Stephen Paduano alias Carapali Lualhati yesterday insisted that his expulsion from the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-Pilipinas and its Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade arm, was illegal and that he remains in control of the majority of their forces.

He also accused Nilo de la Cruz, RPM-P chairman, who announced his expulsion, of engaging in gun-for-hire activities and of numerous crimes. De la Cruz wanted to preempt the decisions on the cases he is facing within the movement, that it why he announced our expulsion, Paduano said.

However, Carlos Magtanggol, spokesman of the RPM-P/RPA-ABB yesterday said Paduano was diverting the issue away from the fact that the majority of the members of their central committee had expelled him from their party.

Bank faces P1M suit
for parking lot robbery
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

A bank client who said she was stabbed, detained and also robbed of cash last month, yesterday sought P1 million in damages from the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company in Silay City, allegedly for the negligence of their guards to protect her.

Complainant Ma. Nieves Javellana said she was a victim of robbery at gunpoint by a suspect at the Metrobank- Silay Branch parking lot on April 11.

In her affidavit-complaint, Javellana said several persons, appearing to be security guards of Metrobank, responded to the commotion inside her vehicle, but they failed to verify the situation thoroughly after the suspect told them not to interfere, saying it was a quarrel between a husband and wife.