RotaRy club of manila newspapeR of the yeaR 2015 VOL. XXIX NO. 125 3 Sections 32 Pages P18 thurSday : JuNE 25, 2015 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph
Poe tops survey of possible Veeps
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2 bi execs sanctioned Mangotara, Repizo hit by Mison order By Vito Barcelo
IMMIGRATION Commissioner Siegfred Mison has stripped the authority of Associate Commissioners Abdullah Mangotara and Gilberto Repizo and Executive Director Eric Dimaculangan, to sign documents in the wake of a bribery scandal that has rocked the bureau. The move was prompted by allegations that suspected Chinese crime lord Wang Bo had paid Immigration officials P400 million in exchange for a reversal of his deportation order. Under an administrative order issued by Mison, Mangotara, Repizo and Dimaculangan will no longer be able to sign documents pertaining to visa issuances and extensions, alien registration and citizenship, the lifting of orders and all other significant immigration matters. The three have been limited to reviewing, collecting and coordinating issues from the divisions, sections and units. Immigration spokesperson Elaine Tan, meanwhile, clarified that Eric Dimaculangan was not fired from the bureau, contrary to reports. Next page
After the break. Vice President Jejomar Binay delivers a speech a day after resigning from the Cabinet. Ey AcAsio
Binay declares himself leader of opposition TWO days after resigning from the Cabinet, Vice President Jejomar Binay on Wednesday declared himself as head of the opposition in the 2016 national and local elections. “I’m Jojo Binay, your vice president, [and] I’m proud to be a real Filipino in heart and mind. I’ll will be with you for better or for worse, and now will lead the opposition,” Binay said in a televised press briefing at the Co-
conut Palace in Pasay City. In his speech, Binay vowed to offer the Filipino people a compassionate and effective government. ”It is my dream to have an effective government so that more, and not few, will benefit from the economic growth that we will achieve,” Binay said. ”We should have a government which listens and have real concerns especially to the
poor,” he added. The Vice President said he is fighting for a government that would let justice and peace reign, and one that would strive to create more jobs to help the needy. Binay denounced the selective justice of the Aquino administration, criticizing the apparent disparity between the treatment of the opposition versus those allied with the ruling party. Next page
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