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(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice will act on Australian nun Patricia Fox’s appeal of the deportation order issued by the Bureau of Immigration against her next year. In a statement, DOJ spokesperson Markk Perete said this was because the DOJ only recently received Fox’s memorandum “recently.” “Because of this, and considering that in the meantime, other equally important but more urgent petitions for review have been filed with the Office the Secretary of Justice, […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang refuted allegations made by Australian elderly missionary nun Patricia Fox that the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte was a “reign of terror,” saying what is present is a “reign of strict enforcement of the laws. “There is no reign of terror and tyranny in the Philippines. There is only a reign of fear in the minds and hearts of those who violated the law. They are terrified that the law […]
The 71-year old Australian missionary Patricia Fox is now back in her home country Australia after leaving the Philippines Saturday night, Nov. 3. After losing a long legal battle with Manila to stop her deportation, she attacked Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “reign of tyranny” Sunday. Fox, who spent almost three decades working with Philippine laborers, farmers and urban poor, was accused of illegally engaging in political activism as Duterte’s government cracked down on foreign […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — An Australian nun who battled a government bid to expel her from the Philippines after she angered President Rodrigo Duterte, said Wednesday she will leave rather than face certain arrest and deportation. Patricia Fox’s abrupt announcement came because immigration authorities refused hours earlier to extend her tourist visa and ordered the 71-year-old out by Saturday. Fox, who has spent nearly three decades advocating for the Philippines’ poorest, has become a symbol […]
(Eagle News)–Australian nun Patricia Fox has lost her appeal for her missionary visa visa to be renewed. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the Bureau of Immigration also submitted its comment on Fox’s petition for review on the deportation order. “The matter is now submitted for the DOJ’s consideration,” Guevarra said. Earlier, the BI denied Fox’s motion for reconsideration of a previous decision which also denied her request for a missionary visa extension. Fox, however, was asked […]
(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 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)–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 Commission on Human Rights on Friday, July 20, asked the Bureau of Immigration to reconsider its decision to deport Australian nun Patricia Fox. “The deportation order sets a dangerous precedent for foreign human rights workers and discourages them from doing important humanitarian work in our country,” the CHR said in a statement. According to the CHR, the “principles of human rights must reign supreme when distinguishing between humanitarian work and perceiving something as political […]
(Eagle News) — “The law may be harsh but it is the law.” This was the Palace’s reaction to the Bureau of Immigration’s decision to deport Australian nun Patricia Fox to Australia. “That is the law,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. In its 10-page order issued on Thursday, July 19, the BI said Fox was an “undesirable alien” who violated the limitations and conditions of her missionary visa, and as such, should be deported. In making […]
(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 […]
