The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) should not stop its investigation on individuals and groups involved in the issuance of fake birth certificates, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Thursday, August 8. Gatchalian, who earlier discovered that Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is a...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, August 1 questioned why a high profile fugitive is staying in former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s alleged residence in Tuba, Benguet. In a statement, Hontiveros raised this question in connection to allegations that Sun Liming, the Chinese...
President Marcos has ordered a study to determine how the government can provide seamless e-Visa (electronic visa) transactions for Indian nationals to help boost tourism in the Philippines. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos said this as he met the Private Sector...
China has told the Philippines to take measures to protect its nationals after report of the killing of two Chinese citizens in the country. Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, made the appeal after a Chinese national was reportedly kidnapped and killed in the Philippines. The...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILABULLETIN) There is a need to update the antiquated Special Investor’s Resident Visa (SIRV) program, which is now being used as a “ticket” by some...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (House of Representative’s’ Facebook) Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers said the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) has established a technical working...
Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez (House of Representatives’ Facebook) Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez flagged the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) service provider Unisys Managed Services Corp. and its partner...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is eyeing an investigation on the issuance of documents that are allegedly being used to enable the "alarming" influx of Chinese nationals in the...
The Philippine government has added another requirement for Chinese tourists to ensure their safe entry into the country. In an advisory, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Chinese nationals applying for a temporary visitor’s visa at Philippine Foreign Service Posts will now...
Former Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Thursday, May 30 expressed her concern over the seeming “creeping invasion” of foreign nationals in the Philippines. Legarda made the remark when asked to weigh in on the controversy surrounding Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo whose...
President Marcos clarified that there are no stricter visa rules for Chinese tourists entering the country but the government will strictly enforce the existing rules to ensure that there would be no fraudulent applications. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos said this...
Civic leader Teresita Ang See has questioned the further tightening of visa requirements for Chinese nationals, which the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) made amid the increasing number of fraudulent applications it is receiving. In a statement, Ang See said that strict visa requirements for...
