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Eagle News — Canadian Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino, spoke to a group of immigration lawyers stating that once the pandemic is over, Canada will remain open to immigrants. “Immigration is an economic driver that we rely on” says Mendicino. He also says that immgration is the key to economic recovery in Canada. Mendicino further explains that the need for people to migrate to Canada helps with population. “Canada’s birth rate is too low. There just […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration will soon roll out its COVID-19 testing for its frontliners in a bid to stem the spread of the virus. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente made the announcement after the bureau received a donation of 500 COVID-19 rapid test kits from Chinese authorities. He said the bureau has also already procured from the Department of Budget Management personal protective equipment for its personnel. Immigration Associate Commissioner Aldwin Alegre, the bureau COVID […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was suspending immigration for green card seekers for 60 days, arguing the controversial move would help Americans find work again after coronavirus caused a surge in unemployment. Trump told reporters at the White House the suspension would come into force through an executive order that he would likely sign on Wednesday as he offered the first details about a vague announcement he made Monday […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has announced the lifting of the 72-hour travel period for departing Overseas Filipino Workers, balikbayans and foreign nationals. According to immigration commissioner Jaime Morente, foreign nationals may now leave the country any time during the community quarantine period unless their flights have been cancelled by the airlines of the Civil Aeronautics Board. “There was some confusion with other government agencies yesterday, but we discussed this with them and […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday, Feb. 28, said the so-called pastillas scheme was the result of greed and corruption of unscrupulous Immigration personnel. “Suspension or termination of overtime pay and non-inclusion in the salary hike of other government employees should never be a reason for corrupt BI personnel to justify the illegal acts they commit to augment their income. That is crap, and I am not buying it,” Lacson said in a statement. He […]
(Eagle News)–Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente on Saturday, Feb. 22, expressed disappointment over what he said were “unauthorized activities” of some immigration personnel. Morente issued the statement as the bureau finds itself in hot water anew over the illegal escort into the country of some Chinese nationals for a fee. Morente said the leadership of the bureau “welcomes the efforts to cleanse the ranks of all personnel involved in unethical and corrupt practices,” noting that it […]
(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) — Chinese workers who came to the Philippines illegally will be deported. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, following revelations some Chinese casino high-rollers and Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations workers were escorted by some unscrupulous immigration personnel for a fee. At least 19 immigration officers have been placed on floating status after the scheme was revealed in hearings in the Senate, which is probing issues stemming from the proliferation of POGOs […]
(Eagle News) — The immigration officer who blew the whistle on corruption among some of his colleagues in connection with the so-called “pastillas” scheme is now under government protective custody. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Allision Chiong, immigration officer 1, has been admitted to the Witness Protection Program upon the request of Senate President Tito Sotto and Senator Risa Hontiveros, chair of the Senate panel probing the scheme involving the escort of Chinese nationals into […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has relieved officials and employees of the Bureau of Immigration who are linked to the extortion scheme on Chinese nationals seeking VIP treatment of their entry into the country. This bolstered the earlier moves by Immigration commissioner Jaime Morente relieving and replacing the terminal heads at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, and the head of the Travel Control and Enforcement Unit (TCEU). Under the so-called “pastillas” scheme, the […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, Feb. 17, accused some immigration personnel of receiving money from arriving Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations Chinese workers. According to Hontiveros, the P10,000 “service fee” paid to the unscrupulous personnel was to ensure the entry of the Chinese nationals in the country. She said according to her source, of the P10,000, P2000 was shared among personnel in the airport while P8000 goes to Chinese tour operators, local tours and syndicates […]
