POEA suspends, cancels licenses of recruitment agencies amid Kuwait work ban
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration identified the list of private recruitment agencies found guilty of illegally deploying overseas Filipino workers to Kuwait.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration found 11 agencies found guilty of illegally deploying overseas Filipino workers to Kuwait.
In a press briefing Wednesday, POEA administrator Bernard Olaila bared the list of private recruitment agencies and their corresponding penalties.
- Al Bayan International Manpower Services Corp. - cancelation of license
- Bumiputra Gulf Company Inc. – cancelation of license
- Gold Fortune Human Resources Corp. – cancelation of license
- LFC International Human Resources – cancelation of license
- Aisis International Manpower Inc. – cancelation of license
- GreatWorld Management Inc. – cancelation of license
- GlobalGate International Manpower Services Inc. – cancelation of license
- MMML Recruitment Services – cancelation of license
- NRS Placement Inc. – four-month suspension of license
- SML Human Resources Inc – cancelation of license
- Best Migrant Workers International Manpower Services Inc. – cancelation of license
Five POEA personnel will be also charged for negligence or anomalous actions.
The move came after the body of domestic worker Joanna Demafelis was found in a freezer in an uninhabited apartment in Kuwait, as well as the reported cases of deaths and abuses in the Gulf country.
Labor secretary Silvestre Bello said the government is declaring a war against abuses on OFWs and illegal recruitment.
“With these directives, we now set in motion the mechanisms to prevent a repeat of the tragedy that befell Joanna Demafelis. With these bold steps, we hope to guarantee the safety and security of our migrant heroes,” he said.
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