The government is urged to allow flexible arrival caps for arriving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the country in order not to overwhelm embassies abroad due to stranded nationals. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Non-profit advocacy group Go Negosyo appealed to the government on...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion is prodding the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to do away with the lengthy facility-based quarantine requirement for arriving Filipinos from North America who are fully vaccinated. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA...
A 27-year old man was arrested after he was accused of desecrating the Philippine flag at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sunday, Oct. 10. photo: NAIA police He was identified as Jay-ar Beril, of Bautista Compound, Purok 8 in Alabang, Muntinlupa City. Based on the report of the...
Personnel of the Bureau of Customs at the Port of NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) seized some P29 million worth of imported medicine which is believed to be helpful in treating the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). photo: BOC-NAIA Based on the report, the six shipments containing 146,640...
I recently flew to New York and this was my experience By Jordan Tan TRAVEL RARE The best imagery that depicts the author's experience at the airport on his departure “Kamusta flight?” “Dami ba tao sa airport?” “Hassle ba lumipad ngayon?” “Did you have to wear a mask throughout...
More than 800 spiderlings and adult spiders which were concealed in postal parcels were recently intercepted by the Bureau of Customs (BOC), authorities said Friday, Sept. 17. Photo: BOC NAIA The BOC's Port of NAIA and Environmental Protection Compliance Division (EPCD) said 809 spiderlings and 17...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intensified the operation against meat and meat products without import permits to protect the local industry. photo: BOC In a statement, the BOC said the the intensified campaign is also to prevent the entry of meat products that may contain diseases. Since...
Authorities seized more than P2 million worth of high-grade marijuana during a controlled delivery operation which also led to the arrest of the consignee of the smuggled item in Marikina City on Tuesday, Sept. 7. kush2 The controlled delivery operation was conducted by joint operatives of the...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced Friday, Sept. 3, the deployment to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) of 99 new immigration officers (IOs) who were recently recruited by the agency to beef up its manpower at the country’s premiere port. (File photo of NAIA) “Our new IOs have...
Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), private operator of LRT-1 partnered with point-to-point (P2P) bus service provider UBE Express, Inc. (UBEx) for a new LRT-1 EDSA to NAIA Terminal route. image002 (1) Effective today, September 1, 2021, the new UBEx route will include the LRT-1 EDSA Station as...
Foreigners registered with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) will soon be able to enter and exit the country easier with the upcoming integration of the agency's automated travel control system at the ports with its database of issued alien certification of registration identity cards (ACR I-Cards)....
Calls for unity reverberated on Saturday morning, Aug. 21, as the 38th death anniversary of former senator and democracy icon Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was commemorated by some supporters at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Several supporters commemorate the 38th death anniversary of...
