Ramona may be en route to Turkey

Ramona “Mara" Bautista, one of the suspects in the murder of her brother, actor Ramgen Revilla, is likely on her way to Turkey, Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials said. BI spokesperson Maria Antonette Bucasas-Mangrobang said Ramona indicated on her pre-departure card Friday evening that she is a resident of Istanbul, Turkey. Bautista used her Philippine passport with identification code XX1106480 as she was processed through the immigration section of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1. She boarded the CX 902 flight to Hong Kong and was seated at the economy section of the plane. Senator Ramon “Bong" Revilla revealed, in a phone interview aired live on Saturday afternoon on GMA Network’s Startalk, that Ramona got married to a Turkish man when she was 19 years old. "Kaya sumama ang loob ng aking ama dyan kay Mara dahil nag-asawa nang bata…yun nga I think 19 years old nung mag-asawa si Mara. ‘Yon malamang 'yon ang pupuntahan niya dun sa Turkey," Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. explained that his officials could not prevent Bautista from leaving because there was no hold departure order against her. BI Spokesperson Mangrobang said Bautista had frequently traveled to Turkey in the past. “On the basis of checking the records of Ms. Ramona nag-travel talaga sya to that destination at base initial information frequent sya travel to Turkey," — ELR/HS, GMA News