The Standard - 2015 July 01 - Wednesday

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VOL. XXIX NO. 131 3 Sections 32 Pages P18 wedNeSday : JULy 1, 2015 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph

Roxas tells Binay: You don’t own your city

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SuSPenSiOn CRiSiS ShutS makati CitY

By Joel E. Zurbano and Rey E. Requejo

WORK in local courts and government offices in Makati City was suspended Tuesday after violence erupted in front of city hall as supporters of Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr. tried to stop the authorities from serving a suspension order against the mayor. The supporters threw plastic chairs at anti-riot policemen and personnel from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) who posted a copy of the three-page preventive suspension order against Binay and other city officials in front of city hall.

At least eight supporters and a female police officer were hurt during the scuffle that erupted around 8 a.m. The DILG personnel hurriedly left the area after posting the order from the Office of the OmNext page budsman.

Once more. Supporters of Makati Mayor Junjun Binay clash with policemen who were ordered to serve the suspension order against the mayor in front of City Hall. Ey AcAsiO

Comelec declares failure of PCOS bid

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Ombudsman fires Purisima from PNP By Francisco Tuyay THE Ombudsman on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of former Philippine National Police chief Alan Purisima and 10 other PNP officials for entering into an anomalous contract with a courier service, WerFast Documentary Agency in 2011. In a 50-page consolidated decision, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales found substantial evidence to hold Purisima liable for grave misconduct, serious dishonesty, and grave abuse of authority. “Evidence shows not only that Purisima knew what

he was doing in signing the (Police Director Gil) Meneses memorandum but that he himself exerted pressure and coercion over his subordinates on behalf of WerFast,” the decision stated. Aside from dismissal from the service, other penalties include forfeiture of retirement benefits, cancellation of eligibility, and perpetual disqualification from re-employment in government service. The 10 others meted the same fate were PNP Firearms and Explosives Office (FEO) Chief Superintendent Raul Petrasanta, Chief Superintendent Napoleon Next page


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