MORE than 800 new job positions will be opened in the Bureau of Immigration (BI) after Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno approved the establishment of a new Port Operations Divisions (POD) to properly monitor the regulation of arrivals and departures of locals and foreigners.

Diokno approved the BI’s request on Wednesday, which is seen as a “big step towards the goal of providing a sufficient personnel complement to support the BI’s operations in the ports.”

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