The Bureau of Immigration (BI) says the trafficking of underaged overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) continues as it revealed the interception of two young women who falsified their dates of birth to make it appear that they were qualified to work in the Middle East. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) In...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel honored on Thursday, June 3, one of its personnel who returned a large amount of money and a cellphone, which he found while on duty at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). PCG Seaman Second Class (SN2) Ramir Greg Locsin returned the lost wallet...
Nearly 1,500 individuals listed up to receive their first vaccine dose against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a scheduled immunization Wednesday, June 2 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City. (Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) The vaccination began at around 9 a.m....
As promised by the Russian government, 50,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines were flown into the country late Sunday night, May 31. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Qatar Airways flight (QR928) that carried the anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs arrived at NAIA Terminal 3 at 10:23 p.m....
An expired reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test prevented a Canadian national from boarding his scheduled Korean Airlines flight on Sunday night, May 30 at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1. 'CUFF ME--Jim Robert offers to get handcuffed after creating a...
Dozens of smuggled small wildlife species--stuffed inside toy boxes--have been discovered by Bureau of Customs-Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) inspectors, the Manila Bulletin learned on Saturday, May 29. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) (Photo from BOC-NAIA) The parcel reportedly came from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Department of Health (DOH) are bracing for the expected influx of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in the coming weeks. COVID-19 vaccines being handled upon their arrival at NAIA. (Ariel Fernandez / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The BOC welcomed on Thursday,...
It's just temporary. Such was the assurance repeatedy given to the public Friday, May 28 by Philippine labor officials after hundreds of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) were prevented from boarding their flights following the sudden suspension of the...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Friday, May 28, appealed to the government to provide assistance to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and travelers bound for Cebu. Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria) The chairman of the Senate labor...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)-bound overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who ended up stranded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City Friday, May 28 have been assured of assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). OWWA Deputy Administrator Mocha Uson...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has hired 100 new primary inspectors who will be assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and other ports in the country before the end of the year. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the inspectors will be given the...
More than two hundred overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are left stranded at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 Friday, May 28 after the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) suddenly suspended the deployment of workers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). (Ariel Fernandez /...
