THE Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the government in its bid to recover the prime “Mile Long” properties in Makati City from the wealthy Rufino and Prieto families.

President Rodrigo Duterte has accused the Rufino and Prieto families, which control the Philippine Daily Inquirer, of obtaining a lease over the properties that he claimed was disadvantageous to the government, as well as non-payment of rentals and tax evasion.

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