A Chinese national with alleged links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for using a Philippine passport. Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Joel Anthony M. Viado identified the arrested foreigner as Ronxuan Cai who arrived from...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said it expects a daily departure of 45,000 passengers in the country’s airports and seaports this Holy Week. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony M. Viado said the peak day this week is today, Wednesday, April 1. “We expect some queues at the...
Four Nigerian and South Korean nationals, who were reportedly engaged in financial fraud, have been arrested by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Muntinlupa City and Angeles City. Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony M. Viado identified them as Nigerian nationals lawale Olatunji Adedayo, 46, and...
Three Pakistani nationals have been arrested by agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in General Santos City for alleged violations of immigration laws. The BI identified the two of them as Arslan Ali, 30, and Suleman Ali, 28, who were arrested last March 17 by operatives of the bureau’s...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Friday, March 27, vowed to pursue all legal remedies on the issue of “multiple identities” against Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. (FNI) chairman Joseph Sy. “We will exhaust all legal remedies available to hold accountable those who attempt to deceive...
Four Chinese nationals, one of them a ‘fugitive” in his country, have been arrested by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Makati City. Those arrested, who reportedly failed to present valid passports or immigration documents, were identified by the BI as Zhang Jinglong, Zhang Pengguang, Feng...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday, March 26, assured that it will watch closely the country’s international airports and seaports against human trafficking activities that may take advantage of the influx of passengers this Holy Week. “We’re expecting that,” said BI Deputy...
Senator Risa Hontiveros, on Monday, March 9, questioned the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) over what she described as a “mysterious delay” in endorsing to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) the cancellation of businessman Joseph Sy’s birth certificate despite earlier findings of...
CEBU CITY – A Chinese national was arrested in Panglao, Bohol for allegedly violating Philippine immigration laws. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Tuesday, Feb. 17, nabbed Jing Jin Guo of for misrepresentation under Section 37(a)(9) in relation to Section 45(f) of the Philippine Immigration Act...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two Chinese nationals were arrested during operations last Monday, Jan. 19, in the Zamboanga Peninsula by the Bureau of Immigration and the military for allegedly violating Philippine immigration laws. Lieben Chen, alias Peter Chen, was arrested in Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur...
A proposed measure in the Senate seeks to mandate the reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by Filipino passengers who were deferred or denied boarding due to unjustified and prolonged pre-departure procedures of the Bureau of Immigration (BI). Senator Raffy Tulfo, who chairs the Senate...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has sounded the alarm over what she calls a “deep and dangerous foreign interference” in the Philippines, citing new evidence on the fake citizenship of businessman Joseph Sy. In a privilege speech, Hontiveros revealed that Sy’s son, Johnson Cai Chen (also known as...
