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(Eagle News) – The VIP service for a fee at the Bureau of Immigration (BI) started in 2016 when the Department of Justice removed the overtime pay for immigration officers, according to an immigration officer who testified at a Senate hearing on Thursday, Feb. 20. Immigration Officer 1 Allison Chiong also named the current and former immigration personnel who are involved in the operations, also known as “pastillas” scheme since money paid for BI officers […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he had told Bureau of Immigration commissioner Jaime Morente to file charges against all those involved in corruption at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), as he vouched for the integrity of the immigration chief. With the filing of criminal and administrative charges, the corrupt immigration personnel would then be dismissed, he said. This was in connection with the so-called “pastillas” scheme at the airports where […]
