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(Eagle News) — Catholic nun Patricia Fox on Monday, Sept. 3, asked the Department of Justice to review and set aside the Bureau of Immigration’s deportation order against her. In her petition, Fox reiterated that the BI “prejudged” her case. She also denied she violated the terms of her missionary visa as claimed by the BI, saying that the activities the agency said were “political” in nature were actually “consistent with her congregation’s charism and mission by […]
(Eagle News)—Catholic nun Patricia Fox on Monday, Sept.3, filed an application for a tourist visa before the Bureau of Immigration. The application was made following the BI’s denial of her appeal against the agency’s deportation order against her. The BI had ordered her deportation after ruling she went beyond the terms of her missionary visa when she participated in partisan political activities. Her missionary visa will lapse on Sept. 5. Fox is also slated to […]
(Eagle News)–The Sandiganbayan has junked the bail pleas of two former immigration commissioners charged in connection with the P50-million bribery scandal in the Bureau of Immigration and their co-accused. The Sixth Division dismissed the bail petitions of Al Argosino and Michael Robles, and former policeman Wally Sombero after it ruled the prosecution had proven they should stand trial for plunder. Sombero was allegedly the middleman of businessman Jack Lam, who is accused of paying Argosino […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has upheld its deportation order against Catholic nun Patricia Fox. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra made the confirmation on Wednesday, Aug. 29, quoting a report from Immigration Deputy Commissioner Tobias Javier. In July, the BI ordered Fox’s deportation for what it said was her violation of the terms of her missionary visa when she participated in “partisan political activities” in the country. For this, the BI referred to several photographs […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi naabisuhan ang Bureau of Immigration na sa Clark International Airport mada-divert ang pagbababa ng mga pasahero ng EVA Air mula Taipei sa kasagsagan ng aberya sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway dahil sa pagsadsad ng Xiamen aircraft. Sa panayam kay Immigration Spokesperson Dana Sandoval, walang natanggap na abiso ang Clark authorities na doon maglalanding at magbababa ang nasabing aircraft. Ang nabanggit aniya na intensyon ng EVA airplane sa Clark ay refueling […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has arrested a German national who allegedly attempted to take with him to Germany four Filipinas who were “made to lie about the circumstances of their travel.” In a statement, the BI said one Herbert Joseph Vogt, 72, was nabbed on Monday, Aug. 21, as he and the four attempted to board a flight to Doha, Qatar at the Clark International Airport. Immigration officer in charge Deputy Commissioner […]
(Eagle News) — Regional trial courts can soon issue orders preventing a person suspected of committing a crime from leaving the Philippines. This was after the Supreme Court, voting 11-1, ruled these courts could issue the precautionary hold departure order, which directs the Bureau of Immigration to stop any attempt to leave of an individual facing a crime where the minimum penalty prescribed by the law is at least six years and one day. The […]
(Eagle News)–Australian nun Patricia Fox on Monday, July 23, appealed the Bureau of Immigration order to deport her. In a 25-page motion for reconsideration, Fox said the basis of the order was “purely speculative as it is merely based on an unsubstantiated report of a certain intel agent Melody Penelope Gonzales.” Without directly admitting she participated in rallies as claimed by the BI, she said participation in such was “not illegal but a valid exercise […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has ordered the deportation of Australian nun Patricia Fox. In its 10-page order issued on Thursday, July 19, the BI said Fox, an “undersirable alien,” violated the limitations and conditions of her missionary visa, and should be deported to Australia. In making the conclusion, the BI said her “active participation” in rallies, fact-finding missions and conferences was “evidently beyond the ‘nature’ of authorized duties and responsibilities for which she […]
(Eagle News) — The government has allowed the establishment of a trust fund funded by express lane fees to increase the salaries of Bureau of Immigration personnel. “There is a need for an interim measure to augment the salaries of BI employees, in recognition of the indispensability of their functions, the apparent disparity between the basic pay of BI employees and employees of government agencies performing comparable functions, and to promote the continuous and unhampered […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has denied former policeman Wally Sombero’s bid for the dismissal of the plunder charges filed against him in connection with the P50-million bribery scandal at the Bureau of Immigration. The sixth division dismissed the plea of Sombero, the alleged middleman of Chinese businessman Jack Lam, for lack of merit. In junking Sombero’s plea, the anti-graft court said the prosecution had established that Sombero’s act of delivering P50 million–P20 million around […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has nullified the orders earlier issued by the Bureau of Immigration which forfeited the missionary visa of Australian nun Patricia Anne Fox, declaring the bureau’s actions as “without legal basis.” In a resolution issued on Monday, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra explained that while Philippine immigration laws give broad powers to the Bureau of Immigration (BI) regarding the entry and stay of foreigners in the country, “visa forfeiture is […]
