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MANILA, Philippines ? Eight more suspected illegal recruiters were caught by Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment (TFAIR) over the weekend as Vice President Noli de Castro ordered stepping up the campaign against illegal recruitment.
De Castro, presidential adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and head of TFAIR, identified the suspects as Andrea Callejo Sipagan of Culiat, Quezon city; Arsenia Dael Cortez of Tondo, Manila; Estrella Ibañez Lorenzo of Sampaloc, Manila; and Lee Panganiban Alibangbang of Bacoor, Cavite.
Also arrested were Marivic Concepcion Manvez of Rodriguez Rizal; Francisco Gabor of Sta. Cruz, Manila, Mariano Rolando Santos of San Isidro, Rodriguez, Rizal; and Josephine Suba Canon of Nagpayong, Rizal.
All are involved in the operation of Lionlink Resources Services with office at Unit 1, Emerald Circle, Rizal Avenue, Sta. Cruz, Manila, De Castro said.
?True enough, these persons are taking advantage of the country?s unemployment woes and our people?s desperate attempts to deal with it. Again, I call on our countrymen especially those severely affected by the employment crisis to be wary of persons offering tempting job opportunities,? he said.
In a report submitted to De Castro, TFAIR operations chief Colonel Gilbert Sosa said the suspects were arrested in an operation last February 3 while in the act of illegally recruiting applicants as overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) at the office of Lionlink Resources Services.
