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BI plans to have own identification system

By Evelyn Macairan | October 20, 2010 - 12:00am

After receiving flak for placing advertisements on arrival and departure cards in airports, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) is planning to have its own identification system.

Headlines

Kuya Eddie, my idol

By Romy Macalintal | October 1, 2010 - 12:00am

A wish come true could best describe my feeling when I personally met my long-time broadcast idol, former Sen. Eddie Ilarde, as we pretaped his episode for my radio program, The Law of the Heart is Love, over DWBR,...

Entertainment

Libanan vows tie up with NGOs to thwart human trafficking

By Rudy Santos | July 28, 2010 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Immigration vowed yesterday to engage the participation of other government agencies and the private sector in the campaign against human trafficking...

Metro

De Lima designates PCGG, BI OICs

By Edu Punay | July 28, 2010 - 12:00am

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has tapped her two top subordinates as temporary heads of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) and Bureau of Immigration (BI).

Headlines

Immigration bureau reports higher income

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | July 12, 2010 - 12:00am

The Visa Issuance Made Simple (VIMS) program that was initiated by Commissioner Marcelino Libanan last year did not only make the long bureaucratic process short, it also contributed to the growth of the income of...

Cebu News

9 Pinays turned back at NAIA

By Rudy Santos | June 17, 2010 - 12:00am

Nine Filipinas who claimed to be tourists bound for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were prevented from leaving by immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Tuesday night.

Metro

BI: 344 foreign investors received job visas

By Evelyn Macairan | June 15, 2010 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) yesterday reported that 344 foreign investors from 39 countries availed themselves of the agency’s job visa program since April last year.

Metro

Korean deported for illegal gambling

By Evelyn Macairan | June 13, 2010 - 12:00am

A Korean national, who was allegedly caught operating an illegal online gaming business in Las Piñas, was recently deported to his native country, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced yesterday.

Metro

1 million foreigners visited RP in first quarter

By Evelyn Macairan | June 12, 2010 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) yesterday reported that more than one million foreigners entered the country during the first quarter of the year.

Metro

Dayuhang dumating sa bansa tumaas ng 11%

By Gemma Amargo-Garcia | June 11, 2010 - 12:00am

Tumaas ng 11 porsiyento ang bilang ng mga dayuhang dumarating sa bansa sa loob ng unang apat na buwan ngayon taon.

Bansa