The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported two British pedophiles wanted for a string of child molestation and sexual assault cases in the United Kingdom.

            BI Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said Keefer James Cooper, 70, and David Alan Williams, 50, were deported last Oct. 5 aboard a Cathay Pacific flight to Hongkong en route to London.

David said the Britons were deported pursuant to summary deportation orders issued by the BI board of commissioners against them for being overtstaying and undocumented aliens.

            The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the arrest of an American fugitive wanted for rape by authorities in Guam .

            Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. identified the fugitive as 56-year-old David James Hart, who was arrested last Oct. 2 in Mapandan, Pangasinan by operatives of the BI fugitive search unit.

            David said Hart is wanted by the US marshals service in Guam where a US district court had issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of rape and failure to register as a sex offender.

            The US embassy did not divulge further information about the suspect or his victim and how and when he committed the crime.

           Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said the aliens were arrested Monday afternoon after police interceped them at the Zamboanga airport upon their arrival from Tawi-Tawi.

           David said the Indians were turned over to BI-Zamboanga officials as they did not have passports or visas and instead presented alien employment permits (AEPs) from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) that turned out to be fake. 

            The said AEPs were glaringly spurious as the signatory on the documents is not Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz but Arturo Brion, former DOLE head who is now a Supreme Court justice.

            The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is deploying 200 more new immigration officers to the three terminals of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as it continues to augment its manpower at the premiere port amidst the escalating increase in the number of international travelers who enter and exit the country daily.

            BI Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. hailed the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for granting the bureau’s request for authority to hire more immigration officers to address its problem of manpower lack at the airports.

            David said it was the second time this year that Budget Secretary Florencio Abad had approved his request for additional posts of Immigration Officer I in the BI plantilla.

            He added that notices inviting interested applicants for the job will soon be published in the newspapers and website.  The DBM had earlier authorized the BI to hire new 100 immigration officers.