US cancels VISAS of oppositions linked to Aragoncilo case

[yankee1264]

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Canceled US VISAS

Joseph Estrada
Panfilo Lacson
JV Ejercito
Boying Remulla
Rodito Albano
Anulfo Fuentebella

from ABS-CBN news.com

[LytSlpr]

Kaluoy ni Lacson, he is not that straight, smart and scheming after all... (as if we don't know that)

Erap's right hand's cohorts are now in jail.

Wa mag silbi ilang pagka marukoy kay Uncle Sam. Na-piksan pa gyud Sen. Aquilino Pimentel. Ka-uwaw, former President and an incumbent Senator di na maka tungtong ug America. Maayo pa ang nag TNT, hehehe!!!

Lacson will have his day for all the evil he has done. Mao na? Nidagan pagka Presidente? Worst, naa pa gyud mamotar. Much worst, SEEMINGLY normal and sane individuals, campaign for him kay straight and no-nonesense daw si Ping. Only in the Philippines...

[bluefairy]

LOL. ka uwaw oi.

[LytSlpr]

Hala, mga fans ni Ping diri paningog mo. I want to hear your conspiracy theories why Uncle Sam did this to your superhero idol.

[omar50071]

Kaluoy ni Lacson, he is not that straight, smart and scheming after all... (as if we don't know that)

Erap's right hand's cohorts are now in jail.

Wa mag silbi ilang pagka marukoy kay Uncle Sam. Na-piksan pa gyud Sen. Aquilino Pimentel. Ka-uwaw, former President and an incumbent Senator di na maka tungtong ug America. Maayo pa ang nag TNT, hehehe!!!

Lacson will have his day for all the evil he has done. Mao na? Nidagan pagka Presidente? Worst, naa pa gyud mamotar. Much worst, SEEMINGLY normal and sane individuals, campaign for him kay straight and no-nonesense daw si Ping. Only in the Philippines...

Murag ma una pa kag ka ihaw before ma priso si Lacson....hahaha

Ngano init man jud ka dugo ni Lacson yads?

So what kung ma cancel ilaha visa sa US, as if US is the only place to go.

[godsaint]

Mao gyud!

[SamuraiArcher]

unsa man reacation sa mga gikuha-an ug US VIsa?

[bud_boy79]

thats good news!!!

[adminroot]

...link please.

[adminroot]

nevermind. got it hehe.

WOOHOOOOO!

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US State Dept revokes visas of Erap, others in espionage case

By CES DRILON
ABS-CBN News

ang dagway sa hinampak



The US State Department has revoked the US visas of at least six current and former government officials, in connection with the first known case of espionage from within the White House involving naturalized FIlipino American Leandro Aragoncillo last year.

But a close Estrada associate, whose visa was cancelled, estimates fifteen to twenty opposition figures suffered the cancellation of their visas, including former President Joseph Estrada and former House Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella.

In July 2007, a Federal Court in New Jersey sentenced Aragoncillo, a naturalized Filipino-American intelligence analyst who worked for US Vice-President Richard "Dick" Cheney, to ten years imprisonment.

He was charged for stealing classified information about President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and passing it on to known opposition leaders in the Philippines.

Former member of the Lower House Gilbert Remulla received a letter from the US Embassy in June last year informing him of the cancellation of his US visa.

The letter cited the US Immigration and Nationality Act which "prohibits the issuance of a visa to anyone who seeks to engage in espionage against the US, as well as for sabotage and/or illegal export from the US of goods, technology and sensitive information."

Remulla said he has appealed his case and reapplied for a visa but was told by a US consular official that Washington would have to review his application. In contrast, his children were granted visas valid for ten years.

The former 2nd district of Cavite representative said he may have been a recipient of a group e-mail sent by Aragoncillo, although he doesn't recall having read it.

He added he does not know Aragoncillo personally and has never communicated with him, other than the possible group e-mail. Remulla protested the US action as being too arbitrary.

Remulla chaired a House investigation into the "Hello Garci" scandal at the height of the impeachment move against President Arroyo in 2005.

President Estrada, Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and former Speaker Fuentebella, who were identified as Aragoncillo's co-conspirators in court filings on the case, denied their visas were cancelled. A Senate source, however, disclosed the visas of two staff members of Senator Lacson have been revoked.

President Estrada claimed his visa merely lapsed while he was in jail on plunder charges. He said he had gone to the US embassy last week to apply for a new visa and for fingerprinting. Estrada said he plans to visit the US in late June or after he travels to Beijing, China for the Olympics in August.

An Estrada associate whose visa had been cancelled, but asked not to be named, said had Presisent Estrada's visa been cancelled, the matter would have been moot since the Sandiganbayan had cancelled his passport during his plunder trial.

The Estrada associate also said he had warned the former President not to attempt to step on US soil because he risks facing arrest in connection with the espionage case.

Other officials whose US visas were revoked include a congressman and a Metro Manila mayor identified with the opposition.

The US Embassy declined to comment on the issue, saying privacy regulations on an individual's visa status prevent them from disclosing any information.