BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested an alleged illegal recruiter in Talisayan, Misamis Oriental, on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Joann G. Navarro identified the suspect as Mae, 31, of Gingoog City. The suspect was arrested on a warrant...
BAGUIO CITY – Police arrested 46-year-old suspected illegal recruiter here on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Police Col. Ruel Tagel, Baguio City police director, said the suspect offered a job in Poland to her victim and encouraged him to transfer money to secure his deployment. Despite the payment, the...
CEBU CITY – Nine persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in a large-scale illegal recruitment operation in the province of Cebu. NBI-7 Director Renan Oliva shows pictures of suspected illegal recruiters who were arrested in Cebu. (Calvin D. Cordova) The suspects, who are facing...
(Unsplash) Noting that illegal recruiters are becoming more creative with their evil schemes, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte has reiterated the need to pass a law that would classify two or more persons engaged in illegal recruitment as...
MADDELA, Quirino – Police apprehended two alleged illegal recruiters in an entrapment operation in Barangay Poblacion Norte here on Thursday, October 19. PIECES of evidence from the suspects Belinda Mendez and Salvador Santos. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) The Police Regional Office-2...
CAMP MALVAR, Batangas City – Police arrested an alleged illegal recruiter on Tuesday morning, July 18, in Barangay Timbugan, Rosario, this province. Batangas police director Police Col. Samson Belmonte identified the suspect as Rosalie Rivera, 49, a widow and resident of Barangay Timbugan....
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has appealed to Filipinos to be more discerning in applying for a job abroad in order to prevent them from falling prey to illegal recruiters. OFWs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo...
LAGUNA -- An alleged illegal recruiter who victimized three applicants by offering them seafarer jobs in exchange for P150,000 each was arrested in an entrapment operation in Lumban town on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Laguna Police Provincial director Col. Randy Glenn Silvio identified the suspect as a...
CAMP FRANCISCO S. Macabulos, Tarlac City – Police arrested a suspected illegal recruiter tagged as the seventh most wanted person in Central Luzon in Barangay San Saturnino, Borongan City, Eastern Samar on Thursday, Dec. 8. The suspect, Arnel Norombaba, 44, married and a resident of Barangay...
CEBU CITY—An Indian national wanted for illegal recruitment was arrested here on Monday night, Nov. 14. Operatives of the Inayawan Police Station arrested the suspect Harjot Singh in Sitio Ciwac, Barangay Bulacao. Singh had a pending warrant of arrest issued by Branch 5 of the Regional Trial...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Taking advantage of people desperate to take up high-paying jobs abroad is as easy as grabbing a piece of candy or lollipop from a one-year- old child and simply walking away. It doesn’t really take much to lure people keen to escape the hardships of carving a living in...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) expressed its support to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in its move to stop reserving passport appointment slots to recruiters , saying this will give every Filipino an equal opportunity to obtain the said document. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA)...
