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Tony Labrusca itinangging 'pinagmayabang' ang pagiging artista sa Immigration

Tony Labrusca itinangging 'pinagmayabang' ang pagiging artista sa Immigration

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Jan 05, 2019 11:35 PM PHT

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Hot topic ngayon ang insidenteng kinasangkutan ng aktor na si Tony Labrusca sa isang paliparan sa Maynila matapos siyang hindi mabigyan ng balikbayan visa.

Nagsimula ang lahat sa tweet ni Labrusca noong Enero 3 kung saan idinaing niya na 30 araw lang ang ibinigay sa kaniya ng Immigration para manatili sa bansa.

Burado na ngayon ang tweet pero agad na ni-repost ng ilang netizens.

Ayon sa netizens na nakakita umano sa nangyari, nagsisigaw si Labrusca nang hindi mabigyan ng balikbayan visa.

Sa pahayag ng Bureau of Immigration, sinabi nilang nakausap nila ang officer na humarap kay Labrusca.

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"A certain American passenger arrived at our immigration counters demanding that he be given a balikbayan status or visa privilege... The supervisor upon evaluation decided that he not be given a balikbayan status," ani Grifton Medina, hepe ng Port Operations Division ng BI.

Base sa Republic Act 6768 o Expanded Balikbayan Program, ibinibigay ang balikbayan status sa mga dating Pilipino at isa itong pribilehiyo na makapamalagi sa Pilipinas nang isang taon. Maaaring i-extend ang pribilehiyo hanggang sa mga anak o asawa.

Si Labrusca ay isang US citizen na may American passport at ang kaniyang ina ay isang Fil-Am.

Ang kaso, hindi kasama ni Labrusca ang ina nang lumapag sa bansa kaya hindi siya nabigyan ng balikbayan visa, ayon sa BI.

"The American passenger was travelling alone and he was not with his Filipina mother, that is why previously he was mentioning na nabigyan siya ng balikbayan status."

'PATAWAD'

Sa kaniyang Twitter account, humingi ng paumanhin si Labrusca sa Immigration officer na nakausap niya.

"I want to extend my sincerest apology to the superior immigration officer (IO) who was on duty and I had a talk with yesterday morning, 03 Jan 2019... I admit I was a bit frustrated and that I asked why I was only given 30 days to stay in the country this time," aniya.

Hindi rin umano niya alam ang polisiya sa pagbibigay ng balikbayan stamp.

Idiniin niyang wala siyang tinawag na tanga at hindi rin niya pinagmayabang ang kaniyang pagiging celebrity.

"I'm sorry that I somehow took my frustrations out on the officer. But never did I call anyone stupid nor idiot, much less brag about being a celebrity. I know for a fact that the officer is merely doing her job," paliwanag ni Labrusca.

—Ulat ni MJ Felipe, ABS-CBN News

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