11.   Foreign ministry officials say that such arbitrary behaviour is up to the discretion of the immigration bureau which comes under the justice ministry.

12.   A Briton sought by the Spanish police for the murder of his girlfriend has been arrested in the Philippines and will be deported, the immigration bureau said Tuesday.

13.   An American fugitive wanted for allegedly raping a child has been arrested in the northern Philippines, the immigration bureau said Saturday.

14.   An Indian man was arrested by Philippine authorities for allegedly smuggling compatriots into the central Philippines, the immigration bureau said Tuesday.

15.   But it is understood Domingo has asked the police not to free the trio, as they were technically under the custody of the immigration bureau.

16.   They had used tampered British passports and were immediately held by the immigration bureau, the report said.

17.   Philippine immigration authorities have arrested an American man wanted in the United States on drug charges, the immigration bureau said Friday.

18.   Seven Dutch nationals have been arrested in the Philippines for allegedly running an unlicensed labor recruitment agency, the immigration bureau said Thursday.