Viral Chinese ‘cat killer’ nabbed for overstaying

Ferdinand Patinio - Philippine News Agency 03/13/2025

MANILA, Philippines – Immigration authorities arrested the Chinese national, who made headlines for allegedly kicking to death a cat at the Ayala Triangle Gardens in Makati City, for overstaying. In a news release Thursday, Bureau of Immigration (BI)…

‘Tanim-bala’ incident: Dismissed airport workers not BI employees – DOJ

Benjamin Pulta - Philippine News Agency 03/11/2025

MANILA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday said the three airport workers implicated in an alleged “tanim-bala” (bullet-planting) incident at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City are not Bureau of Immigration (BI)…

Overstaying foreigners in Cebu, Bohol nabbed by BI

Ferdinand Patinio - Philippine News Agency 02/22/2025

MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) apprehended two foreign nationals in separate operations in Bohol and Cebu for overstaying in the country. Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado, said, in a statement on Friday, that  the arrest…

Pogo scams overseas: Filipinos now joining them — BI

Julie M. Aurelio - Reporter / @JMAurelioINQ 02/20/2025

After the country banned Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogo) in late 2024, scam hubs recruiting Filipinos are reportedly attempting to expand their operations not just in Southeast Asian countries but as far as the Middle East. This…

BI intensifies manhunt against 11,000 POGO workers still in PH

Ferdinand Patinio - Philippine News Agency 01/03/2025

MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is mounting an intensified manhunt against over 11,000 foreign nationals involved in Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO). According to Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado, a total of 11,254 foreign POGO workers…

Foreign Pogo workers given 2 months to leave PH

07/25/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Pogo workers have been given 60 days by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to leave the country, following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s order. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco in a statement on Tuesday said…

Teves bares plot to intercept him if he returns to PH; BI says it’s protocol

Jean Mangaluz - Reporter / @JMangaluzINQ 05/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Besieged Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. on Friday claimed that there was a plot for the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to intercept him should he return to the Philippines. In a Facebook post,…

BI to deport 2 foreigners arrested for violation of immigration laws

Inquirer.net 05/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has ordered the deportation of two foreigners arrested on separate occasions for allegedly violating Philippine immigration laws. In a statement on Tuesday, the BI said Harwinder Singh, a 33-year-old…

No room for rascals in BI

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 04/14/2023

I add my own voice to the uproar against misbehaving Bureau of Immigration (BI) personnel over their attitude and treatment of our countrymen who travel abroad. Several years back, when I was still single, I booked a…

BI defends itself vs social media flak, vows to look into other complaints

Beatrice Pinlac 04/07/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A slew of online complaints had been thrown against the Bureau of Immigration (BI) over the past few months, but the agency came to its own defense on Thursday, April 6, when it addressed…

Airport registration system goes paperless

Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will stop the use of paper-based departure cards and instead opt for the government’s online registration system. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco announced on Friday that they would expand the…

BI arrests Chinese man using fake Mexican passport in NAIA

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 03/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Sunday said it arrested a Chinese national for attempting to depart the country using a fake Mexican passport at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1. According…

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