Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, July 28 urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to suspend indefinitely all the Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials reportedly involved in the prostitution, corruption and trafficking of women or the so-called "pastillas" scam. Hontiveros made the call after the...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives have arrested a ranking member of the Japanese Yakuza syndicate long wanted for murder in his home country. (Photo from BI Facebook page) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said 58-year-old Toyama Yuji was arrested last July 22 along Roxas Boulevard, Manila by...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that starting August 1 this year, it will no longer require the presentation of an entry exemption document (EED) from the foreigner spouses, children, and parents of Filipino citizens who are traveling to the Philippines as tourists to visit their kin here....
Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents caught three Koreans in the act of operating online gaming sites in Pampanga--a no-no based on their country’s law against illegal gambling. (Photo from BI Facebook page) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said members of the bureau’s fugitive search unit (FSU)...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente expressed his gratitude to the House of Representatives for including the proposed Bureau of Immigration Modernization Act as one of the top priorities for its 3rd and final regular session. In a statement, Morente said the inclusion of the BI...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that it will be implementing the most recent directive from Malacañang to expand the country’s travel ban to include passengers coming from Malaysia and Thailand from July 25 to July 31. Flag of Malaysia (top) and flag of Thailand (Photos from Unsplash)...
Nine Japanese nationals wanted in their homeland for alleged involvement in a multi-million yen telecommunications scam were deported Thursday morning, July 22. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) However, one of them, Hiramura Takashi, tried to test the patience...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported an additional batch of nine Japanese fugitives wanted in their homeland for large-scale telecommunications fraud. (Photo from BI Facebook page) Japanese police officers escorted the deportees when they boarded their flight at the Ninoy Aquino...
Despite the Philippines’ retention under the Tier 1 category on the 2021 Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Report, the US State Department has issued at least 10 prioritized recommendations and among them is to investigate and convict "complicit officials" involved in the scheme. (via US State...
More than 400 officials and employees of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have either been suspended or dismissed from the service for various offenses--mostly corruption--since 2016. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said some were charged...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, May 4, called on the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to sustain its “one-strike” policy against immigration officers (IOs) and personnel found to be involved in human trafficking activities. Villanueva made the appeal to BI Commissioner Jaime Morente during the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, May 28, took the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and other government agencies to task for the alleged modus of some government officials facilitating the production of fake passports and aiding human trafficking syndicates to recruit Filipino minors to work...
