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MANILA, Philippines -- The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has barred an Israeli-American national from entering the country for insulting and harassing staff of the Philippine embassy in Israel.
Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said 72-year-old Albert Rosenfeld was placed in the bureau’s blacklist on the request of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
Assistant Secretary Domingo Lucenario Jr. of the DFA's office of consular affairs said Rosenfeld should be blacklisted for "disturbing the peace and harmony" at the Philippine embassy in Tel Aviv and "besmirching the honor of government officers."
Lucenario told Libanan a circular has been issued by the DFA to all its posts worldwide not to issue a Philippine visa to Rosenfeld.
The circular was issued after Ambassador to Israel Petronila Garcia wrote in a letter that Rosenfeld shouted invectives at embassy staff after he was asked to sit in the waiting area while his son's Philippine passport was being processed last June 22.
"Don't talk to me you, are nobodies! I am a medical doctor, a citizen of the US and Israel," Garcia quoted Rosenfeld as saying.
She added that he even challenged members of the embassy staff to a fistfight as he bragged about his alleged strong connections with influential people, including former president Fidel Ramos and former Philippine envoys.
She said Rosenfeld also disregarded an agreement sealed with a handshake with the embassy consul when he filed a malicious complaint with the embassy.
