The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported 21 Chinese nationals constituting the second batch of foreigners working for the Philippine Overseas Gaming Operators (POGO). BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said this brought to 27 the number of aliens deported since the government initiated the...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers have rescued four alleged human trafficking victims at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). BI Commissioner Norman G. Tansingco said the four passengers, who were supposed to be bound for Thailand, Laos, and Dubai, were intercepted at NAIA terminal 1...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives have arrested a Ghanian national posing as a missionary but is suspected to be the mastermind of a West African syndicate hacking automated teller machines (ATMs). File photo Immigration intelligence chief Fortunato Manahan Jr. said 34-year-old Victor Patrick...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has remained in full force to handle huge number of travelers going in and out of the country for the long All Souls' Day weekend. Bureau of Immigration BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the bureau deployed enough manpower to handle the influx of travelers to...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Clark International Airport (CIA) in Pampanga have arrested a Taiwanese allegedly wanted for drug charges in his country and two Indians for allegedly using fake immigration stamps. BI intelligence chief Fortunato Manahan, Jr. said Lai Po Ving, 33 and the...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced on Sunday, Oct. 9, the arrest of a South Korean wanted by authorities in Seoul for alleged involvement in a multi-million-dollar telecommunications fraud case. In a report to Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco, the BI’s fugitive search unit (FSU)...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) jail guards foiled an attempt to sneak methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) to a Korean detainee at a detention facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig City. File photo Adolfo Marasigan, officer-in-charge of the BI’s warden facility, said custodial guards...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has reported the proliferation of fake social media accounts on Facebook using the photos and information of its employees to mislead its clients into transacting business with them. BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco warned that these scammers disguised themselves as...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents have arrested a Norwegian accused of molesting minors in his country and a Chinese national wanted by his government for running a pyramid investment scam. BI Commissioner Norman G. Tansingco said 50-year-old Karstein Kvernvik alias Krokaa Karstein Gunnar was...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday, October 3 took to task the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in deporting the 48, 782 foreign employees of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) whose license to operate have been revoked by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR). As of now, the BI has...
More than 70 foreigners, who were allegedly detained and forced to work at a POGO site in Cainta, Rizal, were rescued by operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Bureau of Immigration (BI), and Chinese Embassy Friday, Sept. 16. The authorities said...
Two senators - Imee Marcos and Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa - seek a whole of government approach on the inflow of foreigners with questionable backgrounds and the rise of kidnapping cases caused mostly by the Philippine Overseas Gaming Operator (POGO) operations that affect the country’s...
