ABOUT 430 Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were reshuffled and given new terminal assignments as part of the agency’s efforts to prevent corruption among its personnel at the country’s premiere port and reorganize its ranks.

The BI said a total of 356 frontline immigration officers assigned at the NAIA were affected by the terminal rotation scheme which will be implemented on May 12.

It was learned that aside from BI officers manning the NAIA’s immigration booths, the terminal assignments of 79 immigration supervisors were also changed.

Atty. Carlos Capulong, BI Port Operations Division (POD) chief, said the reshuffle also aims to ensure that sufficient manpower is available to serve the traveling public based on the volume of flights and passengers in a particular terminal.

“We also want to create a positive work environment by seeing to it that the workload of our immigration officers and their duty supervisors are evenly distributed,” Capulong said.

He added that transferring the said personnel to a different workplace and setting would help enhance their knowledge and skills as border control officers of the country.

Capulong said the BI will rotate the terminal assignments of BI-NAIA personnel every three or four months.

“With more than half of our personnel already inoculated with the first dose, we have more confidence in performing our daily duties,” said Capulong.

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