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5 days ago | 
mb.com.ph | Jeffrey Damicog
Two Chinese and two Filipinos, who are now in custody, have been charged before the court and the Department of Justice (DOJ) with kidnap for ransom of three foreign nationals in Nasugbu, Batangas last May. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) identified the two Filipinos as Jomar P. Ubarde and Danilo L. Abilong, who were both hired as bodyguards of the victims and separately surrendered to the bureau last week.
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5 days ago | 
mb.com.ph | Jeffrey Damicog
Thirty-nine Chinese nationals, who were found “illegally working” in a telecommunications company in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig City have been arrested and will be deported, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Monday, June 2. Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony M. Viado said the Chinese nationals were arrested last May 29 by operatives of the bureau’s Intelligence Division (BI-ID) in coordination with the Philippine National Police-Southern Police District (PNP-SPD).
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5 days ago | 
mb.com.ph | Jeffrey Damicog
Thirty-two “high-risk foreigners” have been barred from entering the Philippines since the implementation of the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) this year, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said. “Through APIS, we are able to flag high-risk individuals and stop them from entering the country before they could even disembark,” said BI Commissioner Joel Anthony M. Viado in a statement.
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6 days ago | 
mb.com.ph | Jeffrey Damicog
Two hundred persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City have been transferred to the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) in Occidental Mindoro. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. said the transfer was part of the ongoing decongestion at the NBP. The 200 PDLs arrived at SPPF last May 30, Catapang said.
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1 week ago | 
mb.com.ph | Jeffrey Damicog
A South Korean national wanted in his country for kidnapping has been arrested by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Pasay City. BI Commissioner Joel Anthony M. Viado identified the fugitive as Jang Seongwoong, 47, who has been in the bureau’s wanted list for deportation since 2021 for being an undesirable alien.
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1 week ago | 
mb.com.ph | Jeffrey Damicog
Former Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo A. Teves Jr., who was deported from Timor-Leste, has been turned over to the facility of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Friday, May 30. “We will accord him all his rights. Proteksyunan namin na hindi s’ya masaktan sa aming pangangalaga (We will protect him and ensure that he will not get hurt while under our care),” said NBI Director Jaime B. Santiago during a press conference.
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1 week ago | 
mb.com.ph | Jeffrey Damicog
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remula on Thursday afternoon, May 29, said that expelled Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo A. Teves Jr. is now in the custody of the Philippines and “we will bring him home so that he can face the charges.”In an interview, Remulla said the “extraction team” sent to get Teves in Timor-Leste is led by DOJ Assistant Secretary Eliseo DC Cruz who is accompanied by representatives from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI).
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1 week ago | 
mb.com.ph | Jeffrey Damicog
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday, May 29, has vowed to pursue its efforts to chase and bring back Filipino fugitives abroad. “Hindi ho kami tumitigil (We are not stopping). Hindi ho tumitigil ang trabaho ng DOJ (The DOJ is not stopping doing its job),” Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said.
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1 week ago | 
mb.com.ph | Jeffrey Damicog
Solicitor General Menardo I. Guevarra on Thursday, May 29, accepted the decision of President Marcos not to retain him as head of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG). Reports stated that the President has appointed Darlene Marie B. Berberabe, dean of the University of the Philippines College of Law and lecturer of the Philippine Judicial Academy, the education arm of the Supreme Court.
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1 week ago | 
mb.com.ph | Jeffrey Damicog
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has mobilized a team to coordinate with the government of Timor-Leste in the repatriation to the Philippines of fugitive and expelled Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo A. Teves Jr.In a statement issued on Thursday, May 29, the DOJ said the team is composed of representatives from the DOJ, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
