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9 OF 10 ARRESTED ILLEGAL FOREIGN WORKERS ARE CHINESE NATIONALS – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva is planning to resume the committee hearing on the influx of illegal foreign workers in the country after receiving information from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) that 95 percent of its arrests last year involved Chinese nationals. Of the 167 foreign nationals either arrested or charged in court for various offenses […]

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REQUIRE BI TO COORDINATE WITH DOLE BEFORE ISSUING SPECIAL WORK PERMITS – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva is pushing for the inclusion of a special provision requiring the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to first coordinate with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) before issuing special working permits to foreigners who intend to work in the Philippines for less than six months. According to Villanueva, this is consistent with […]