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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 4, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 11:38 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Binondo-Intramuros bridge nears completion

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 06:30 PM

Two Chinese workers take a rest as authorities inspect the ongoing construction of the Binondo-Intramuros bridge in Manila City on Thursday. Read more »

Palace: Let NBI probe alleged unauthorized inoculation of Chinese nationals in PH

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 11:14 PM

MANILA - Malacañang is leaving it to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe reports that around 100,000 Chinese in the Philippines have already been vaccinated against COVID-19, despite majority of Filipinos yet to be inoculated against the illness. Read more »

Gov't execs got COVID-19 vaccines through 'official channels': Ang-See

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Posted at Jan 05 08:55 AM

COVID-19 vaccines used by government officials went through "official channels" and were not fake, a Chinese-Filipino community civic leader said Tuesday. Read more »

Palace: Duterte told corruption-tagged Immigration officers to swallow cash wads

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 01:44 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte met with several Immigration officers accused of corruption and told them to swallow rolled wads of cash, his spokesman said Tuesday.   Read more »

Chinese envoy: Pinoys still form majority of workforce in China-funded bridge project

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Posted at Oct 30 08:52 PM

Ambassador Huang Xilian emphasized that Chinese employees in the Binondo-Intramuros Bridge project were “mainly managerial and technical personnel.” Read more »

Palace seeks 'leeway' in hiring Chinese workers for infra projects

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 11:35 AM

Malacañang appealed Wednesday for "leeway" in hiring Chinese workers engaged in ongoing infrastructure projects, which a senator criticized as the COVID-19 pandemic spawned job cuts for Filipinos in the construction industry.  Read more »

Some Chinese interpreters in NAIA earning 'big time' from 'pastillas' scheme: whistleblower

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 08:34 PM

Some Chinese translators working at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have been earning "big time" from the "pastillas" scheme as they allegedly connive with Immigration personnel to slip illegal Chinese workers in the Philippines, a whistleblower said Tuesday. Read more »

POGOs 'canceling' lease contracts in PH due to China's clampdown: Finance chief

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 01:37 PM

Several Chinese workers from the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) industry have "started abandoning" their leased properties in the capital due to a clampdown in China, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said on Wednesday. Read more »

Hontiveros: Chinese POGO workers who broke law must be prosecuted before exiting PH

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 09:36 PM

Chinese citizens linked to illegal activities in the Philippines should be prosecuted before the Philippine offshore gaming operators' reported exodus from the country, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said Tuesday. Read more »

15 pulis-QC sinibak matapos makatakas ang 6 Chinese PDLs

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Posted at Jun 24 02:16 PM

Sinibak sa puwesto at pinaiimbestigahan ng hepe ng Quezon City Police District ang 15 pulis sa lungsod matapos pansamantalang makatakas ang 6 na persons deprived of liberty mula sa pagkakadetine. Read more »

Iba pang ilegal na Chinese clinic, maaaring nakakubli sa Parañaque: pulisya

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Updated as of Jun 09 09:51 AM

"Malaki" ang posibilidad na may iba pang ilegal na Chinese clinic sa Parañaque kasunod ng pagkakadiskubre ng 2 kahalintulad na estrablisimyento roon kamakailan, sinabi ng pulisya, Miyerkoles. Read more »

Ilang taga-Parañaque nangangamba matapos mabisto ang ilegal na clinic sa kanilang lugar

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Posted at Jun 02 08:54 PM

Nababahala ang mga residente ng Multinational Village sa Parañaque na baka kumalat na ang coronavirus sa kanilang lugar matapos matuklasan ang ilegal na clinic para sa POGO workers. Read more »

'Illegal Chinese clinic in Parañaque also raided as sex den last Feb'

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Posted at Jun 02 09:36 AM

The illegal clinic for Chinese workers discovered in a subdivision in Parañaque was raided before as a sex den, residents said Tuesday. Read more »

Underground hospital para sa Chinese workers sinalakay sa Parañaque

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Updated as of Jun 01 07:26 PM

Isang underground hospital ang sinalakay ng National Bureau of Investigation sa loob ng isang pribadong subdivision sa Parañaque.   Read more »

490 tested for coronavirus at illegal hospital in Clark resort: police

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Posted at May 22 09:24 AM

Authorities have tested at least 490 people for the novel coronavirus at the Fontana Leisure Park inside the Clark Freeport Zone following the discovery of an illegal makeshift hospital for Chinese citizens there, police said Friday. Read more »

Palace says operators of illegal hospital in Clark resort to face charges

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 03:40 PM

Malacañang said Thursday charges would be filed against the operators of a makeshift medical facility in Clark Freeport Zone as it expressed "alarm" over such. Read more »

Ilegal na POGO operation, isinara sa Las Piñas; 265 Chinese timbog

Dexter Ganibe, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 06:41 PM

Ayon sa mga awtoridad, sinilakay ng mga operatiba mula sa National Capital Region Police Office at Las Piñas City Police ang naturang hotel sa Alabang-Zapote Road sa Barangay Almanzo Uno matapos makakuha ng impormasyon na may ilegal na POGO operation sa lugar. Read more »

BPOs insist: We are 'very different' from POGOs

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 02:03 PM

The BPO industry "generate a lot of jobs for Filipinos and are leveraging the talent that we have in the Philippines," CCAP president Jojo Uligan told reporters in a video conference.    Read more »

POGO group says to comply with reopening guidelines

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Posted at May 01 03:44 PM

A group of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) said Friday they would follow requirements for their partial return during the country's virus lockdown. Read more »