President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PNA File Photo)
MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday called for stricter visa rules enforcement for foreign nationals entering the country.
This as Marcos acknowledged the growing number of foreign nationals involved in fraudulent activities in the country.
“What we will do is to strictly enforce. Whereas dati hindi natin masyadong tinitingnan, nakita natin maraming nagiging problema dahil diyan nakakakuha sila ng mga peke na dokumento, kung ano-ano ginagawa, may mga illegal, mga scammer, mga may human trafficking. Maraming problemang dala (Whereas before we didn't look into this too much, we saw a lot of problems because of that. They get fake documents, they are doing illegal activities, there are scammers, people engaged in human trafficking. They bring many problems),” Marcos said in a media interview in Cagayan de Oro City.
Marcos said the stricter enforcement will be applied to all nationalities.
“Walang special na rules para sa kahit na kanino (There will be no special rules for anyone),” the President said.
“Pantay-pantay lang lahat pero gagandahan namin ang enforcement (Everyone is equal but we will intensify our enforcement),” he added.
The Department of Foreign Affairs recently announced that it is tightening its rules for Chinese nationals applying for Philippine visas amid the purported spike in criminal activities involving Chinese nationals, particularly in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations. (PNA)
