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Witholding of travel documents as illegal recruitment

Mar 14, 2017P OAdmiralty Newsadmiralty others, illegal recruitment, Migrant Workers, overseas filipino workers, passport, Pinoy Marino, pinoy seafarers, POEA Contract, Seafarer’s Identification and Record Book, SIRB

4:29 am Tuesday, March 14, 2017 By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho Recruitment agencies and foreign principals and employers are prohibited from withholding travel documents of OFWs, including seafarers, as provided for by rules and regulations governing the recruitment and employment of OFWs. In many instances of non-deployment, many seafarers complain of withholding of travel documents…

31st National Migrants’ Sunday

7:26 pm Saturday, March 11, 2017 By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho The 31st National Migrants’ Sunday (NMS) was held last March 5, 2017 at Sta. Teresita Charismatic Center, La Paz, Iloilo. Since 1986, the NMS is a yearly event that celebrates and recognizes the heroism of Overseas Filipino Workers as well as their families. Celebrated…