Airport Immigration Exec Sacked for Shouting at Luli

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Wala siyang kagatul-gatol na sigawan pa yung sumita sa mali niyang gawain. Ibig sabihin lang, sanay na siya sa ganung baluktot na katwiran, probably only one in a long list of incidents that he has never been punished for. Ke tanda-tanda na eh, wala pa ring pinagkatandaan. Tapos magda-drama siya at mangiyak-ngiyak na hihingi ng tawad, para ano, ulitin yun sa ibang tao na hindi konektado sa gobyerno? Ni hindi nga niya na-justify kung bakit niya pinasingit yung foreigner.

That arrogant immigration jerk deserves to be fired from his job, and all benefits taken away from him. Ngayon pa niya naisip yung pamilya niya, kung kelan na siya napuruhan ng kalokohan niya.

[greenlyt]

That arrogant immigration jerk deserves to be fired from his job, and all benefits taken away from him. Ngayon pa niya naisip yung pamilya niya, kung kelan na siya napuruhan ng kalokohan niya.

Tama! dapat masampolan yan.. para magsilbing aral sa iba pang imigration officer..... kung pwde pa sialng matuto

[XTO]

sana matuto na s'ya sa susunod. be vigilant kung merong mata.

[squatt3r]

nakarma ang matanda.
kaya ako kahit na mahaba yung pila ng medyo bata bata dun sa immigration dun na ako pumipila kesa makipagtalo sa mga matatanda

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Arroyo daughter comes to defense of Filipinos in NAIA queue


By Nikko Dizon
Inquirer
Last updated 05:48am (Mla time) 11/02/2006

Published on Page A1 of the November 2, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

THE USUALLY low-key First Daughter questioned an immigration officer who had allowed a foreigner to jump the line of passengers waiting to be checked in at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport yesterday afternoon, according to a source at the NAIA.

But the clueless officer did not recognize Evangeline Lourdes “Luli” Arroyo, and even demanded that she wait, said the source, who asked not to be identified for lack of authority to speak with the media.

The officer, who was later identified as Edgar Padlan, is now on “floating” status, the source said.

Luli, accompanied by her sister-in-law, Kakai Manotok-Arroyo, and the latter’s young daughter, was on her way to Hong Kong to join her parents, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Jose Miguel Arroyo.

This was how the source recounted the turn of events:

The Arroyos were waiting in line at the Bureau of Immigration’s special lane for diplomats and VIPs when Luli saw that the foreigner had cut the line and the immigration officer had started processing his travel documents.

Luli went over to the officer and asked why he had allowed the foreigner to get ahead of everyone else.

Why Filipinos?

To the surprise of onlookers, the officer snapped at Luli: “Hindi ka ba marunong maghintay (Don’t you know how to wait)?!”

The source said Luli was “obviously peeved” and was heard retorting: “Bakit kaming mga Pilipino ang pinapagalitan mo? Bakit hindi yung foreigner (Why are you scolding us Filipinos? Why not the foreigner)?”

This was how the source told the rest of the story:

The immigration officer’s colleagues vainly tried to get his attention to subtly tell him that he was talking to the First Couple’s only daughter.

Eventually, the officer’s supervisor stepped in and explained to Luli that the foreigner was late for his flight and that his papers had to be expedited.

Luli replied that that was all she was waiting for -- a proper explanation to the other passengers waiting in line.

“It actually looked like a scene from a gag show. He was completely clueless who Luli was. Supposedly, he even told Luli that she shouldn’t be in that lane because it was reserved for diplomats and VIPs,” the source said.

And where was Luli’s close-in guards from the Presidential Security Group the entire time?

According to the source, Luli always tells her PSG guards to keep their distance and let her do things on her own at the NAIA, such as falling in line, checking in and carrying her bags.

‘Unacceptable’ incident

The immigration officer has been temporarily relieved of his post at the airport, BI-NAIA head supervisor Ferdinand Sampol told the Inquirer.

He said Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez had ordered an investigation of the incident.

“May nangyaring hindi maganda (Something unpleasant happened). It was unacceptable. Immigration officers should not be rude or arrogant to any passenger, whether they are members of the First Family or regular people,” Sampol said.

He said the BI “wants to know what happened because in fairness to our immigration officer, he’s a seasoned [staff member] and this is the first time such a thing happened to him.”

Sampol also said that among the things to be investigated was whether the foreigner was indeed late for his flight, which was purportedly why the immigration officer processed his travel papers ahead of the others waiting in the special lane, including Luli Arroyo.

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WALANG MODO TALAGA ANG HUNGHANG NA 'TO. Dinadaan sa edad kesa mangatwiran nang maayos. It's frustrating to note that this is where our taxes go.

First time nangyari? Baka first time niyang ma-expose, at anak pa ng presidente ang nakadiskubre ng kanyang ugali.

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sinasabi ko na nga ba. hindi naman tinanggal sa trabaho. floating status lang. ang mangyayari baka mare-assign lang yan sa ibang department, with all benefits and prospective pension still intact.

tama kayo. matagal na nyang ginagawa yan pero ngayon lang nakabangga ng katapat. nagda-drama ngayon si padlan dahil sa malas at kung bakit sa kanyang lane pa napunta si luli samantalang LAHAT naman yata silang immigration officers ganun din ginagawa, di ba?

still i really admire the first daughter in standing up for the ordinary filipino citizen. many of us may not have the guts to do as she did. she's my heroine.

and she's so cute din naman, pala eh

[oldblue]

dapat sampolan ni Sampol yan para naman rumispeto yun iba immigration officers

[oldblue]

i doubt kung walang kasamang bodyguards...

SOP and nasa batas to na any member ng first family (even family of vice pres.) meron talagang bodyguards. malayo lang siguro at nagmamasid-masid.

syempre naman meron. puro $$$ kasi nasa isip ng immigration officer kaya di na nya namalayan

[coiter]

ok a. di rin pala sya nagname drop or sinabi kung sino sya. di tulad ng ibang opisyal na maghuhurimentado agad at sasabihin ang walang kamatayang tanong na "hindi mo ba ako kilala??!!"

that the foreigner was late for his flight and that his papers had to be expedited.

malabo din yung ganitong dahilan. kasalanan ba ng ibang tao kung bakit sya na-late? kung ganun din lang, maglagay na lang sila ng "late passenger lane" para di na kelangan mag-explain.

[squatt3r]

still i really admire the first daughter in standing up for the ordinary filipino citizen. many of us may not have the guts to do as she did. she's my heroine.

and she's so cute din naman, pala eh

bat may ipin? hehe