Joint operatives from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have arrested a South Korean national wanted in his own country for large scale fraud. (Photo from BI Facebook page) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said 61-year-old Lee Sanghun was apprehended based on...
The Quezon City government has passed a measure imposing jail time and fine on those who will commit illegal acts related to the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. Under Ordinance No. SP-3032 S-2021, penalties await people who will be caught to be behind the fraudulent sale, distribution...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported a South Korean fugitive wanted in his own country for operating an illegal online gambling site on the Internet. (Photo by Simon Hattinga Verschure/ Unsplash) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said that 44-year-old Park Junyoung has been flown to Incheon,...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) apprehended two motorbancas engaged in illegal fishing off Caluya, Antique on Saturday, July 31. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) apprehended two motorbancas engaged in illegal fishing off Caluya, Antique on Saturday, July 31, 2021. (Photo courtesy of the PCG) The...
President Duterte once more defended law enforcement agencies on the killing of drug suspects against human rights advocates, claiming that Filipinos are the ones benefiting from such operations. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular address to the nation on August 2, 2021. (PCOO...
Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Monday, August 2, asked why some Chinese nationals are supposedly getting "bolder" in their multi-billion-peso drug operations in the Philippines. Senator Panfilo Lacson (Czar Dancel/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) ‘’How long have they been operating here? Do they have...
A spokesman for the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) praised what he describes as a "tremendous success" of the drug war launched by President Duterte since July 2016. “Yung kritiko they focus on the EJK (extra judicial killings). Ang narrative nila ipakita na it has been a...
Authorities seized over P790,000 worth of illegal hardwood lumbers in Surigao del Norte after the interception of a truck carrying the illegal-cut woods on Sunday, July 18. Authorities seized over P790,000 worth of illegal hardwood lumbers in Surigao del Norte on Sunday, July 18, 2021. (Photo...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) highlighted on Wednesday, July 21 what it described as Duterte administration’s efficient fight against corruption and all forms of criminality, adding that the efforts dramatically improved the country’s peace and order situation. In...
International think tank Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) has backed the Philippine government on its stand at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and harmful fisheries subsidies....
The Philippine government was told to assert its position at the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding harmful subsidies that bigger countries like China provide their commercial fleets, resulting in overfishing and encroaching in disputed waters. This, since China alone gives out P325 billion...
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Friday, July 16, that President Duterte’s bid to curb illegal drugs in the country has gained ample ground as the government institutionalized its campaign against all forms of criminality. (DILG photo) During the...
