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BI hosts ASEAN immigration execs’ meet |
MARCH 20, 2013
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is co-hosting with the Australian government a workshop on curbing illegal migration in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. Some 25 delegates from the ASEAN member-states (Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) are taking part in the workshop which opened at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City last Monday. “Through this joint undertaking, we bear witness to different nations working together to pursue a common goal of lawful people movement without compromising the integrity and sovereignty of our respective nation’s borders,” BI Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said in his welcome remarks to the delegates. David said the workshop will explore strategies excluding and removing irregular travelers at the airports, adding that said travelers “do not only pose threat to the national security but also scares off other legitimate travelers.” |
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BI to destroy 2,000 unclaimed I-Cards |
MARCH 18, 2013
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is set to destroy nearly 2,000 alien certificate of registration identity cards (ACR I-Cards) that have been gathering dust at the agency due to continued failure by foreigners to claim them. Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. issued a memorandum order directing the bureau’s alien registration division (ARD) to dispose all active and expired ACR I-Cards that remain unclaimed at the bureau’s executive office as of Feb. 1 this year. He also directed other offices, including the bureau’s records and visa extension sections, to submit an inventory of unclaimed ACR I-Cards in their offices. David said the destruction of the cards will prevent the proliferation of falsified and fraudulent ACR I-Cards. |
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84,000 aliens made annual report |
MARCH 15, 2013
More than 84,000 foreigners made their annual report to the Bureau of Immigration (BI) this January and February, representing six percent more than those who reported in the previous year. BI Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said a total of 84,399 aliens beat the March 1 deadline for the annual report, compared to 79,289 aliens during the first two months of 2012. David said the government raised more than P24 million from annual report fees this year. David explained that aliens who failed to beat the deadline may still make their annaul report fees but they will be assessed fines and penalties. |
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BI warns aliens not to meddle in RP polls |
MARCH 13, 2013
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) warned foreigners against extending support to candidates in the forthcoming national and local elections, lest they face arrest and deportation for meddling in the country’s internal affairs.
Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said the warning stemmed from the issuance by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) of a resolution specifically prohibiting, among others, foreigners taking part in the elections.
He was referring to Comelec Resolution No. 9615, issued last Jan. 15, which spells out the implementing rules and regulations of the Fair Election Act, Republic Act 9006.
The said act, which Congress passed in 2001, seeks the holding of free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible elections through fair election practices. |
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BI deports ‘chop chop lady’ killer |
MARCH 11, 2013
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported Stephen Mark Whisenhunt, convicted killer of “chop chop lady” Elsa Castillo, whose body was mutilated after being stabbed to death by her American lover. BI Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. disclosed that Whisenhunt boarded a Philippine Airlines flight to Los Angeles, California last Feb. 28, or two months after he was released from the National Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa where he spent 19 years behind bars. “We have placed him in our Blacklist so he could no longer return to the Philippines. His involvement in a gruesome crime makes him a very undesirable alien who should not be allowed to re-enter our country,” David said. It was learned that although the Pasig City regional trial court had sentenced Whisenhunt to reclusion perpetua in 1993, his jail term was commuted for good conduct while in prison. |
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