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CONTINUATION OF THE MAKATI BUILDING PROBE: Businessman Roberto Ongpin (left) clears Vice President Jejomar Binay from allegations that he (Binay) received millions of pesos of kickbacks from a land deal between the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) and Alphaland Corp., during the continuation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Subcommittee hearing on the alleged overpricing of the 11-storey Makati parking building, Wednesday, February 18, 2015. “Mr. Mercado should be congratulated for having negotiated a very good deal for the Boy Scouts,” Ongpin said, referring to former Makati Vice-Mayor Ernesto Mercado, who allegedly signed the joint venture agreement with Alphaland as then BSP senior vice president for the development of a one-hectare property in Makati City. (PRIB Photo by Alex Nuevaespaña/18 February 2015)