Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has barred former President Benigno Aquino III, three former members of his Cabinet and five officials of a French pharmaceutical company from leaving the Philippines without his consent. The order is the administration’s latest move in the P3.5-billion Dengvaxia controversy. Aguirre signed the immigration lookout bulletin order (Ilbo) against Aquino and the others on Saturday night, according to Justice Undersecretary Erickson Balmes. The immunization program was launched toward the end of the Aquino administration. “We thus deem the issuance of an Ilbo against the subject persons prudent in order to at least monitor the itineraries of their flight, travel and/or whereabouts,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 24, 2017 23:03 UTC