Month: August 2011

Exit clearance nightmare

More than 10,000 applicants for jobs abroad wait patiently in line daily to get their papers processed at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) central office. This is a sad story narrated by an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW). Thousands of OFWs have no choice but to get an exit clearance from the POEA and, in […]

NBI nabs 38 Taiwanese in dawn raid

July 20, 2011. Manila. AGENTS of the National Bureau of Investigation swooped down on two big houses in Parañaque City at around 4 a.m. Wednesday and arrested 38 Taiwanese nationals suspected to be part of a big online fraud syndicate. A total of 25 Taiwanese were collared at Lot 1, Block 5, Galatia Street, Multinational […]