#Immigration News

International travelers may soon face an additional fee when entering or leaving the Philippines as the Bureau of Immigration (BI) plans to implement a new border security system under a public-private partnership project. The fee will support the proposed Civil Aviation and Immigration Security Services (CAISS) project, which aims to modernize border management systems across 11 international airports, one international seaport, and six mobile border crossing stations. Recent news and social media posts claim that Canada is now visa-free for Philippine passport holders. Due to the increasing popularity of social media among Filipinos, GMA News has announced its plans of launching a new service called GMA News Feed which would provide Pinoy Facebook users with quick updates about trending topics and current affairs. The GMA News Feed will be anchored by one of the network’s seasoned journalists Ivan Mayrina. Each of the two-minute long pre-recorded episodes of GMA News Feed will be posted on GMA News’ official Facebook page, from Mondays to Fridays at 9PM starting on Monday, May 11. Malapit n'yo nang mapanood ang #GMAnewsfeed, na maghahatid sa inyo ng quick updates sa mga pinakamahahalaga at trending...Posted by GMA News on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 In preparation for the upcoming launch of GMA News Feed, the network will be conducting a question and answer segment on its Facebook page called #AskAway. Read more in our articles including "Bureau of Immigration may add P480 fee for international travelers" and "Canada is not fully visa-free for Filipinos".