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Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco announced that the agency’s Port Operations Division (POD) had been deactivated on Thursday. POD s ....
(File photo) MANILA - The Ports Operations Division (POD) of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) has been deactivated as part of efforts to reform the agency and decentralize operations. The division runs BI offices in the seaports and airports. "There is already order to deactivate the POD, which we believe is part of the defects of the immigration system right now," Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla told reporters on Tuesday. "This is in response to controversies that we faced in the past months." The POD had figured in several scams in the past, including the so-called "pastillas scam" involving alleged payoffs to BI officials by inbound foreigners, mostly Chinese nationals working in Philippine Overseas Gaming Operators. The rolled paper bills were reportedly wrapped in paper, resembling the Filipino milk candy. Marc Red Marinas was replaced as POD chief by Carlos Capulong in April 2021. On Feb. 3, the BI also announced a major revamp at its facility ....
(File photo) MANILA - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday advised foreign residents in the country, especially Chinese nationals who are planning to spend the Lunar New Year holidays abroad, to process their reentry fees prior to departure. BI Port Operations Division chief Carlos Capulong said this would spare them from long queues at immigration cashiers in the departure area of the three Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminals. "A significant number of them are Chinese residents in the country, who are flying out to spend the Chinese New Year abroad. It results in a build-up of passengers at the airport, which may be avoided if they secured their permits before going to the airport," the BI official added. Capulong noted that departing residents have the option to secure these permits at the airports or at any BI office nationwide. He said securing the permits beforehand decreases processing time for passengers and give them more time to relax before the ....
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported Friday, Jan. 6, that there was a notable increase in the number of passenger departure following the airwave technical glitch experienced at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and other Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)-operated air ....
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) assured the traveling public of unhampered service at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and other international airports after the technical glitches that hit the country's main airport on Sunday, Jan. 1. “Following the cancellation of flights due to the ....