The 12 Chinese nationals arrested for alleged poaching at Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park in April will not be deported until after their case has been terminated or they have served their sentence, according to the Bureau of Immigration.
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Tuesday it had arrested three Iranian brothers who were previously detained for robbery by the police in January.
The Philippine government has asked Saudi Arabia to go easy on some 1,000 undocumented Filipino workers stranded in Jeddah who are facing imminent arrest and deportation.
If he is really one of 100 most influential people in the world as Time magazine says, then President Aquino should not hesitate to use diplomacy and mobilize the government’s resources to help the thousands of undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) facing arrest and deportation in Saudi Arabia, according to a former ambassador.
Agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested an overstaying American accused of inflicting harm and sexually abusing minors in Davao Occidental.
MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported Stephen Mark Whisenhunt, convicted killer of “chop-chop lady” Elsa Castillo, whose body was mutilated after being stabbed to death in 1993. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said Whisenhunt, an American citizen, had been placed on the BI blacklist so he could no longer [...]
A Philippine humanitarian and consular team is now in Lahad Datu in Sabah and working to get access to the members of the so-called Sulu “royal army’’ who refused to leave and would rather fight it out with Malaysian forces.
A Filipino man, who was reportedly involved in the ambush of Malaysian police forces, in which five policemen including an officer was killed, was beaten to death by angry residents of a village in Semporna, radio reports from Sabah monitored here said.
At least 289 Filipinos arrived here from Sabah early Sunday after they were deported by Malaysian authorities.
Malaysia is not recognizing the 300 armed Filipinos who illegally entered Sabah last week as legitimate residents of the territory, and has decided to deport them back to Sulu in southern Philippines.
The Bureau of Immigration is deporting a convicted American pedophile. Earl Lynn Bagley, 60, was arrested on February 4 at the Robinsons Mall in Ermita, Manila, Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David said Wednesday.
It was the chief minister of Sabah no less who stopped the repatriation to the Philippines of fugitive Manuel Amalilio, the alleged ringleader of the P12-billion Ponzi scheme that victimized 15,000 Filipinos, according to Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas.
