Dec 19th, 2009 The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) warned jobseekers Friday against individuals offering work opportunities in the United States, Canada and Lebanon.
POEA Administrator Jennifer Manalili said Filipino nurses should be wary of illegal recruiters offering jobs in the US and Canada who use names of existing foreign agencies and e-mails like hansbeda@aol.com to recruit new nurses for the three mentioned destinations.
Manalili said the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has received complaints from a number of Filipino nurses who were allegedly recruited by a nurse recruiting agent from the US named Agerico Casey Gabriel also known as Casey Gabriel or under the name of Medical Caregiver Management.
Gabriel’s modus operandi is to introduce himself as an agent of Medical Link or other legitimate US-based nurse recruiting agency.
“He usually holds a recruitment conference without asking any money from the victims. After gaining their trust, he then asks for money allegedly for escrow payments required for visas to ‘complete the process,’” Manalili said.
However, the President of Medical Link and an official of another agency have denied any ongoing recruitment for foreign nurses and any knowledge of one Agerico Casey Gabriel.
On the other hand, Manalili maintained that the total ban on the deployment to Lebanon is still in effect amidst reports that a number of household workers who left the country illegally despite their personal knowledge of the ban are presently stranded at the Philippine Embassy in London. (mb.com.ph)
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