MANILA, Philippines — The Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the appeal of a former immigration officer, tagged as one of the group chat administrators of the notorious “pastillas” scheme, who ...

The CA noted that the BI officials did not place the businessman under custody and Sobrepeña was free to leave the airport premises. Sobrepeña, the CA said, was merely prevented from boarding ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the dismissal of three immigration officers who were linked to the controversial “pastillas” scam and identified by ...

The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the dismissal from service of three Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers over their involvement in the ‘pastillas’ scam, which allowed the illegal entry of ...