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21 illegal Chinese POGO workers deported: DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 05:38 PM

At least 21 more illegal Chinese offshore gaming workers were deported back to their country on Nov. 2, the Department of Justice said on Thursday. Read more »

DOJ, BI to cancel visas of illegal POGO workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 07:32 PM

The Department of Justice said it will no longer deport illegal Chinese workers in the Philippines but will cancel their visas instead. Read more »

PH to deport 40,000 Chinese workers in gambling crackdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 27 05:43 PM

The Philippines will deport 40,000 Chinese workers in a crackdown on unlicensed online gaming businesses, an official said Tuesday, after reports of kidnapping, prostitution and murder in the gambling industry. Read more »

DOJ: Immigration cleansing continues after 'pastillas' scam

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Posted at Jun 13 01:25 PM

The DOJ said efforts to cleanse the Bureau of Immigration continue after it dismissed 18 personnel tagged in the controversial "pastillas" scheme. Read more »

2 hinihinalang miyembro ng kidnapping group, patay sa engkuwentro sa SLEX

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Posted at Jun 07 09:00 PM

Ayon sa NCRPO, nakatanggap sila ng tip na may binabalak umano na kidnapping operation ang mga sakay ng van.  Read more »

Chinese workers awarded US$5.4 million over ‘inhumane conditions’ at Saipan casino site

Mimi Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 26 02:38 PM

A judge orders Hong Kong-based Imperial Pacific International to pay compensation. The laborers were forced to work long hours at below US minimum wage, denied medical care for injuries, threatened with deportation and even death. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 4, 2021

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Updated as of Aug 16 04:04 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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »