MANILA, Philippines – The Society of Hong Kong Accredited Recruiters of the Philippines (SHARP) said yesterday that the moratorium it imposed on the deployment of household service workers (HSWs) to the former British colony is now gaining momentum. In a statement, SHARP president Alfredo Palmiery said that the number of […]
Hong Kong employers of Filipino maids are holding on to them or renewing their contracts themselves after a Philippine-based recruiters association imposed a moratorium on the deployment of household service workers (HSW) to the Chinese special region. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), however, said it was too early […]
Alfredo Palmiery, president of Federated Association of Manpower Exporters Inc., Thursday said Sally Villanueva, Ramon Credo and Elizabeth Batain, who were executed by lethal injection on Wednesday, had no record of being OFWs.
“They were never hired by any legitimate agency, they had no working contracts [and] working visas, and they were lured into transporting illegal drugs by a foreign syndicate preying on jobless Filipinos looking to make a quick buck” Palmiery said in a statement.
“It is an insult to the millions of OFWs all over the world to call the three OFWs as they had no intention to work in China and were merely convinced to travel as tourists to bring contraband into China”, he said.
MANILA, Philippines – Immigration agents at the country’s international airports should not just offload Filipino workers holding overseas employment certificates (OECs) on the mere suspicion that these are fake, leaders of recruitment groups said on Friday. The recruiters said this Friday at a forum hosted by the government’s Inter-Agency Council […]
Society of Hong Kong Accredited Recruiters of the Philippines (SHARP) head Alfredo Palmiery made the statement after a report of a dismissed Filipina migrant worker following the hostage-taking circulated to the public.
Palmiery said their association’s Hong Kong-based counterpart, Hong Kong Manpower Agencies Ltd. reported no cancellation in job orders and contracts for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in their country.