MANILA, Philippines—Two Filipino workers have been stranded in Haiti after they were duped by an illegal recruiter there with Filipino accomplices for non-existing jobs in the Caribbean country.
A report from the Philippine Embassy in Cuba said that the victims, whose names were withheld, gave P500,000 each to the recruiter who promised them jobs in Haiti supposedly with a Korean company with a salary of US$3000 a month.
The plight of the two OFWs was relayed by Fr. Andrew Labatorio, a Filipino community leader, who arrived recently in Port-au-Prince.
The embassy suspected that the two were actually part of a 15-member batch who were victimized by the same recruiter with Filipino accomplices based here and in Haiti.
One of the victims arrived in Haiti on May 23 with another Filipino. They were recruited by a certain Marla Consolacion, aka Marla Wong or Marla Habas, a resident of Parañaque and Laguna.
“As a result, the two are penniless and destitute in Port-au-Prince and are depending on the largesse of the Filipino community members to survive. They are also awaiting their repatriation to Manila,” said Philippine Ambassador to Cuba Dr. Macarthur Corsino. - Cynthia Balana, Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 23, 2010
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