Free Legal Assistance For Illegal Recruitment Victims
Nov 22, 2009
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Quezon City chapter assured the victims of illegal recruitment a free legal assistance to help them get the justice that they needed.
The free legal help was created after the IBP and Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment (TFAIR) under the Office of the Vice President jointly signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to fight illegal recruitment and help the victims with their court battle.
“This is indeed good news to all victims of illegal recruitment. Now we have a partner, the IBP-QC chapter, in our campaign against illegal recruitment,” said TFAIR chairman and Vice President Noli De Castro in a statement.
Under the MOA IBP-QC will provide legal assistance for free.
“No acceptance and appearance fees shall be charged to the OFW victims and no fee shall be charged for drafting pleadings,” De Castro said.
To stop illegal recruiters from victimizing more aspiring OFWs, government agencies and non-government organizations suggested to:
• Conduct pre-employment seminars to prevent OFWs from falling prey to illegal recruiters.
• Verify the status of the agency first with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.
• Seek help from proper authorities.
• Post photographs of top illegal recruiters in government offices and other strategic places, similar to the police’s “most wanted” posters.
“The TFAIR will also evaluate and refer to IBP-QC “high priority” large scale and illegal recruitment cases,” said De Castro who also act as presidential adviser of OFWs.
He added that the IBP-QC will assist OFW victims in the prosecution of their individual or collective administrative, civil or criminal claims and actions against illegal recruiters.
De Castro appealed to other IBP chapters to work follow the IBP-QC’s move.
“(They should) join in the fight against illegal recruitment by giving free legal aid services as mandated by the Supreme Court’s rule requiring all practicing lawyers to render a minimum of sixty (60) hours of free legal aid services to indigent litigants in a year,” he said.
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Just want to ask if who will be the right person to whom I can ask assistance regarding my application to a Filipina friend whom I really trusted to work on my papers in UK using a student visa... Her name is KAREN FAITH MOLLENO.. She promised me to refund my money that I paid to her for the processing of my papers and for the school payment about 95thousand but now she is nowhere to be found..I lost contact with her since January of this year.on our last taked she promise to send me my refund in the mid of January 2010 but until now I dont received anything and she never contacted me anymore.. I dont know what to do..I want to sue her for this but I dont know where to speak out legal matters regarding this..please help me.. - Risa - Risa
Just want to ask if who will be the right person to whom I can ask assistance regarding my application to a Filipina friend whom I really trusted to work on my papers in UK using a student visa... Her name is KAREN FAITH MOLLENO..She promised me to refund my money that I paid to her for the processing of my papers and for the school payment about 95thousand but now she is nowhere to be found..I lost contact with her since January of this year.on our last taked she promise to send me my refund in the mid of January 2010 but until now I dont received anything and she never contacted me anymore.. I dont know what to do..I want to sue her for this but I dont know where to speak out legal matters regarding this..please help me.. - Risa
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gusto ko lng malamn kung cno ang pwdeng tumulong skin para mabawi ko ang Php 40k na binayad q s isang filipina s UAE named marilyn mararac.nangako n maka2reciv me ng visa 2 work dubai..same s nangyari s frn q nagbayd ng masmalaki skin...sana ma2lunagn nio kmi n mabawi ang amin kc mahirap s part nmn lalo at hiram ang ginamit nmning pambayad para lng makaahon s hirap at hindi para lalong mabaon s hirap... - Joan
hello po.tanung ko po sana kung san ako pwede lumapit para mabawi namin ng asawa ko yung 2thousand dollars na binayad namin sa isang kabayan sa canada n nangako na pa2alisin sya in a week pero 8months na d pa sya naka2alis.gusto nalang namin ng mister ko mabawi ang pera.sino po ba ang pwede namin hingan ng tulong? - Juliet
hello po. ask ko lang po kung kanino po kaya ako pwedeng lumapit para mabawi ang pera ko sa consultancy na nangakong paalisin ako in 3 months pero till now eh hindi na po ako nakaalis. actually marami po kami at ang consultancy ay naniningil agad ng malaki tapos nagpapapirma ng agreement na ala ng refund. hindi po talaga secured ang pera namin sa kanila. sana po matulungan nyo kami. thanks - Meih
very nice you have this kind of assistance - Sherry
marami pong mga manloloko mga amo sa saudi kaya ang ibang mga pilipino ay namimili na rin sila ng kanilang bansang pupuntahan pero mangingilan ngilan na ang ilan pa rin ay kumakapit sa gitna ng pagmamalupit ng kanilang bansang napupuntahan gayun paman wala din sila magawa.lalo na ang miss diamond star sa gedisco bldg. sa ermita malate manila, na nagpapaalis ng tao kaya nakansela ang agency na yan. KARMA DIN NILA YAN SA MGA TAONG MGA APLIKANTENG DI NILA INAASIKASO KAPAG MAY PROBLEMA.! - Arthur Santos
pde po makakuha ng list of payments ng mga aplikante? tnx po.. - Rod
I would like to ask po ko sino yong dapat kong e contact regarding illegal recruitment?anong number po ang pweding tawagan...pls advise...salamat - Venus Galvez
Just want to ask if who will be the right person to whom I can ask assistance regarding my application to a Filipina friend whom I really trusted to work on my papers in UK using a student visa... Her name is KAREN FAITH MOLLENO.. She promised me to refund my money that I paid to her for the processing of my papers and for the school payment about 95thousand but now she is nowhere to be found..I lost contact with her since January of this year.on our last taked she promise to send me my refund in the mid of January 2010 but until now I dont received anything and she never contacted me anymore.. I dont know what to do..I want to sue her for this but I dont know where to speak out legal matters regarding this..please help me.. - Risa - Risa