ROTARY CLUB OF MANILA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2015 VOL. XXIX NO. 118 3 Sections 32 Pages P18 WEDNESDAY : JUNE 17, 2015 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph
Lawmaker vents ire on journalist A LAWMAKER has moved to cite a senior reporter of The Standard for contempt after she repeatedly refused to divulge her sources for stories on the alleged payoff made to members of the House of Representatives for the swift passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). Next page
WANG’S LAWYER MET BI EXECS, MISON SAYS IMMIGRATION Commissioner Siegfred Mison confirmed Tuesday a story published by The Standard that a meeting had been arranged between a representative of the Chinese fugitive Wang Bo and Associate Commissioners Gilberto Repizo and Abudllah Mangotara. Mison told the House committee on good government and public accountability that he received the information about the meeting from “a friend of the Chinese Embassy” in Manila, journalist Benny Antiporda. The House panel is investigating allegations that Immigration officials issued a release order for Wang’s released in exchange for millions of pesos, some of which was allegedly used to bribe lawmakers into approving the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). In the June 9 hearing before the same panel, Mison denied The Standard’s story, insisting that he never spoke to the newspaper’s senior reporter, Christine Herrera. Next page
Wang in the House. Detained Chinese national Wang Bo is escorted by security men into the House of Representatives on Tuesday during the continuation of the hearing on his alleged bribery. Inset, Standard reporters (from left) Maricel V. Cruz, Rey E. Requejo and Christine F. Herrera testify at the hearing. LINO SANTOS
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