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| DMW's announcemen of the closure of Jonieza Joy Travel & Tours |
The Department of Migrant Workers has shut down a travel agency after finding it “positively” recruiting Filipinos for work in Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Romania, Croatia, Malta, Greece, Canada, UK, Dubai at Saudi Arabia without a license.
The agency was identified as Jonieza Joy Travel and
Tours, or more popularly known as Jonieza Joy Travel & Tours Agency & Consultancy, which was operating in Initao, Misamis
Oriental .
Separately, a Filipino accused of offering jobs as
cashier or human resources manager in Chicago has been sentenced to between 12
and 14 years in jail for violating section 6 of R.A. 8042, otherwise known as
the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, as amended by R.A.
10022.
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| The illegal recruiter will be jailed for between 12 and 14 years |
George Benson de Dios was also ordered to repay his victims a total sum of Php54,000 with an annual interest rate of 6% from the issuance of the sentence until it is fully paid.
Regional Trial Court branch 102 in Malolos, Bulacan
found de Dios to have offered two Filipinos the jobs of cashier or human resource
manager in Chicago, Illinois, with a monthly salary of between Php65,000 and
Php90,000.
However, they needed to pay a Php54,000 fee each,
for the processing fee and pre-departure orientation seminar.
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Because of the long wait, the two victims decided to
seek help from the National Bureau of Investigation.
Meanwhile, Jonieza Joy agency was shut down on June
25 by a team led by DMW Assistant Secretary Francis Ron C. De Guzman, along with OIC-Regional Director Atty Fidel
Macauyag.
The decision to close down the travel agency was the
result of surveillance operations carried out by DMW-Region X as a result of
reports by Filipinos in Poland that it was offering jobs as welders,
electrician, locksmiths, greenhouse workers, as well as hotel workers and
caregivers, with salaries ranging between Php35,000 and Php40,000 per month,
with bonuses and allowances.
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Jonieza Joy was found to have promised a deployment
period of between five and eight months, for which applicants must pay placement
and processing fees of between Php190,000 and Php230,000.
To stop the company from resuming operations, the
DMW recommended the cancellation of its business permit along with its
registration with the Department of Trade and Industry.
Its owners and officers involved will face a charge
of syndicated illegal recruitment which is punishable by life imprisonment and a fine of between
Php2 million and Php5 million.
If found guilty they will also be added to the DMW
List of Persons with Derogatory Record, which will prevent them from engaging in
any recruitment activity.
Those who have been similarly victimized by the
travel agency are urged to contact the office of DMW-RO X in Cagayan de Oro or message
the DMW Anti-Illegal Recruitment page.
This is the 11th business establishment to
have been ordered closed by the DMW for suspected illegal recruitment this year
alone.
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