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From 10,000 to P550,000: Hontiveros says 'pastillas' scam mutating

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 12:34 PM

MANILA - Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday flagged the "mutation" of bribery scheme "pastillas" scam, which allegedly allows Chinese nationals to illegally enter the country in collusion with immigration authorities. Read more »

Hontiveros seeks termination of visa upon arrival for Chinese nationals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 11:30 AM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Sunday urged the government to suspend the visa upon arrival policy for Chinese nationals, which reportedly led to a rise in cases of foreign kidnapping and prostitution in the country. Read more »

Over 2,700 Chinese told to leave PH over visa violations: Immigration bureau

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 27 03:26 PM

The Bureau of Immigration said Tuesday that it ordered more than 2,300 Chinese nationals to leave the Philippines for violating the conditions of their visa. Read more »

3 million Chinese nationals paid P10,000 each to enter PH via 'pastillas' scheme: Hontiveros

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 07:58 PM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday alleged that some 3 million Chinese nationals who came to the Philippines since 2017 paid P10,000 each to Immigration personnel stationed in airports, while another 150,000 Chinese tourists also gave bribes to illegally work in the Philippines. Read more »

PH bans 11 Chinese nationals for 'overstaying'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 03:54 PM

Eleven Chinese nationals were banned from the Philippines for overstaying, the Bureau of Immigration said Tuesday.   Read more »

Foreign women pimped in PH using visas on arrival: senator

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 09:40 AM

Foreign women are trafficked into the country through the immigration bureau's issuance of visa upon arrival, a senator said Wednesday. Read more »

Philippines halts visas on arrival for Chinese on virus fears

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 28 02:10 PM

The Philippines' Bureau of Immigration will temporarily stop issuing tourist visas on arrival to Chinese nationals to help ensure the country remained free of the new coronavirus, its head said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Justice chief: Government 'tightening up' visa upon arrival rules

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 17 01:48 PM

MANILA - Government is tightening up rules for the issuance of visas upon arrival for visiting Chinese nationals, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Saturday, weeks after several officials expressed concern over the influx of travelers here from China.  Read more »

Scrap or tighten? DOJ, Immigration bureau review visa-upon-arrival scheme

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 03:32 PM

Authorities are considering to either scrap or tighten the visa-upon-arrival (VUA) program, a justice official said Friday, after a Cabinet member said the cancellation of the scheme could temper the influx of Chinese nationals in the country.   Read more »