OFWs Against Angelex Allied Agency

BEWARE:

Isang grupo na gumagamit ng pangalan na NEWS Financial Group Inc. ang nagpapautang at hindi sumusunod sa Money Lenders Regulations - Hong Kong. Hindi kabilang ang kanilang company name sa list of Licensed Money Lenders ng Companies Registry (Money Lenders Section).

Karamihan sa kanilang mga biktima ay mga OFWs at iba pang migrant workers at sila ang nagooperate online.

Maging ma ingat po tayo sa pag uutang. Tandaan, hindi masama ang mangutang at mag pautang, masama ang hindi sumunod sa batas at ang pag abuso sa pangangailangan ng ating mga kababayan.

Kung ikaw ay biktima ng nasabing lender o may impormasyon sa kanila, mag message nlng sa aming page.

Look: Isang Filipino seafarer ang nagrereklamo sa isang manning agency.

Ayon kay Fourth Engineer John Iyod Restauro, siya ay niloko ng ABLE MARITIME SEAFARERS INC. sa kanyang Pre-deployment at sa kanyang pag-deploy.

"They kept on lying about my schedule of embarkation. They once asked me to go to Manila as I was supposedly about to be deployed for New Zealand only to be told later that the schedule is moved to September. They did the same in November and once more in December. They had me traveling back and forth and I was spending a lot on airfare

"They were also spreading lies, telling people that they paid for my fare and expenses here. None of that is true,"

Sa kasalukuyan, siya ay nastranded sa Fiji, New Zealand at walang trabaho o anumang tulong galing sa Able Maritime Seafarer Inc.

Inireklamo niya ito sa POLO sa Wellington New Zealand at sa International Transport Worker’s Federation(ITF) at nang malaman ito ng kanilang principal, sila ay nawalan ng trabaho.

"If Able Maritime Seafarers Inc and the POEA are unable to provide satisfactory responses to our serious and pressing questions, then we in the ITF will have no choice but to formally red list this manning agency and issue a worldwide alert through our networks warning seafarers of the potential dangers of engaging with this company," Steve Trowsdale, ITF Inspectorate Coordinator, said on their website.
The ITF is likewise asking POEA officials to explain how it decided to reinstate Able Maritime just a few weeks after it was suspended.
"Until agencies like Able Maritime Seafarers Inc. step up to their responsibilities, and until regulators like POEA do their job regardless of whether the television cameras are rolling then seafarers will not be safe and respected working abroad," Trowsdale said.
"We should put an end to this. A lot of seafarers have suffered and they cannot continue doing this to us. This is traumatic for us who simply wanted to work," Restauro said.
Basahin ang buong detalye: https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/09/29/business/maritime/filipino-seafarer-exposes-illegal-activities-of-manning-agency/1816461

BEWARE:

Sa mga biktima ng Nittan Capital Finance Inc., kung kayo ay pinapadalhan ng ganitong letter at kayo ay pinapirma ng BLANKONG CHEKE ito po ay labag sa batas at maaari nila ito gamitin upang takutin kayong kakasuhan.

Magmessage sa aming page upang matulungan namin kayo magsampa ng complaint.

Violations:
Section 5 Republic Act No. 10022

It shall also be unlawful for any person or entity to commit the following prohibited acts:

"(1) Grant a loan to an overseas Filipino worker with interest exceeding eight percent (8%) per annum, which will be used for payment of legal and allowable placement fees and make the migrant worker issue, either personally or through a guarantor or accommodation party, postdated checks in relation to the said loan;

Revised POEA Rules and Regulations Governing the Recruitment and Employment of Landbased Overseas Filipino Workers of 2016

Section 143 (II)(bb): Facilitating, arranging or granting of a loan to an OFW with interest exceeding eight percent (8%) per annum which will be used for payment of legal and allowable placement fees and making the OFW issue, either personally or through a guarantor or accommodation party, postdated checks in relation to the said loan.

Penalty:
1st Offense — Suspension of License (Two Months to Six Months)
2nd Offense — Suspension of License (Six Months and One day to One year)
3rd Offense — Suspension of License (One year and One day to Two years)
4th Offense — Cancellation of License

ADVISORY NO. 129

Documentary Requirements in the Facilitated Processing and Online Issuance of Overseas Employment Certificates for Domestic Workers and Low/Semi-skilled workers.

LOOK:

SEC revokes the license of lending company KINGABC LENDING because of unfair debt collection practices. KingABC Lending has 15 violations of SEC Memorandum Circular No. 18, Series of 2019 (SEC MC 18) which provides for the Prohibition on Unfair Debt Collection Practices of Financing Companies and Lending Companies.

CGFD also found KingABC have threatened borrowers with shaming on social media by publishing their names as scammers and contacting people in the borrower's contact list despited not being named as co-makers or guarantors.

Aside from KingABC's 15 violations, the CGFD noted that 53 complaints have been filed against the company for its debt collection practices.

Source:

MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 19

Acceptance of Digitally-verified Employment Contracts from the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) In Madrid, Spain

Pursuant to the provisions of Governing Boards Resolution No.04 Series of 2018 and POEA Memorandum Circular No.02 Series of 2019 on the Guidelines on processing Returning Workers and to Facilitate the issuance of Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC), the Balik Manggagawa Processing Division and other regional offices shall accept digitally verified copies of Employment Contracts issued by POLO-Madrid

POEA ADVISORY NO.120

LOOK: Temporary suspension on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to the Sultanate of Oman has been lifted.

POEA ADVISORY NO. 119

Temporary suspension of office operations at Philippines Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Monday, 06 September 2021, due to the conduct of regular disinfection of the POEA Building and it's offices.

POEA ADVISORY NO. 117

"The interview of direct hire workers with jobs considered as potentially vulnerable to exploitation and maltreatment is hereby being made as part of the standard procedure of the direct hire assistance process..."

BEWARE:

Anyone knows which lending company they work for? These are fake accounts posting personal information of borrowers and harassing them online which is ILLEGAL.

If you know any of them, please help us and send a message.

LOOK:

Isang fake account sa facebook ang nananakot ng pagsampa ng kasong estafa sa mga borrower.

Isang facebook name na JASON Bricks ang nagmemessage sa mga borrower at nagsasabing magsasampa ng kasong estafa.
Siya rin ay nag popost ng pamamahiya ng mga borrower na kung saan isang malaking violation.

Kung ikaw ay isa sa kaniyang biktima, magmessage sa aming page.

At kung sino man ang nakakaalam kung anong lending company ang nagtatago sa fake account na ito, ipagbigay alam sa amin upang magawan ng aksyon ang pamamahiya sa social media.

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DH in su***de case a victim of ATM scam according to a friend.

Nais rin magbigay ng babala ng nasabing kaibigan ng biktima:

“Kaya nanawagan din kami sa mga kababayan natin pagka may radio program, sa mga page na iwasan ang pagpapahiram ng kanilang ATM cards, kasi sila ang mapapahamak nun. Siguro maganda rin kung ang Konsulado ay gumawa ng paraan para maiparating sa kanila ito,”

For complete details : https://www.sunwebhk.com/2021/09/dh-in-su***de-case-victim-of-atm-scam.html?m=1

LOOK:

Government urged to expedite vaccination of Filipino's leaving for work abroad.

For complete details, click: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/09/02/2124389/govt-urged-expedite-vaccination-filipinos-leaving-work-abroad

LOOK:

Taiwan seeks to limit cross-sector job hopping by migrant workers.

For complete details, click the link:https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4278472

PRESS RELEASE

GOOGLE TAKES DOWN APPS ON ORDERS OF NPC

Following orders from the National Privacy Commission (NPC) to take down JuanHand, Pesopop, CashJeep, and Lemon Loan, the four online lending apps no longer appear and are now unavailable for download from the Google Play Store.

Read more below or on the NPC website https://www.privacy.gov.ph/2021/09/google-takes-down-apps-on-orders-of-npc/.

LOOK:

Mag-ingat sa True Credit Limited. Marami ngayon sa ating mga kababayan ang nagrereklamo sa pang haharass at pananakot ng TC. Kung ikaw ay isa sa kanila, mag message lamang sa aming page.

Tandaan kabayan, walang masama sa pagpapa-utang, ngunit may mag batas at patakaran tayo na dapat sundin. Hindi porket kailangan mo ng pera ay maaari na nilang abusuhin at lokohin.

PAALALA:

Mag-ingat sa mga pautangan na nangangakong walang processing fee at mababang interest rate kagaya ng nasa post.

Kung ikaw ay nagloan sa Prime Credit, magmessage sa aming page. Salamat!

TINGAN:

Ito ang mga karaniwang katanungan patungkol sa vaccination process para sa mga Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).

Mag-ingat po tayo mga kabayan, laging tatandaan na mas importante ang iyong kalusugan sa trabaho.

PAALALA:

Sa mga nais mag-apply bilang caregiver sa Israel. Ito ang mga guidelines na dapat ninyong malaman.

Ano o sino ang pwedeng ireklamo? Paano ang proseso ng refund? Saan pwede magfile? Anu-ano ang mga kailangan upang ikaw ay makapag-file ng refund?

Ito ang mga karamihan sa mga katanungan ng ating mga kababayan patungkol sa pag-file ng reklamo laban sa foreign employer, fellow OFW or ang kanilang recruitment agency na hindi sumusunod sa batas.

Basahin ang mga nakapaloob sa bawat photo.

Sa iba pang mga katanungan o guidelines, mangyaring magsend lamang ng mensahe sa aming pages.

PAALALA!

Ikaw ba ay nangangarap na mag trabaho sa Israel bilang caregiver?
Kalma muna kaibigan, at maglaan ng oras upang basahin at intindihin ang paalala naming ito.

Isang mahalagang anunsyo para sa mga kababayan natin sa SINGAPORE.

Ipapatupad ng Singapore Ministry of Manpower(MOM) ang mga panibagong hakbang para sa pagsuporta sa mga Migrant Workers.

LOOK: Naglabas ng Advisory No. 106 ang POEA ukol sa pagbibigay ng legal assistance sa mga kababayang nangangailangan ng tulong sa panahon ng lockdown. Isinaad sa nasabing ang advisory ang mga legal assistance katulad ng 1. Legal Advice and Conselling, 2. Assistance in the Preparation of Complaints for Illegal Recruitment, Recruitment Violations and Disciplinary Actions, and
3. Referral of Cases to the Conciliation Unit and other Welfare Services.

Sa lahat na kababayan na nais mag file ng complaint o refund laban sa kanilang mga agency, mag file lamang dito: http://legalassistance.poea.gov.ph/

Dahil sa banta ng Covid, ang lahat ng conferences ay maaaring gawin via online o virtual platform.

Sa iba pang anunsyo, mag like at follow lamang sa aming page.

Tingan ang kumpletong detalye dito:https://www.poea.gov.ph/advisories/2021/Advisory%20No.%20106%20s.%202021.pdf

List of employment agencies that have written violations for non
compliance of Code of Practice in Hong Kong.

Please be aware of your rights as an Overseas Filipino Workers. If you
are suffering from abuse or negligence from your agency, you can file
a complaint in POLO and the Labor Department.

Kilala niyo ba ang mga lending na ito?

Marami ang nagrereklamo sa kanilang pang aabuso at panghaharass. Kung
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Artellect Pte. Ltd. (https://buff.ly/3wdO0Oy) is openly running astray of the laws and regulations in Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, Poland, Taiwan, Philippines, and other jurisdictions by:

Charging excessive agency fees, including prohibited placement fees - these fees are extremely abusive and have been documented to be in violation of Hong Kong and Singapore maximum agency fee provisions;
Recruiting Filipinos, in the Philippines, through unofficial student-work schemes;
Failing to appropriately address OEC concerns and questions resulting in many job-seekers getting stuck overseas because if they go home without an OEC they can not return to the job-site;
Violating international and bi-lateral conventions that prohibit job-seekers from being charged fees;
Utilising unprofessional and usually unlicensed representatives to recruit job-seekers in jurisdictions such as Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan, South Korea, and UAE.
Based on the illicit behavior of Artellect Pte. Ltd., it is warranted that:

Artellect Pte. Ltd's Singapore agency license be suspended or cancelled until a thorough investigation can be completed and the concerned be judged by an appropriate court;
Consulates and Embassies of Poland should take appropriate steps to prevent illicit employment agencies from overcharging workers and investigate cases of exploitation, unlicensed agency operation, and human trafficking;
Authorities in Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan, South Korea, and UAE should take prompt action to arrest individual representatives who are acting as employment agents of Artellect Pte. Ltd. despite not having a license to do so.

URGENT WARNING:

For anyone considering applying: DO NOT APPLY DO ANGELEX.

Multiple government officials have already started the process to REVOKE their license and prosecute illicit recruiters!

If you pay ANGELEX any money or were forced to pay a training center fee for ANGELX, please let us know.

YOU CAN FILE FOR A REFUND!

Thank you!

Jan 22 2020
Press Release
For reference: Dolores Balladares Pelaez
Chairperson
United Filipinos in Hong Kong
Contact No: 852-97472986
UNIFIL condemns agencies’ harassment of OFWs in illegal collection claims; Also urges POLO to protect their rights.

Hundreds of migrants from all over Hong Kong have been going to the Philippine Consulate on their days off to file claims for the training fees collected by recruitment agencies. This has been going on for weeks, and more are expected. The agencies have responded heavy-handedly, using scare tactics against these migrants.
Some migrants have reported that the agencies have been calling them up to set a meeting before the conciliation schedule, undoubtedly to settle before it. Others reported that these shameless agencies kept calling their employers to pressure them to terminate their workers. Other heavy-handed tactics include threatening the workers, saying that the workers have signed a document that indicates the workers will not file cases against them, that they didn’t pay anything, worse they intimidate the workers by saying that they will be blacklisted. They used appeal to emotion as well. Some agencies claimed that if not for them, these workers will not be able to come here to work.

These methods show that these agencies have no interest in being fair. They do not have our best interest at heart. In fact, they want to undermine the process so that they can keep their loot. If they truly think they are correct in collecting these fees, why threaten OFWs? One will soon realize that recruitment agencies prey on our desperation to provide for our families, and think that we can do nothing. But this is not true.

We urge the Philippine Overseas Labour Office to call the attention of these agencies. POLO must reprimand these agencies for taking advantage of Filipino workers who merely want to provide enough food on their table. It is high time that agencies learn that their vulture-like ways have repercussions. POLO should also speed up the process of these claims, since agencies have no right to collect such in the first place. This is also hard-earned money that could have gone to an OFW's basic needs.

We also appeal to POLO to accommodate workers who want to file on their days off that fall on Friday and Saturday. POLO is closed during those days, but we demand POLO to adjust, as it will create more problems for workers if they push to move their days off to other days. Opening extra hours just for two days should not hurt, especially if upholding workers' rights is at stake.

We must band together to amplify our voices. In unity, there is strength. In organizing, there is victory. In struggling together, there is justice. # # #

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Tinanggalan ng lisensiya ng SEC kamakailan ang Familyhan, isang online na pautangan na inireklamo ng may 100 OFW sa Hong Kong dahil sa pangongolekta ng sobrang interes, panloloko at pang ha harass.
Bago pa man ibigay ang inuutang nilang pera ay kinakaltasan na agad ito, at ang bayad na kadalasang sinisingil sa loob lamang ng isa o dalawang buwan ay may patong ng 30% interest o mahigit pa.
Kapag hindi sila nakabayad agad ay sinusulatan ang kanilang emloyer, at hina harass sa pamamagitan ng tawag o text ang pamilya nila sa Pilipinas.

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