BI sees 7K arrivals at start of PH reopening to foreign travelers
(PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is expecting at least a 30 percent increase in passenger arrivals as the Philippines reopened its doors to foreign travelers starting Thursday. BI port operations division (POD) chief, lawyer Carlos Capulong, said they are anticipating some 7,000 arrivals, an increase from Wednesday's 4,816 passenger arrivals. He said they expect that majority of them are Filipinos, while around 27 percent are foreign nationals. On the other hand, Commissioner Jaime Morente projected that the numbers could increase to 10,000-12,000 arrivals...