The Department of Migrant Workers finds that RTM Maritime Consultancy Services Corporation allegedly collected placement fees of more than P100,000 from aspiring seafarers
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Migrant Workers on Thursday, September 7, shut down the operations of a consultancy firm allegedly conducting illegal recruitment of seafarers.
A document shown to reporters by director Geraldine Mendez of the DMW Migrant Workers Protection Bureau said that the firm had been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission since April 2021. Robin, not his real name, told reporters following the closure on Thursday that he learned about the firm from group chats of seafarers on social media. He said the company identified itself to him as a consultancy firm, but that it had a recruitment agency as a partner.
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