Bureau of Immigration to blacklist 459 aliens over fake firms

The Bureau of Immigration will blacklist 459 foreigners found to have used fake companies in their application for work visas, BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said yesterday
The blacklisting is part of the bureau’s campaign to eliminate illegal aliens in the country, specifically those resorting to fraud to obtain visas, he said.

American, British sex offenders arrested in Cebu

An American and a British national wanted in their countries for sexually molesting children were arrested in Cebu on Monday.

John Tomas Minor, 42, and Derek Gordon Heggie, 40, were apprehended by members of the fugitive search unit of the Bureau of Immigration based on mission orders issued by BI Commissioner Norman Tangsinco.

Marijuana plants found inside condo unit of American in Cebu City

A 75-year-old American was arrested by virtue of a search warrant for allegedly possessing marijuana plants and a growing kit inside his condominium unit in Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City on Wednesday evening, November 8, 2023.

The subject of the operation was identified as 75-year-old William Lee Matteson, a pensioner from Nebraska, United States of America.

BOI Bans American Sex Offender

MANILA, Philippines — An American convicted of sex crimes involving minors was barred from entering the country last Nov. 2, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported yesterday.
Thomas Henry Vander Waal, 39, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on a flight from Taipei, Taiwan but immigration officers found his name was on the BI’s alert list of registered sex offenders, the bureau said in a statement.

Marital infidelity is a form of psychological violence

MANILA, Philippines — Marital infidelity is a form of psychological violence punishable under the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004 (Republic Act No. 9262). The Supreme Court said this in a ruling affirming the conviction of a husband who cohabitated with another woman while his wife was working abroad. Court records show […]

75 foreigners ‘involved in scams’ deported — BI

A total of 75 foreigners involved in online scamming has been deported last Friday, Sept. 22, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said.  “As a consequence of their deportation, all deportees have been included in the BI’s blacklist, effectively barring them from returning to the Philippines,” the BI said.   It said the 75 deportees were “the […]

NAIA Personeel Nabbed For Theft

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has ordered the filing of appropriate charges against airport security personnel allegedly involved in the case of missing cash of a foreigner at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).  In a statement on Thursday, the DOTr said Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista directed the Office of Transportation Security (OTS) to immediately […]