Willy M. Balasa

In an initial report received by the office of Bureau of Immigration (BI) chief Jaime Morente at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Morales and her entourage were scheduled to leave Hong Kong at 6:00 pm and expected to arrive about 8:15 pm on board a Philippine Airlines flight at NAIA Terminal 2.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. personally met Anthony Padilla, Romeo Manabat and Roderick Rivera, who arrived on a Philippine Airlines flight from United Arab Emirates escorted by Ambassador Haycelyn Quintana, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2.

A TAIWANESE fugitive who attempted to flee the country by passing himself off as a Filipino using a tampered Philippine passport was arrested by agents of the Bureau of Immigration.

“Cebu Pacific confirms that there was an unauthorized access to a GetGo application server last night. This server has been secured. We can also confirm that credit card information was not stored on that server,” Cebu Pacific said in a statement.

EMPLOYEES of the Bureau of Immigration thanked President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for “recognizing the plight of immigration officers nationwide.”

EXAMINERS and X-ray screeners of the Bureau of Customs panicked when an outbound package containing images of three pieces of hand grenades appeared on the monitor at the export warehouse near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

ALERT agents of the Bureau of Customs at the Central Mail Exchange Center of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport seized some 757 pieces of live tarantulas worth P310,000 from Poland.

THE Bureau of Immigration yesterday expressed concern over reports of the resurgence of a modus recruiting underaged Filipinas to work as household service workers (HSW) abroad.

THE Office of Transportation and Security (OTS) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and other airports released a list of revised prohibited items for all departing passengers on originating flights from the Philippines.

Bureau of Immigration Port Operations Division Chief Grifton Medina yesterday announced that top Immigration officials at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport have been reshuffled as part of a continuing effort to professionalize its employees to improve its service to the traveling public.

THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is closely monitoring all shipment and parcels for pork and pork products contaminated with African Swine Fever and likewise guarding against smuggling of wildlife and illegal drugs.

ALERT agents of the Bureau of Customs at the terminal 2 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport confiscated some 1,500 live turtles in a smuggling attempt last Saturday by a Filipino traveler from Hong Kong.

THE Manila International Airport Authority [MIAA] yesterday called on the passengers’ cooperation with the strict security screening procedures at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

FOREIGN nationals registered with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) were reminded yesterday that they have until March 1 to go to the nearest BI field office and make their 2019 annual report.