At least 52 Chinese and Taiwanese tourists were turned over to the Bureau of Immigration here early Tuesday after their presence in a resort in Vigan City in Ilocos Sur raised suspicions.
The country’s go-between with Taiwan has come under fire for reportedly proposing a joint investigation of the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine Coast Guard personnel without authorization from President Aquino.
A Japanese national who wanted to try a modelling career ended up getting duped by a man who pretended to be a talent manager and carted away her personal belongings and cash.
Police and Bureau of Immigration personnel arrested here, on Wednesday, an American charged in the the United States for possessing child pornographic materials.
New Zealand native Vernon Wayne Gardiner walked away from jail last Friday after his compatriots back home pitched in via a TV program to raise over US$4,000 needed to restitute the amount he had gypped from a Filipino jobseeker in 2011.
A Chinese-Filipino was arrested while allegedly attempting to sell shabu to police operatives at a gasoline station in Quezon City on Sunday afternoon.
A judge hearing a case of a 66-year-old Kiwi facing at least 20 years behind bars for estafa and illegal recruitment charges appealed to the New Zealand Embassy in Manila to assist its detained citizen settle his financial obligation to free him from jail.
Agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested an overstaying American accused of inflicting harm and sexually abusing minors in Davao Occidental.
The freed Australian kidnap victim Warren Rodwell arrived in Manila on Monday afternoon, for rest and a medical check-up, according to officials.
Australian Warren Rodwell said Monday he was overwhelmed, happy and thankful at finally being free after 15 months as a hostage of Islamic militants in the southern Philippines.
The family of the Australian citizen released after 15 months as a captive of the Abu Sayyaf group expressed hopes, on Monday, that their brother’s captors would soon be brought to justice.
A 59-year-old Korean national was arrested Monday morning after his housemate complained that the former stole his wallet while he was sleeping in their boarding house in Ermita, Manila.
