Tag: Chinese national

Palace: President Duterte still trusts Morente

(Eagle News) — Immigration commissioner Jaime Morente still enjoys the trust and confidence of President Rodrigo Duterte, the Palace said on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the remark amid the allegations of corruption hurled against unscrupulous immigration personnel who escort Chinese Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators workers in the airport in exchange for a fee. “Until he says otherwise, the assumption is [that] he has confidence in him,” Panelo said. Senator Risa Hontiveros […]

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Chinese tourist dies as motorbanca capsizes off Boracay

(Eagle News) — A Chinese national died while several others were injured after a motorboat capsized off Boracay on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Hong Fang Kwai, 45, was pronounced dead in the hospital after the incident  in Barangay Balabag past 11 a.m. Lu Kuaile, 11; Gao Yue, 24; at Luo Meimei, 60, are undergoing treatment at the hospital. Based on initial investigation, the motorbanca victims and several others were on capsized due to  strong winds and […]

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Villanueva to DOLE : Deploy inspectors to probe employer of Chinese national who fell to his death in Las Piñas

(Eagle News)–Senator Joel Villanueva has urged the Department of Labor and Employment to allow inspectors to assist in the probe of the recent death of a Chinese national in Las Piñas, in light of the Chinese embassy’s pronouncements some Chinese nationals were subjected to abuse by their employers in the country. In a statement, Villanueva said the DOLE inspectors should assess whether Yang Kang’s   employer, who he said was also Chinese, complies with labor standards […]

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Locsin: PHL gov’t should bring those behind Chinese national’s death to justice

(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. on Tuesday, Aug. 13, said the Philippine government should immediately bring to justice those behind the death of a Chinese national in Las Piñas City. In making the remark, Locsin noted that the Chinese could retaliate following the death of Yang Kang, 27. The Chinese national died after jumping, while handcuffed, from the sixth floor of his office building in Pamplona. “We go down this road of letting […]

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Police confiscate P5M worth of shabu from condo unit of Chinese national in Muntinlupa

(Eagle News) — Authorities on Monday dawn (April 23) seized P5 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride locally known as “shabu” from a condominium unit believed to be rented by a Chinese national in Alabang, Muntinlupa City. According to the Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG), they conducted a one month- surveillance in the condominium unit rented by the Chinese national, Yang Ang Quan alias Li Hong Peng, who was one of the suspects they had […]

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Tourist arrivals in the PHL increase in first 10 months of 2017

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Tourist arrivals in the first ten months of 2017 have increased. According to the Department of Tourism, there is an 11.54% increase in the number of tourists who visited the Philippines in the first 10 months of 2017, compared to the same period in 2016. The DOT said international arrivals for the 10-month period have reached a total of 5,474,310 compared to the 4,908,017 of the same period last […]

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DOJ, ibinasura ang P380-mn na drug case laban kay Lt. Col. Marcelino, Chinese national

Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service Lusot sa kasong possession of illegal drugs si Lt. Col. Ferdinand Marcelino at ang Chinese national na si Yan Yi Shou matapos absweltuhin sila ng Justice department sa mga kasong iyon. Sa resolusyon ng Department of Justice na nilagdaan ni Undersecretary Deo Marco, ibinasura ng DOJ panel ang Sept. 15, 2016 na resolusyon na nagsasabing kinakitaan ng sapat na batayan upang kasuhan sina Marcelino at Yan. Kinatigan din ng DOJ ang unang desisyon […]

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