Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the government to thoroughly investigate Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials, saying the Chinese mafia involved in human trafficking of Filipinos may have more connections working within the agency. Hontiveros, at the same time, called for an overhaul of the...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco vowed to show no mercy" to employees involved in human trafficking racket. During the Senate hearing of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender headed by Senator Risa Hontiveros, Tansingco bared that he relieved the...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents have arrested an American wanted in the United States for allegedly sexually assaulting a disabled woman three years ago. BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said 68-year-old Calvert Leroy Cummings was arrested last Jan. 17 in a subdivision in Novaliches, Quezon City...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have intercepted three more victims of human trafficking who attempted to leave the country in the guise of being tourists. BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the passengers were barred from leaving on Jan. 20,...
Agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have intercepted six cryptocurrency trafficking victims who were supposed to go to Cambodia through the Clark International Airport (CIA) in Pampanga. BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the incident has triggered a an investigation as four of its...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday said that Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials, this time, at the Clark International Airport are allegedly involved in the outbound human trafficking of Filipinos to Cambodia. Hontiveros said the information came from one of the Filipinos trafficked to Cambodia to...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) advised alien residents who will be celebrating the Chinese New Year abroad to secure re-entry permit prior to departure to avoid unnecessary inconvenience. BI port operations chief Carlos Capulong explained the advance payment of reentry fees would minimize...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers have arrested a Canadian who claimed to be Filipino at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Travel control and enforcement unit (TCEU) officials told BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco that the 49-year-man man, whose name was withheld, was about to board...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is hiring at least 49 additional personnel through its online platform BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said available positions include intelligence officer, fingerprint examiner and clerical jobs. The BI chief advised applicants to visit the agency's online job...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives intercepted a Chinese man who was allegedly caught in possession of more than 36 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" with street value of P100 million. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco (File photo by Bureau of Immigration) BI border...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported Friday, Jan. 6, that there was a notable increase in the number of passenger departure following the airwave technical glitch experienced at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and other Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)-operated...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has barred the entry of two foreigners right after their arrival at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Immigration Commissioner Norman said German national Reiner Reinhold Heber, 64; and 30-year-old Chinese...
