Tag: Bureau of Immigration (BI)

WATCH | Deliberation on the proposed 2025 budget of the Bureau of Immigration

We called again the attention of the Bureau of Immigration during the deliberation of their 2025 budget. Alice Guo might have escaped using a small airport. Madaming PRIVATE AIRPORTS sa ating bansa na wala namang bantay na CAAP, BI. If we continue to neglect this problem, dadami ang fugitives sa ating bansa. Something must be…
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BI: Still no info on aircraft that flew Alice Guo to Malaysia

(GMA NEWS) Four months after dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo fled the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) still has no information about the aircraft that flew her to Malaysia. This was disclosed by the BI through Senator Grace Poe during the continuation of the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed 2025 national budget…
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Jinggoy Estrada urges gov’t: Fix airport, don’t crack down on Pinoy travelers

(POLITIKO) Senator Jinggoy Estrada has called for an investigation into the more stringent immigration requirements by the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) that would unduly burden outbound Filipino tourists. In his resolution, Estrada said the IACAT’s revised guidelines to crack down on human trafficking may be a violation of the constitutional right to travel and…
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Immigration officer ginisa sa Senado ukol sa umano’y human smuggling

(ABS-CBN) MAYNILA — Ginisa sa Senado nitong Lunes ang isang Bureau of Immigration (BI) official na kinukuwestiyon dahil umano sa isang kaso ng human smuggling sa NAIA noong Pebrero 13. Sa ikalawa at huling pagdinig ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee ukol sa isyu, humarap ang Immigration officer na si Jeff Pinpin, na nakuhanan sa cellphone…
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Deport illegal POGO workers, BI dared

(THE MANILA TIMES) SENATOR Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada challenged the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to deport within two months about 48,800 Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) workers whose visas have been revoked. “Our challenge to the BI is for them to ensure the implementation of these illegal aliens within the 59 days designated period and not…
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Jinggoy to BI: Immediately deport POGO workers whose visas were cancelled

(MANILA BULLETIN) 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 begun processing the visa…
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