Development Corp. (Tadeco) and the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), which supposedly allowed Tadeco to lease part of land of the Davao Penal Colony at a bargain.

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