Solons React to Expulsion of PH Ambassador to Kuwait by Macon Araneta| Filam Star Correspondent
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(415) 593-5955 or (650) 278-0692 May 3 - 9, 2018 Human rights groups slam release of ‘narco-list’ before barangay elections Joint ventures with Russia in By Daniel Llanto | FilAm Star Correspondent aerospace, automotive, power A few weeks before the May 14 village or voting for them. generation equipment explored barangay elections, the Department of Interior The release that crushes the chances of those and Local Governments (DILG) and Philippine listed for election especially because the Commis- By Lara Climaco Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) released sion on Human Rights (CHR) said, the barangay FilAm Star Correspondent the so-called “narco-list” of over 200 barangay officials listed were yet to be charged in court. officials across the country allegedly involved in PDEA Director Aaron Aquino said the narco- Joint-venture projects involving transport illegal drugs thus forewarning the public against list includes three village chairmen in Central infrastructure or construction, aerospace, iron Visayas, one each in Western Visayas and the and steel, automotive, power generation equip- HRW researcher Carlos Conde ment, minerals processing and agriculture are be- (Photo: www.hrw.org) TO PAGE A7 ing explored to expand the Philippines’ economic ties with Russia. Solons react to expulsion of PH ambassador to Kuwait By Macon Araneta| FilAm Star Correspondent Vi Holding Vice-president Valery Krasnov (middle) (Photo: www.gettyimages.co.uk) The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced April 26 that Russian companies were bullish on these potential investment areas, especially agriculture, aerospace and power. A 21- man delegation from Russia, led by Ministry of Economic Development Deputy Minister Alexey Gruzdev, visited the country on April 19 and participated in roundtable and business matching activities with Philippine counterparts. “I hope this meeting showed our sincere desire to be more than just friends and develop a mutually beneficial economic cooperation with the Philippines,” Gruzdev was quoted in DTI’s (L-R) Senators Loren Legarda, Vicente Sotto III, and Risa Hontiveros statement. (Photos: www.lorenlegarda.com.ph / www.notey.com / www. senate.gov.ph) During the meeting, DTI officials took turns in promoting strategic partnerships in the he expulsion of the Philippine ambassador to Kuwait is both un- even if it means trampling on the sovereignty of a nation-state and strain- preferred investment areas and assured Russian Tfortunate and shameful, said Sen. Risa Hontiveros. ing long-nurtured bilateral relations,” stressed Hontiveros. businessmen of the Philippine government’s full She said this exposes overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to greater risk The opposition Senator also reminded the Duterte government that support. and reveals the Duterte government’s haphazard and amateurish approach foreign policy is not simply a social media blitz. She said it is the careful “There are number of trade and investment to foreign policy. and diplomatic promotion and safeguarding of a nation’s interests while opportunities that the Philippines can offer to “Rescuing our abused OFWs is correct. What is patently wrong is to recognizing multilateral and bilateral relations with other countries. TO PAGE A7 exploit the rescue of our distressed kababayan to score propaganda points TO PAGE A7 American resort owner in Boracay to be deported Tourism Sec. Wanda Tulfo-Teo rails vs. By William Casis | FilAm Star Correspondent report linking her to Tulfos in media said, arrested was Randall Lee Parker, 52, whose By Daniel Llanto | FilAm Star Correspondent U.S. residence not immediately available. The Bureau’s intelligence operatives pounced on the American national inside the premises of revealed checks amounting to about PHP 60 The Artienda at Station Two, formerly known as million were issued by PTV-4 to the Tulfo broth- Crown Beach Hotel in Boracay. ers’ Bitag Media Unlimited Inc., which produces Morente said he issued a mission order for the “Kilos Pronto” program for the government Parker’s arrest after a complaint was filed with network. the BI about his business activities in running the “I don’t think this is incompetence on my resort without the appropriate work permit or part. As Secretary of Tourism, ang dami kong visa. ginagawa. Hindi lang ito ang dapat kong tingnan “He will undergo deportation proceedings for at tuunan ng pansin. Wala na kong pakialam illegally working in the country,” said Morente. kung ilalagay nila (the advertisement) sa kapatid He noted that both the Labor Code and ko,” Teo said at a Department of Tourism (DoT) the Immigration Act strictly forbids aliens from news briefing in Makati. “The contract is between PTV-4 and DoT Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente engaging in gainful activity unless they obtain (Photo: www.youtube.com) a work permit from the labor department and because the requirement of the President is that employment visa from the BI. (L-R) DOT Usec. Pompee La Vina and Sec. Wanda Teo we support the government,” she added. (Photo: www.newsinfo.inquirer.net) An American beach resort owner in Boracay, He also disclosed that Parker has been in the As soon as CoA made the report public, Ben Aklan was arrested by agents of the Bureau of Im- Philippines as a tourist for almost two years and, The Commission on Audit’s (CoA’s) report Tulfo took to social media to claim that a former migration (BI) for working without permit, barely by engaging in gainful work, he blatantly violated on a nine-minute ad aired on People’s TV 4 casts Social Security Systems commissioner fired by a day before the shutdown of the country’s top the conditions of his stay as a temporary visitor. a cloud of suspicion Tourism Sec. Wanda Tulfo- President Duterte and re-appointed to the DoT tourist destination. Lawyer Antonette Bucasas-Mangrobang, BI Teo and media’s Tulfo brothers. leaked the CoA report. 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Although fraud coal, sugary drinks, cigarettes “Thus, for the poorest 50 not result in the deprivation of