10 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL RECRUITERS NABBED
March 3, 2009

TEN suspected illegal recruiters fell in the hands of the Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment (TFAIR) during an entrapment operation in a placement agency in Malate, Manila recently.

Vice President and TFAIR chairman Noli 'Kabayan' De Castro said the TFAIR arrested the following suspects: Rebecca Ablao, 50, of Bacood, Sta. Mesa, Manila; Eugene Ablao, husband of Rebecca; Laura Hassan, 48, of Iriga St., Quezon City; Glen Egono, 24, 0f Balbago, Angeles City; Helen Valdez, 39, of Bago Bantay, Quezon City; Arma Suriwan, 31, of Zamora St., Pasay City; Purisima Castro, 28, of Lingayen Pangasinan; Lesley Ann Garcia, 39, of Morong Rizal; Sharon Bernal, 38, of Sta. Rita, Samar; and Hermie Salazar, 54, of Electrical Road, Domestic Airport, Pasay City.

De Castro said the suspects were arrested while in the act of enlisting, recruiting, and processing applicants for overseas jobs without license or authority from the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA).

He said all the suspects were nabbed while working inside their office identified as Best Placement Services Inc. with office address in Malate, Manila.

According to De Castro, the entrapment operation was a result of a complaint filed by three overseas job applicants who were promised by Best Placement Services Inc. with employment abroad but were not deployed.

In a report submitted to De Castro by Task Force chief Col. Gilberto Sosa, the complainants were identified as Rogelio Orayan, Duvary Concepcion, and Randy Dinglasan who were expecting to land jobs in Abu Dhabi and Canada as service workers.

Later, 10 more persons appeared before the Task Force's headquarters in Camp Crame to lodge their respective complaints against the suspects. They were identified as Janlyn Almoro, Jeffrey Gadia, Jimbert Beltran, Merlin Halili, Allan Neri, Vicente Gadingan, Meno Ramirez, Bienvinido Cajandoc, Ronnel De Guzman and Renato Eneane.

The suspects led by Rebecca who owns Best Placement Services Inc. are now facing charges of violating Republic Act 8042 otherwise known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act.

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