The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) closed eight branches of a consulting firm across the country on Friday, August 1, after it allegedly engaged in illegal recruitment of teachers and professionals in the hospitality industry, some of whom had paid up to half a million pesos just to be...
Police arrested a woman wanted for large scale illegal recruitment and estafa on Tuesday, June 17, after allegedly promising jobs in New Zealand to five individuals in 2016, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said. The police identified the suspect as Melet, 42, a resident of Cagayan...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the province of Nova Scotia in Canada have formalized a framework that promotes ethical recruitment and aligns Filipino workers’ skills with the province’s labor market requirements. DMW Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac and Nova Scotia Minister of...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) closed three language training centers allegedly involved in illegal recruitment and human trafficking during simultaneous operations in Bulacan and Cebu on Friday, May 16. Ordered closed were the IWA Language Learning Center in Malolos, Bulacan; Aseanway...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) arrested a Japanese national and his Filipino accomplice at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 for trafficking 13 Filipinos under the pretense of offering factory jobs in Japan. DMW operatives, in coordination with the NAIA Task Force...
photo: DMW Authorities shut down on Thursday, April 3, the operation of a Pampanga-based travel agency which allegedly engaged in illegal...
One of the 12 human trafficking victims who were all repatriated recently after their rescue from a syndicate in Myanmar turned out to be an illegal recruiter for online gaming hubs in some parts of Southeast Asia, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has disclosed. DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac...
Officials of the Department of Migrant Workers (DWM) met with owners and managers of recruitment agencies and discussed safety measures in deploying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Patricia Yvonne Caunan, DMW Undersecretary for Policy and International...
More than 71,000 job recruitment posts and accounts were taken down from social media platforms Facebook and TikTok amid the intensified crackdown against illegal recruitment, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said. DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said more accounts and posts will be removed...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Asst. Sec. Francis Ron de Guzman shuts down the office of Volant Academy for Language Excellence, Inc. in Barangay Lumil, Silang, Cavite for alleged illegal recruitment of workers to Germany (Photo: DMW) A language training center in Silang, Cavite has been shut...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (PPAB) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel called out the alleged disinformation in an exchange between National Youth Commission (NYC) Chairman Ronald Cardema and Duterte Youth Party-list Rep. Drixie Mae...
Department of Migrant Workers Officer-in-Charge Hans Leo J. Cacdac leads the closure of an immigration consultancy firm in Mandaluyong City for its alleged involvement in illegal recruitment on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (photo: DMW) The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) shut down the...
