'Pastillas' scheme whistleblower under witness protection custody, says Guevarra !-- -- Kristine Joy Patag (Philstar.com) - February 21, 2020 - 12:35pm MANILA, Philippines Immigration officer Allison Chiong,"pwa class="pwa-mark pwa-mark-done" data-pwa-category="spelling" data-pwa-dictionary-word="pastillas" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="Unknown word: pastillas" data-pwa-id="pwa-D636C992E135722748A3644FDE2D886A" data-pwa-rule-id="SIMPLE_SPELLING" data-pwa-suggestions="pastillespastillas/pwa" scheme whistleblower, is now under the custody of Department of Justice's Witness Protection Program, said Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra Friday.

"The whistleblower is under the custody of the WPP. We took him in upon the request of Sen.

Risa Hontiveros and the Senate President [Vicente pwa class="pwa-mark pwa-mark-done" data-pwa-category="grammar" data-pwa-dictionary-word=""" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="The document has two opening quotation marks in a row before a closing one. If this is because you're using nested quotation marks, the inner pair should be singles.

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The WPP is a program under the Justice department and created through Republic Act 6981, "to encourage a person who has witnessed or has knowledge of the commission of a crime to testify before a court or a quasi-judicial body, or before an investigating authority, by protecting him from reprisals and from economic dislocation." Immigration Officerpwa class="pwa-mark-done" data-pwa-category data-pwa-dictionary-word="I Chiong" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="Incorrect named entity spelling: I Chiong" data-pwa-id="pwa-8CA78495455F8FF222CF90C0DAD543EC" data-pwa-rule-id="SIMPLE_SPELLING" data-pwa-suggestions="I Chinpwa class="pwa-mark pwa-mark-done" data-pwa-category="spelling" data-pwa-dictionary-word="I Chiong" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="Incorrect named entity spelling: I Chiong" data-pwa-id="pwa-FC4390CB7DE040BFE77825EFCCD73EF3" data-pwa-rule-id="SIMPLE_SPELLING" data-pwa-suggestions="I ChinI Chiong/pwa/pwanarrated before the Senate panel Thursday that Bureau officers check arriving Chinese passengers against a list, provided by Chinese travel agenciesand wouldpwa class="pwa-mark-done" data-pwa-category data-pwa-dictionary-word="be let" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="Passive verbs make your writing less direct.

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Chiongalso named BI officers who supposedly took part in the scheme:pwa class="pwa-mark pwa-mark-done" data-pwa-category="spelling" data-pwa-dictionary-word="Totoy" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="Unknown word: Totoy" data-pwa-id="pwa-7B9FDD8084A68AA4B395F80A22974E06" data-pwa-rule-id="SIMPLE_SPELLING" data-pwa-suggestions="The~It~Toton~Tota~TotosTotoy/pwa pwa class="pwa-mark pwa-mark-done" data-pwa-category="spelling" data-pwa-dictionary-word="Magbuhos" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="Unknown word: Magbuhos" data-pwa-id="pwa-A40B2ADF83C8657989578C46020C9FDF" data-pwa-rule-id="SIMPLE_SPELLING" data-pwa-suggestions="megabytes~megabits~Megabytes~megabars~goombahsMagbuhos/pwa, Deon Albao (alias "Nancy"), Paul Borja (alias "Lisa"), Anthony Lopez (alias "AL") and Dennis Robles (alias "DR"), who occupy various pwa class="pwa-mark pwa-mark-done" data-pwa-category="spelling" data-pwa-dictionary-word="plantilla" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="Unknown word: plantilla" data-pwa-id="pwa-7A6CFDFCCC0BDD83D2CC67D09DD206C8" data-pwa-rule-id="SIMPLE_SPELLING" data-pwa-suggestions="potentiallyplantilla/pwa positions within the bureau. He also identified Bien Guevarra, Glenn pwa class="pwa-mark pwa-mark-done" data-pwa-category="spelling" data-pwa-dictionary-word="Comia" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="Unknown word: Comia" data-pwa-id="pwa-059B383E7AE3FD839F1278D160485955" data-pwa-rule-id="SIMPLE_SPELLING" data-pwa-suggestions="Comai~Gomia~Colia~Coia~ComaComia/pwa and Den pwa class="pwa-mark pwa-mark-done" data-pwa-category="spelling" data-pwa-dictionary-word="Binsol" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="Unknown word: Binsol" data-pwa-id="pwa-B12B34DD88891805235D9F0D2702A61F" data-pwa-rule-id="SIMPLE_SPELLING" data-pwa-suggestions="Bingall~Bingol~Bissol~bones~counselBinsol/pwa, chiefs of the Travel Control and Enforcement Unit of terminals at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

They supposedly"took over" collecting fees from Chinese passengers for their "seamless" entry into the country. 'Undocumented' Chinese nationals to pwa class="pwa-mark pwa-mark-done" data-pwa-category="style" data-pwa-dictionary-word="be deported" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="Passive verbs make your writing less direct.

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