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(Eagle News) — US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton will face court martial proceedings in the United States. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was what US authorities said during Pemberton’s pre-trial over the Laude killing in 2014. “Pag-uwi raw po ni Pemberton tuloy pa rin ‘yung kanyang court martial proceedings at doon po malalaman kung meron pang additional na parusang ipapataw sa kanya at yung kanyang qualification to remain in service,” Roque said […]
(Eagle News)–American soldier Joseph Scott Pemberton is now banned from re-entering the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration said on Monday, Sept. 14. According to immigration bureau chief Jaime Morente, this was since Pemberton, who was deported on Sunday, has already been placed on the bureau’s blacklist. He said the American soldier has been on that list since Sept. 16, 2015, when he was ordered deported by the bureau’s Board of Commissioners for being an undesirable […]
(Eagle News)–US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton has been deported from the Philippines. Immigration bureau spokesperson Dana Sandoval said in a television interview that the military plane carrying the American national took off from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Sunday, at 9:14 a.m. Pemberton’s deportation came after President Rodrigo Duterte granted him absolute pardon over the 2014 Laude killing in Olongapo. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said with the absolute pardon, Pemberton could now […]
MANILA, Philippines — Marc Sueselbeck, the German fiancé of slain Filipino transgender, Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude, left the Philippines Saturday after apologizing to Filipinos for his behavior, saying he was not aware of the “political part” of what he had done. ”If any Philippine person felt disrespected with what I did, I first want to apologize to all Philippine people. I always respected you. I want to say sorry to you all,” Sueselbeck said before boarding […]
In the light of the Laude killing, United States Ambasador Philip Goldberg reaffirms the commitment of his country to the Philippines.
