2 illegal recruiters nabbed
By Danica Hermogenes, Frances MangosingTwo suspected illegal recruiters were arrested in separate operations in Manila and in Tarlac this week, police said Friday.
Two suspected illegal recruiters were arrested in separate operations in Manila and in Tarlac this week, police said Friday.

There will be a new policy that will be implemented soon on the use of “blood money” for convicted overseas Filipino workers (OFW), Vice President Jejomar Binay was quoted as saying over 990AM.
Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo admitted hearing about the rampant corruption and abuses in the Philippine National Police.
The European Union sent a delegation to the Philippines to look into the progress of the country’s drive to stop extra-judicial killings, Philippine National Police chief Director General Raul Bacalzo said Thursday.

The Philippines aims to destroy at least P10 billion worth of counterfeit goods this year as the country seeks to be removed from a US blacklist of nations tolerating intellectual piracy.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a female member of the African Drug Syndicate (ADS) and a Filipina recruiter holding P24 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) on Wednesday, undersecretary Jose Gutierrez Jr. said Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines – The family of the hotel executive who was gunned down by unidentified men in 2010 has decided to raise the reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects from P300,000 to P2 million, with police releasing sketches of the suspects through the Computerized Facial Composite (CFC). The money for the [...]
Before, money abroad could be received overnight; then, money could be received on the same day, Now it can be received real time.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested two alleged members of the West African Drug Syndicates (WADS) in Cainta Rizal, a Radyo Inquirer 990AM report said Tuesday.

The plains of the countryside, the landscapes of hills and coconut trees, the serenity of remote villages, views of the sea and high bridges – these were some of the scenes that were unique to passengers aboard a Philippine National Railways (PNR) train which left Tutuban station in Manila a few minutes past 7 a.m. on May 22.
MANILA, Philippines—Ten Filipino migrant teachers in the United States of America won a case against a local-based recruitment agency in a ruling handled by the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA). POEA Administrator Carlos S. Cao, Jr. signed the decision on May 9 cancelling the license of PARS International Placement Agency and Universal Placement International (UPI) after [...]