Senators have adopted a panel’s report that recommended, among others, the filing of charges against former officials and other personalities involved in the P50 million bribery scandal that rocked the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in 2016. It was Sombero who reportedly handed over the P50 million in five paper bags containing P10 million each to Argosino and Robles. A case of direct bribery, on the other hand, was recommended against the former BI intelligence chief Charles Calima, who was also implicated in the scandal. READ: On BI scandal, Gordon sees extortion, not briberyGordon’s panel said BI Commissioner Jaime Morente should also be directed to explain the lapses in monitoring the entry and activities of illegal foreign national. Before adopting the report, Gordon urged the Office of the Ombudsman to follow through the cases against the said public officials to ensure that they be held accountable.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 20, 2018 10:52 UTC