Know The Law Or Face 20 Years

[robert k]

He sounds like a total using scumbag up to no good and we will hear more of this crook before too long 

As he saying goes, don't hold back, let usn know how you really feel :) .

 

I do believe that keeping him in prison is cruel as he would be unlikely to survive 20 years. Better some other form of execution than old age. Think of all the food that he would consume that could go to someone usfull?

[Tukaram (Tim)]

And this is why you need a credit card as a backup plan.  My idea is if I need it for an emergency plane ticket, or medical expense... but bail is a worthy thing to charge.   I don't have a lot of extra cash but I have about $25,000 USD in available credit! ha ha  :tiphat:

[Fred & Mimi]

My partner's sister was taken for a ride recently by an illegal recruitment service to the tune of 15,000php with the promise of a $5500 a month job in Melbourne Australia. Now more of a responsibility may fall on me towards the family as that is a large whack out of a Filipina's savings. The case is being heard and she may get some of her investment back but it will probably take a long time so everyone is hopeful but not holding their breath. Too good to be true is always that!!!

 

Gaol is not a nice place to be but I find it hard to find pity for him

Edited October 26, 2013 by Fred & Mimi

[Papa Carl]

All Filipinos, looking for work outside of the country should register with the POEA, this is there website;

 

http://www.poea.gov.ph/

 

They clearly state, many times. You should never pay any fees to a recruitment agency!

 

http://www.poea.gov.ph/air/air.htm

 

This link is very helpful in regards to Illegal recruitment agencies, and the amounts that are a "regular, and approved" payment for finding work outside of the Philippines, which is set and approved by the Philippines Gov.

 

 

Papa Carl

[Papa Carl]

This is an example of an approved agency, and you will see they clearly must state their POEA Licence number.

 

http://www.workabroad.ph/list_all_jobs.php?by_what=agency

 

 

Also an article in GMA news about "placement fees"

 

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/297062/pinoyabroad/news/poea-no-placement-fees-will-be-collected-from-hong-kong-bound-domestic-workers

 

 

There are Filipinos, who although will use the POEA when they are in trouble while working abroad, do not like the restrictions that the Gov. have set. So it would appear, they want to work somewhere that is not approved by the POEA, however once they get there and don't like it the expect the POEA to help them?

 

If you stick to the POEA, you will not have a problem, the process is not the best, but the cover is worth it. The POEA, have provided financial assistance to people over sees who are in trouble, and even flew them home, and given assistance once they are back in the Philippines.

 

So an agency is there to help, if you choose not to use it, don't expect help if you get into trouble.

 

Papa Carl

[Mike S]

There is a ton of ways that Filipinos get scammed ..... my asawa worked for a company for 4 years and later found out that all the SSS funds she had paid in were never sent to the SSS office .... now multiply that times the 20-30 other people employed there and that is a pretty good chunk of change ..... same thing happened to my brother-in-law but he only worked for his company for 2 years .....

 

No one could file a complaint because both company's dissolved their business or maybe just changed names .... most people found out then they went for a loan on their SSS

 

Really sucks ..... :th_unfair:

[Call me bubba]

This is an example of an approved agency, and you will see they clearly must state their POEA Licence number.

 

http://www.workabroad.ph/list_all_jobs.php?by_what=agency

 

 

Also an article in GMA news about "placement fees"

 

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/297062/pinoyabroad/news/poea-no-placement-fees-will-be-collected-from-hong-kong-bound-domestic-workers

 

 

There are Filipinos, who although will use the POEA when they are in trouble while working abroad, do not like the restrictions that the Gov. have set. So it would appear, they want to work somewhere that is not approved by the POEA, however once they get there and don't like it the expect the POEA to help them?

 

If you stick to the POEA, you will not have a problem, the process is not the best, but the cover is worth it. The POEA, have provided financial assistance to people over sees who are in trouble, and even flew them home, and given assistance once they are back in the Philippines.

 

So an agency is there to help, if you choose not to use it, don't expect help if you get into trouble.

 

Papa Carl

 here is another article from the POEA head on recruitment agencies

 

 

MANILA - How does one spot an illegal recruiter? Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has a very easy tip.

In his Twitter account @HansLeoCacdac,

the POEA chief said where the recruitment is conducted provides a telling clue if a recruiter is licensed or not.

 

Cacdac said that as a “general rule,” legal recruitment is conducted “only in the office address submitted to the POEA by a POEA-licensed recruiter with a POEA-registered foreign employer and job order.”

Some “exceptions” include the additional branch office of a licensed recruiter as registered with the POEA, he said.

 

Recruitment can be done “outside of office address,

as long as there is a Special Recruitment Authority from the POEA” and “in a job fair, as long as there is a Job Fair Authority from the POEA.”

 

“House-to-house recruitment or recruitment in restaurants, food courts, parks, or public waiting areas would be illegal,” Cacdac said.

The advice came at the heels of the POEA’s warning that illegal recruiters were preying on the victims of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Bohol and Cebu recently.

Cacdac warned that illegal recruiters have also been targeting those affected by the three-week stand-off between government forces and the Moro National Liberation Front in Zamboanga City.

 

“These illegal recruiters are like vultures that hover in the air over potential prey,” he said.

 

http://www.interaksyon.com/national

 

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/73679/quick-tip--whats-an-easy-way-to-tell-if-the-recruiter-is-illegal-poea-chief-tweets-his-answer

 

 

Edited October 29, 2013 by Pittman apartments Sgn

[Fred & Mimi]

Thanks guys, she has plenty of links to follow to do it right the next time. Cheers

[forrest]

thanks for the stories, take heed that there are plenty people in the world to relieve us of our money, also there are people who will give the shirt off their back if we needed it........the hard part is telling them apart.