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OPERATIVES of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Saturday blocked the entry of a 19-year-old Indian national with questionable travel documents at the Davao International Airport (DIA).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The BI identified the Indian as Gagandeep Singh who \u00a0arrived from Singapore aboard a Scoot airlines flight.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Singh aroused suspicion when officers discovered discrepancies in his travel documents, including a fake return ticket.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Mr. Singh’s presentation of a falsified document suggests an intention to reside illegally in the Philippines beyond the permissible duration,” said BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco, emphasizing the seriousness of misrepresenting travel intentions.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The intercepted Indian national was suspected by port officers to be associated with an illegal lending gang, further heightening concerns about his entry into the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe welcome legitimate tourists to the country, but those who present fake documents with suspicious intentions will be denied,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Singh is set to return to his country of origin and his name has been included in the BI\u2019s blacklist.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OPERATIVES of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Saturday blocked the entry of a 19-year-old Indian national with questionable travel documents at the Davao International<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zrj2w5ms.png",1080,680,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zrj2w5ms-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zrj2w5ms-300x189.png",300,189,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zrj2w5ms-768x484.png",640,403,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zrj2w5ms-1024x645.png",640,403,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zrj2w5ms.png",1080,680,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zrj2w5ms.png",1080,680,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zrj2w5ms.png",1080,680,false],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zrj2w5ms-1024x645.png",1024,645,true],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zrj2w5ms-720x530.png",720,530,true],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zrj2w5ms-350x350.png",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Provincial<\/a>","tag_info":"Provincial","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5456,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5454\/revisions\/5456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}