Groups facing revoked permit

Business World Online
June 1, 2009

TWELVE RECRUITMENT agencies are facing cancellation of license for reprocessing job orders of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

In a statement at the weekend, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said hearings are ongoing on the cases of recruitment agencies which were involved in the reprocessing of job orders of 137 Filipino drivers to Dubai that resulted in some stranded OFWs.

Reprocessing job orders, or using different orders to attract applicants to a work different from what they originally applied for , is against POEA rules.

The recruiters are:

CYM International Services and Placement Agency;
Across Universe Manpower Agency;
Al Anwar International Manpower Services;
BML Worldwide Manpower Agency;
Hana Star Corp.;
Jenvic International Manpower Services;
Richfield Overseas Employment Agency;
SGA-Shahara International Manpower Services;
Vigor International Manpower Services;
Dreams Manpower and Recruitment Agency;
Experts Placement Agency; and
Bridgewood Human Resources.
The recruiters were also charged with falsification of public documents, contract substitution and illegal exaction.

Recruitment consultant Emmanuel S. Geslani said in a separate statement that the government is negotiating with partners of the agencies in Dubai to pay the penalties incurred by the recent case of Filipino drivers who were victims of job reprocessing.

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