Foreigners warned: Don’t meddle in Philippine polls
By Tetch Torres-Tupas
Foreigners are not barred from meddling in the country’s forthcoming elections or they will be deported, the Bureau of Immigration warned Wednesday.
Foreigners are not barred from meddling in the country’s forthcoming elections or they will be deported, the Bureau of Immigration warned Wednesday.
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has sought the help of funeral service operators in keeping track of the death of foreigners in the country and retrieve their alien certificate of registration identity cards (ACR I-Card).
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Saturday called on all foreigners living in the country to show up at its main office or any satellite office beginning Jan. 2 for their annual report or face sanctions such as deportation.
The Philippine National Police beefed up the security in Metro Manila on Saturday after four embassies issued separate security alerts, warning their citizens in the country of a possible attack in the capital.
Philippine police arrested five Taiwanese men in a Manila suburb for allegedly manufacturing illegal drugs, an anti-narcotics official said on Monday.
Tawi-Tawi Governor Sadikul Sahali said the cases of the two European bird watchers abducted in the province in February were no longer under the jurisdiction of the crisis management committee he heads.
The Armed Force of the Philippines (AFP) sees no cause for alarm regarding the travel warning issued January 5 by the United States (US) Department of State, an AFP spokesman said Friday.
Fifty-seven artists have banded together to produce three new versions of the popular Department of Tourism song that had many Filipinos singing along back in 2004, and a music video to match the renewed effort.
MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Immigration said Saturday it was deporting three South Korean fugitives, including one man wanted for a $6-million credit scam. Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. has ordered the immediate deportation of Ham Sang Woon, Kim Young Gi, and Oh Myung Gun, who are all detained at the bureau jail in Bicutan, Taguig. [...]
