Earlier this April, news about the 137 Filipino drivers circulated throughout the Emirates. These were the Filipinos who were victims of illegal recruitment agency, the CYM with its counterpart in Dubai. It was reported that these drivers paid to the agency as much as P150,000 in exchange of the promised job from the RTA of Dubai. Upon investigation the RTA said there was no order to hire them.
These drivers were forced to live in a camp near the Ajman city dump site without food since January of this year. Desperate for food, they have no other resort but to scavenge at the dump site to look for something that could be converted to cash.
This news must serve a lesson to all Filipinos. I understand the purpose of flying in to the Emirates. But you have to be extra careful. See to it that you got a reliable agency.
Thanks to the Filipino journalist serving in one of the leading newspapers in Dubai, the “Xpress” for bringing the news to the Filipino community. Without the Xpress and the Filipino Community, these drivers remain stranded in the UAE. As of this writing, they were already repatriated.
Beware of Illegal Recruiters
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9 comments:
balita... nakakainis kapag may mga ganyang ang sarap sapakin nung mga taong nanloloko... mga walang awa.. walang puso...
tsk tsk tsk,,,kaawa awang mga kababayan.. walang puso't mga kaluluwang recruiters...dapat mag-isip-isip...hwag magpapaloko... dalawa lang ang uri ng tao... ang manloloko at ang niloloko.
pasalamant na lang at may 'Xpress' jan sa Dubai.
Walang pinagkaiba ang Agency na yan sa Pulitiko sa bansa..
Puro pangako at kapag anjan na...Putek, ikaw na ang mahihirapan...
@Yanah,
Meron talagang ganung tao sa ibabaw ng mundo na ating ginagalawan. Makiramdam..
@NJ,
Maraming mga tao na akala natin totoong-totoo ang mga sinabisabi yun pala kabaligtaran..Niloloko lang pala tayo..
@Lord CM,
Sinabi mo pa..Kaya mahirap magtiwala sa taong sa tingin moy kapani-paniwala..To see is to believe..
may lumabas na naman ngayon na bagong balita bwt jan kuya...na ndi naman daw totoo ung mga naunang lumabas na balita...naka receive ako thru mail. ndi ko lang alam kung ano nga ba tlga ang totoo..
gusto mo forward ko sau? hehehe...
@Jee,
Anong balita yan jee?Sige nga forward mo sakin..
Thanks..
anong email add mo sa ofis? kase nasa outlook ko siya e...e wala akong pasok ngaun...so bukas ko pa maipapadala sau un...
dito mo iforward jee, rranoa@ihrpm.com...Thanks ulit..
Di ko maunawaan kung paano nakakapanloko itong mga illegal recruiters ng ganito kalaking bilang na mga Pinoy at nakalusot sa NAIA at nakapasok pa sa Dubai airport bago malaman na they are illegally recruited.
Maraming salamat sa mga concerned OFW na sumaklolo sa ating mga kababayan na biktima ng illegal recruitment.
Nice post kaibigan.
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