VOL. XXIX NO. 132 3 Sections 32 Pages P18 THURSday : JULy 2, 2015 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph
Marshall Plan for Mindanao proposed
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binay stEPs down ‘I cannot allow more to get hurt,’ mayor says By Joel E. Zurbano
MAKATI City Mayor Jejormar Erwin Binay Jr. vacated his post Wednesday to serve the six-month preventive suspension order against him in connection with the alleged irregularities in the construction of Makati Science High School. Binay said he vacated his post to avoid further disruption and other untoward incidents similar to Tuesday’s violence in front of city hall where several supporters of his family and members of the anti-riot police squad were injured. “I cannot allow more people to get hurt. I will leave city hall temporarily with a heavy heart. We have filed a petition with the Court of Appeals for us to get a temporary restraining order, and this is not the end,” said Binay in a speech before hundreds of supNext page porters.
Marquez to succeed Purisima at Crame?
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ERC head charged for pork scandal
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Out of city hall. Makati Mayor Junjun Binay is flanked by his parents Vice President Jejomar Binay and Dr. Elenita Binay after he stepped down from city hall on Wednesday following his suspension by the Ombudsman. Ey AcAsiO
Public services remain suspended at city hall By Joel E. Zurbano PUBLIC services will remain suspended in the country’s financial capital until Thursday because police are searching for bombs in the Makati City Hall vacated by
Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr., who was suspended by the Ombudsman. Vice Mayor Romulo Peña, who took over as acting mayor, postponed a meeting with division heads of the city government and
city councilors, and met with barangay leaders instead. No reason was given for the postponement. “We were not allowed to use the building because of the ongoing inventory there. But this is
temporarily, we have to respect it and wait for the police to give us a clearance. As I was saying, we are not eager to move in and for me, my priority is my constituents,” Peña said during a press Next page conference.