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(Eagle News) — Members of the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives have filed a bill seeking to grant Filipino citizenship to Australian nun Patricia Fox. Reps. Carlos Zarate, Antonio Tinio, Emmi de Jesus, France Castro, Arlene Brosas, Ariel Casilao and Sarah Jane Elago filed House Bill 7806 after the Bureau of Immigration affirmed its April decision to forfeit her missionary visa in May. This was after it found Fox violated the terms of the […]
30-day deadline for her to leave lapses on June 18, not May 25, DOJ says (Eagle News)—Australian nun Patricia Fox got a reprieve from the Department of Justice on Friday, May 25, when it said she could stay in the country until June 18. In his two-page order, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the running of the 30-day deadline for her to leave, after all, stopped when she filed a motion for reconsideration before the […]
(Eagle News)–Australian nun Patricia Fox on Friday, May 25, appealed the Bureau of Immigration order that affirmed the forfeiture of her missionary visa. Fox filed the appeal before the Department of Justice even if the BI said she only had one day to leave the Philippines following the issuance of the order. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said, however, that Fox could still file an appeal in the justice department. In its May order, the BI […]
(Eagle News)—Australian nun Patricia Fox has no plans of leaving the Philippines yet. In a statement issued on Wednesday, May 23, her lawyer Jobert Pahilga said that they would file a petition for review of the May 17 BI order that affirmed a previous order she should leave the country because she violated the terms of her missionary visa. “For the said order, if not challenged, will have far-reaching implications to other missionaries similarly situated with […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, May 23, said it respects the decision of the Bureau of Immigration affirming its earlier order for Australian nun Patricia Fox to leave the country. “That’s the law. Dura lex sed lex (the law may be harsh but it is the law),” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. In the May 17 order, the BI junked Fox’s appeal of the agency’s decision to forfeit her missionary visa for lack of […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has junked Australian nun Patricia Fox’s appeal of the agency’s decision to forfeit her missionary visa. In denying Fox’s appeal of the April 23 order, the BI in a three-page order signed on May 17 dismissed her claim the bureau forfeited her visa without due process and her claim the accusations of “partisan political activities” against her were not backed by solid evidence. It noted that Fox worked beyond what […]
(Eagle News)—–Australian nun Patricia Fox has asked the Bureau of Immigration to reverse its order cancelling her missionary visa, saying the order was based on “sloppy investigation and intelligence work.” In her 26-age counter-affidavit, Fox admitted she joined rallies in the Philippines, but said these were not “partisan political activities.” “I have joined rallies, gathering or assemblies of farmers, indigenous peoples who demand that their rights to land and resources be respected; or workers in […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to have rejected the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ call for Australian nun Patricia Fox to be allowed to stay in the country. “Karaming madre diyan. May mga madre pa sa bukid,” Duterte said on Wednesday, May 2, after he was reported to have met with lawyers from his alma mater San Beda College. The lawyers were allegedly asked by the CBCP to appeal the Bureau of Immigration’s […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, April 28, said the basis for the Bureau of Immigration’s directive for Australian nun Patricia Fox to leave the country was an order made by former Senator Leila de Lima herself. “Yung may gawa ng rules niyan, kapag sumali ka doon sa protesta, mga political rallies, ide-deport ka, kaninong order ‘yan? Hindi ko man tinanggal. Ang aking kaibigan na sa loob ng presuhan, si de Lima,” Duterte said in […]
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Several senators expressed different opinions about the Bureau of Immigration’s deportation order against Australian nun Patricia Fox. “The general rule is, if you are a foreigner, do not interfere in the domestic politics of the country that you are in…So, including Filipinos who are abroad, ‘wag rin tayong makialam sa mga kilos protesta sa kanilang bansa, kasi I am sure, kahit hindi ko pa nabasa ‘yung batas ng bansang […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, April 25, stood by the Bureau of Immigration’s decision to order Australian nun Patricia Fox to leave the country. In a television interview, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said before the decision was made, a process was followed. “Hindi po dapat namumulitika at dahil nag-violate po siya ng terms and condition niya ay dapat siyang umalis ng Pilipinas,” he said. The BI on Wednesday announced the forfeiture of Fox’s visa which […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has forfeited the missionary visa of Australian missionary Patricia Fox and ordered her to leave the country. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said this was after the BI’s board of commissioners (BOC), which he chairs, found her “to have engaged in activities that are not allowed under the terms and conditions of her visa.” Associate Commissioners J. Tobias Javier and Aimee Torrefranca -Neri are members of […]
