Thank you, POEA Admin Cacdac for cancelling the license of MEDRP International, the agency that i posted @ the U.S. State Dept 2013 TIP Report for collecting money from 8 applicants for non-existing jobs & other human trafficking violations (Re: Open Letter # 111 receipt # 130516-000007) Sunday, Jul 7, 2013 at 2:41 AM From: "maria embry" To: "Hans Cacdac" , [email protected], [email protected], poeainfocenter@yahoo, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], lacierda@gmail, sonnycoloma@gmail, sonny_coloma@yahoo, ian.f.soqueno@gmail, evdemesa@gmail, katmanahan@gmail, [email protected], vpbinay@gmail, lmdelima.doj@gmail, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], dole_lco@yahoo, [email protected], admin.owwa@gmail, [email protected], rep.waldenbello@yahoo, waldenbello@hotmail, [email protected], "Cong Roy Seneres" , [email protected] ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "[email protected]" To: Hon Joy Ngozi Ezeilo UN Special Rapporteur ; U.S. Department of State 2013 Trafficking in Person Report Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:16 PM Subject: Open Letter #111 to the Hon Sect John Kerry Re: Philippine Government as a De Facto Human Trafficker in granting license valid until March 2016 to MEDRP, an agency that was suspended twice between Jan 2013 and June 2012; also named by the police as having connection with the P800K collected from 8 applicants for non-existent jobs and was identified by the Labor Dept as one of the five agencies of the 16 workers stranded in Singapore after their tickets were purchased by their agents using a stolen credit card sent 5/15/2013 10:05pm contact-us.state.gov/app/ask_confirm/refno/130516-000007 Your Question has been Submitted Thank you for contacting the U.S. Department of State. Dear Hon John Kerry: Sir, as your honorable office gather the data for the 2013 Trafficking in Person Report, allow me to call your attention to the role of the Philippine Government as a De Facto Human Trafficker in granting license valid until March 2016 to MEDRP International Philippine Inc (formerly Mild Star Agency Promotion), an agency that was suspended twice between Jan 2013 and June 2012; also named by the police as having connection with the P800K collected from 8 applicants for non-existent jobs and was identified by the Labor Dept as one of the five agencies of the 16 workers stranded in Singapore after their tickets were purchased by their agents using a stolen credit card Source: services.inquirer.net/mobile/10/01/20/html_output/xmlhtml/20100120-248518-xml.html globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20100822-288194/5-recruitment-agencies-summoned-over-16-stranded-OFWs Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) defines SEVERE FORMS OF TRAFFICKING as the recruitment....for labor through the use of FRAUD for the purpose of subjection to INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE, PEONAGE, DEBT BONDAGE or SLAVERY (emphasis supplied). Sir, thank you for your attention regarding this matter. Sincerely, Maria Elizabeth Embry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Source: services.inquirer.net/mobile/10/01/20/html_output/xmlhtml/20100120-248518-xml.html Pedicab driver nabbed for illegal recruitment January 20, 2010 MANILA, Philippines--Police arrested a tricyle driver after he allegedly collected P100,000 each from eight people to whom he promised jobs in Canada that proved to be nonexistent. Supt. Jose Hidalgo, director of Manila Police District Station 5 in Ermita, said the suspect, Alexander Abuan, was arrested on Monday while receiving marked money from a prospective victim. According to the police, Abuan, 47, of Dolores, Quezon, collected the money between April and October last year, telling his victims that he was a representative of MEDRP International Philippines Inc. Abuan reportedly promised the jobseekers that they would be leaving in November 2009 for high-paying positions in a factory in Canada, but this did not materialize. Police identified those who were promised jobs as Marlon Velasquez, 32; Melody Velasquez, 34; Michael Vincent Fransisco; 27; Ruth Espinosa, 25; Vienna Katherine Rivera, 22; Rosalie Vinas Juan, 34; Reymund Santos, 25; and Marisol Cruz, 27. Exasperated, the jobseekers went to the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency where they found out that MEDRP International Philippines Inc. was not accredited to deploy workers abroad. The victims sought the help of the police who then set up an entrapment operation to catch Abuan who was later nabbed inside a fastfood establishment on Taft Avenue near Pedro Gil, Manila. Police named Abuan’s alleged accomplices as Benjamin and Mariel Chua, owners of MEDRP, and fellow representatives Haber Yusop, Rhea Yusop, and Jovita Pongan. Large-scale estafa and illegal recruitment charges have been filed against Abuan and the other suspects who remain at large. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20100822-288194/5-recruitment-agencies-summoned-over-16-stranded-OFWs 5 recruitment agencies summoned over 16 stranded OFWs 08/22/2010 The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has summoned five recruitment agencies who caused 16 Middle East-bound overseas Filipino workers to be stranded in Singapore due problems in their connecting flights. In a news release, the Department of Labor and Employment identified these five agencies as MEDRP INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINE INC. Agency Futuristic International (Artist) Promotion, Acclaimed One Manpower and Recruitment Service, PVE Placement Agency, and World Production International Manpower, all licensed by the POEA. The recruitment agencies need to satisfy us with a clear explanation and why they should not be penalized for infractions of the rules and regulations on overseas employment under the recently enacted Republic Act 10022, said DoLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. The new law requires confirmed bookings of connecting flights for leaving OFWs. Two batches of eight overseas Filipino workers bound for the Middle East were stranded in Singapore recently over problems with their connecting flights Citing a report from Singapore-based Labor Attaché Rodolfo Sabulao, Baldoz said eight OFWs on board the budget airline JetStar arrived in Singapore on August 12 bound for Abu Dhabi but were prevented from boarding their connecting flight by Singapore authorities, who turned over the OFWs to Philippine embassy officials for care and disposition. The Philippine Overseas Labor Office?s Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRC) in Singapore currently shelters the OFWs. Sabulao reported that based on the affidavits of the workers, they were prevented by the police from boarding their connecting flight because their plane tickets were allegedly purchased by their agents in Manila using a stolen credit card. The labor attaché said another batch of eight workers were again stranded in Singapore the next day, August 13, when they were also prevented by authorities from boarding their connecting flights to their overseas destinations due to unconfirmed bookings. Cathay Pacific and Qatar Airways, the airline companies that flew them to Singapore, wanted them to present the credit card holder who booked them in Manila and purchased their tickets, Sabulao reported. The eight were bound for Kuwait, Qatar, and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Sabulao said this is not the first time that documented Filipino workers were stranded in Singapore. In the past, there have been workers bound for overseas destinations who were stranded at the airport due to booking problems, he said. Baldoz said the DOLE is working very hard to prevent the occurrences such as what happened to the 16 workers by coordinating its efforts with all agencies with OFW protection-related work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ poea.gov.ph/cgi-bin/agList.asp?mode=all Status of Recruitment Agencies as of May 14, 2013 9:49:08 AM MEDRP INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINE INC. (FORMELY MILD STAR AGENCY PROMOTION) Status : Valid License License Validity : 3/8/2012 to 3/7/2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ poea.gov.ph/cgi-bin/agList.asp?mode=all Status of Recruitment Agencies as of Jan 2, 2013 3:23:38 PM MEDRP INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINE INC. (FORMELY MILD STAR AGENCY PROMOTION) Status : Suspended License Validity : 3/8/2012 to 3/7/2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ theworkabroad/recruitment-agencies-from-poea/ Status of Recruitment Agencies as of Jun 5, 2012 8:32:44 AM MEDRP INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINE INC. (FORMELY MILD STAR AGENCY PROMOTION) Status : Suspended (Document Processing) License Validity : 3/8/2012 to 3/7/2016
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 09:54:21 +0000
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