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 /...
The government is moving to increase the availability of quarantine hotels and other facilities in Cebu once its airport would temporarily stop accepting international flights starting this Saturday, May 29. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal 2. (Photo by Juan Carlo de Vela/ MANILA...
The government is set to temporarily divert all international flights bound for Mactan-Cebu International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) starting this Saturday. OWWA personnel inspect travel documents of passengers arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1...
Agents from the Bureau of Customs - Port of NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) have seized a total of 2,032 pieces of live ornamental plants for not having the required plant quarantine permit prior to the items' importation. (Photo from the BOC) A statement from BOC-NAIA on Monday, May 24...
No foreign national has been caught using fake pre-booked hotel quarantine accommodation to enter the country. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and other ports attributed the aliens' compliance to repeated...
