Tag: Akbayan

Palace: Deported EU party official violated immigration laws for engaging in “partisan political activities” as tourist

(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Monday, April 16, said it was only exercising its sovereignty when it blocked the entry of a European socialist party politician for violation of immigration laws, and ordered him deported. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that Giacomo Filibeck, who was stopped at the immigration counter of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu on Sunday, April 15, had, after all, been blacklisted for violating the law provision that prohibits tourists staying in […]

Akbayan calls on Aguirre to resign

  (Eagle News) — Resign now. Members of Akbayan trooped to the Department of Justice on Monday to  demand for the resignation of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre. This was following news Janet Lim Napoles was provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program after she executed another affidavit supposedly providing additional details about the pork barrel scam. Earlier, drug cases filed against Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim and others were junked by a DOJ panel of prosecutors. […]