{"id":198086,"date":"2019-01-17T02:02:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T07:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=198086"},"modified":"2019-01-17T02:02:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T07:02:05","slug":"bi-mulls-deportation-case-vs-actor-tony-labrusca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/17\/bi-mulls-deportation-case-vs-actor-tony-labrusca\/","title":{"rendered":"BI mulls deportation case vs. actor Tony Labrusca"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_198087\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198087\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/45574722_1639273303040816_6815799001730891122_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198087\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/45574722_1639273303040816_6815799001730891122_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/45574722_1639273303040816_6815799001730891122_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/45574722_1639273303040816_6815799001730891122_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/45574722_1639273303040816_6815799001730891122_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Waiting on you boo (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bq6b7tjB2Jw\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tony.labrusca\">@tony.labrusca\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; A deportation case is being pushed against television and movie actor Tony Labrusca before the Bureau of Immigration (BI).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe (Intelligence Division) recommended to Legal (Division) the filing of deportation case against Labrusca for working without permit I think,\u201d BI Deputy Commissioner Tomas Javier said in an interview Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Javier said there is no charge sheet yet against the actor, noting that the recommendation for his deportation is being reviewed by the BI&#8217;s Legal Division.<\/p>\n<p>The BI official admitted that he received information that the actor, who holds an American passport, has filed a petition for recognition as a Filipino citizen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was informed that Tony Labrusca also filed a petition for recognition as a Filipino citizen, considering that both his parents are Filipinos,\u201d Javier added.<\/p>\n<p>Once Labrusca&#8217;s petition has been granted, the deportation case would be moot and academic.<\/p>\n<p>Javier said the process of the petition for recognition involves a hearing with the BI Board of Special Inquiry (BSI).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would process it, may hearing\u00a0<em>pa \u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0(there will be a hearing) with our BSI, then it (BSI) would recommend to the Department of Justice for confirmation if they find sufficient basis for the granting of recognition,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Among the requirements for the petition to be granted, the BI official said, is that one or both parents of the petitioner are Filipinos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the case of Labrusca, his father I think all the way, Filipino. His mother, I have no idea,\u00a0<em>baka nag<\/em>\u00a0convert to (maybe she has already converted her citizenship to) American,\u00a0<em>pero \u2018yung<\/em>\u00a0(but the) father\u00a0<em>ay<\/em>\u00a0(is a) Filipino,\u201d Javier said.<\/p>\n<p>Labrusca is the son of local actor Boom Labrusca and model Angel Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The actor drew flak for allegedly disrespecting an immigration officer at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after he was only given a 30-day stay in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; A deportation case is being pushed against television and movie actor Tony Labrusca before the Bureau of Immigration (BI). &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":198087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}