00:00The Department of Migrant Workers shut down an office in San Fernando, Pampanga
00:06which was operating abroad but had to pay a huge placement fee
00:12due to an illegal operation led by J.P. Soriano.
00:19The Department of Migrant Workers shut down this small office in San Fernando, Pampanga
00:25by a so-called travel agency.
00:27But it was discovered that it was being recruited by Filipino migrant workers to Southern Europe
00:33in exchange for a placement fee of up to half a million pesos.
00:38According to the DMW, they were hoping to entrap the migrant worker operator
00:42but he didn't show up so they went to the office.
00:47This was immediately blocked by closure signages
00:50and the entrances were blocked.
00:53The office was complained that their clients were offloaded or not allowed to board the plane
01:00because the people of the Bureau of Immigration booked them without an overseas employment certificate.
01:05According to the complainant, they were offered an overseas work in Bulgaria
01:13with a monthly salary of 90,000 to 100,000 pesos.
01:19They will pay up to 400 to 500 pesos as a placement fee for factory workers.
01:27Inside the office, not a single staff member was present.
01:31The Mayor's Permit was issued.
01:33But the DMW said that they were denied by the LGU
01:36that they have a permit in issue in the so-called office.
01:40The DMW also doesn't have a license to recruit and send Filipinos abroad.
01:46The DMW has been in charge of the agency for several months.
01:49It has just been transferred to San Fernando.
01:52This is their third transfer here.
01:54Earlier this morning, our team was here.
01:58We were waiting for the owner because we have to implement the entrapment proceedings.
02:04We don't know the reason why he didn't show up.
02:08But we have already initiated the closure order.
02:11This is the official office that was closed by the DMW this year.
02:15Because of illegal recruitment and human trafficking.
02:21The DMW reminds Filipino workers to apply to legitimate recruitment agencies
02:26that can be found on their website.
02:28For GMA Integrated News, I am JP Soriano.
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02:45For GMA Integrated News, I am JP Soriano.
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