ROTARY CLUB OF MANILA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2015 VOL. XXIX NO. 127 2 Sections 24 Pages P18 SATURDAY : JUNE 27, 2015 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph
BINAY HITS ROXAS FOR MRT WOES
Boodle fight. Vice President Jejomar Binay, Rep. Toby Tiangco and Mayor John Rey Tiangco join a boodle fight with the residents of Navotas City on Friday. MANNY PALMERO
By Vito Barcelo and Sandy Araneta
VICE President Jejomar Binay lashed out at Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II for the first time on Friday, blaming him for the misery of commuters who ride the Metro Rail Transit, which he said deteriorated under Roxas’ watch when he was Transport secretary. “For the Filipino people, it’s no joke to ride daily the MRT trains that constantly break down,” Binay said, addressing Roxas directly. “And it is certainly not laughable to consider that despite the vaunted economic growth, many of our people are mired in poverty and are starving. This is serious, Mr. Roxas. It’s not a joke,” Binay said. Binay was reacting to Roxas’ remark that it was laughable that Binay would claim the Aquino administration was callous and incompetent. Next page
Don’t pressure House, peace panel warned By Maricel V. Cruz LAWMAKERS blasted the government’s chief negotiator Miriam Ferrer Friday for linking the disarming of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels to the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), saying Congress should not be pressured this way. “The peace process is always an issue of trust. Congress should not be threatened,” said Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said, reacting to Ferrer’s statement that there would be no further turnover of weapons by the MILF unless Next page the BBL is passed.
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