DAVAO CITY — She presented her marriage certificate in the hope of leaving the country as a bride to a foreigner but the document was not enough as she failed to answer basic questions which prompted the Bureau of Immigration at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport who deny them from leaving. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco […]
Human trafficking
Trafficker with 7 suspected victims barred at NAIA
DAVAO CITY —Immigration officers assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 prevented the travel of a suspected human trafficker with 7 suspected victims on March 1. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco revealed that the trafficker and her victims attempted to depart on board a Philippine Airlines flight to Bangkok last March 1. The […]
Marcos Jr. urges Quiboloy to face the Senate inquiry “To tell his side of the story”
DAVAO CITY — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday urged Apollo Quiboloy to attend the Senate hearing about the alleged sexual offenses hurled against him by the former members of his church “To tell his side of the story”. Marcos said that Quiboloy, the founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) should use […]
Indonesian national wanted for human trafficking faces deportation
DAVAO CITY — Operatives of the Bureau of Immigration on Friday arrested an Indonesian national wanted by authorities in Jakarta for his involvement in human trafficking. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco identified the captured fugitive as Aris “Romeo” Wahyudi, 43-year-old, who was arrested on Tuesday along Salcedo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City by […]
Davao Immigration rescues victims of human trafficking
DAVAO CITY — Two Filipinas were rescued by immigration officers assigned at the Davao International Airport (DIA) last February 21 after almost being trafficked to work abroad. DIA immigration officers reported the interception of the duo, who are in their late 20s and early 30s, after they attempted to depart on board a Scoot airlines […]
Misamis Occidental’s rice sufficiency program yields high production
DAVAO CITY — The rice production in the province of Misamis Occidental significantly increased following the government’s program dubbed as Asenso Rice Farmers Full Assistance Program, a program personally crafted by Governor Henry S. Oaminal for the local farmers iin his province. Oaminal, who hails from a farmer family once shared to Newsline, “I want […]
3 sex American offenders denied entry in PH
DAVAO CITY —Three American sex offenders were denied entry by officers of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in the international airports of Manila and Cebu. Excluded last January 10 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminal 1 was American national Rolando Camama, 73, who arrived on board a China Airlines flight from Taipei. Also […]
School of fish washed ashore in Sarangani province
DAVAO CITY — Residents fete waking up with school of fish along their shores in Maasim, Sarangani Province at around 6:30 in the morning on Sunday, January 7.. Photographs captured by Cirilo Lagnason Jr. showed residents enjoyed collecting the different species and some even ran out of plastic bags for their collection. He said, a […]
No more inferior rice for calamity victims- OCD
DAVAO CITY — No more inferior rice instead quality rice for calamity victims will be distributed starting this year, this was the assurance of Civil Defense XI Regional Director Ednar Dayanghirang on Friday. “We will ensure that freshly milled rice of good quality not spoiled nor inferior will be delivered to the beneficiaries,” the director […]
3 died, 21 hospitalized in Maguindanao Sur diarrhea outbreak
DAVAO CITY — Three persons died while 21 others rushed to the hospital as diarrhea outbreak hit the village of Sindulan, Barangay Tama R. talayan on Maguindanao del Sur early this week. Dr. Mohammas Ariff Baguindali, chief of Maguindanao Integrated Provincial Health revealed they recorded the first death on December 21, 2023, involving a 14-yerar-old […]
Farmer accidentally plows unexploded 40mm grenade in Maguindanao
DAVAO CITY — It was a regular farm day workfor Sandot Abad Peling until he accidentally plowed an unexploded 40-millimeter grenade projectile in Barangay Sapalan in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte last Thursday afternoon. The bomb exploded but fortunate,y he was unharmed but his motorized hand tractor did not, it was in a total […]
Rubber farmers of Basilan now armed with knowledge to fight Pestalotiopsis
DAVAO CITY — After a long struggle to keep their rubber plantations away from dying due to Pestalotiopsis Leaf Fall Disease, the rubber farmers of Akbar town in Basilan province are now knowledgeable to fight against it. This, after the personnel from Philippine Rubber Research Institute (PRRI) in partnership with the Local Government of Akbar […]
Wedding food downs 154 in Bukidnon province
DAVAO CITY — Some 154 individuals were rushed to the different hospitals and clinics in Bukidnon province after eating the food served during a wedding in Sitio Calapat, Barangay Tagbak in the municipality of Talakag in Bukidnon yesterday, around 3:00 in the afternoon November 18, 2023. Those who attended the ceremony and ate the food […]