Tempo, Jan. 20, 2017
The Bureau of Immigration said yesterday that more than 45,000 Filipinos, mostly women, were disallowed from leaving the country last year as it vowed to continue its no letup campaign against the lucrative human trafficking racket.
The airline passengers were offloaded for their failure to comply with the government’s requirements for departing Filipino tourists under the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking guidelines.
BI Commissioner Jaime H. Morente said that Immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and other ports will remain vigilant in screening departing Filipino travelers to make sure that they do not fall prey to human traffickers and illegal recruiters.
Morente added that several BI personnel suspected of conniving with these syndicates are already being investigated by the Board of Discipline.
“We cannot allow these syndicates to continue preying on our poor countrymen who are forced to go abroad because of their poverty,” the BI chief stressed.
Of the 111,947 referred for secondary interview last year, 66,631 were allowed to depart while the departure of 45,316 passengers was deferred.
They included 667 suspected human trafficking victims and 601 others believed to be victims of illegal recruiters who were immediately turned over to the IACAT for further investigation. (JUN RAMIREZ)
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International Equal Pay Day
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more than other cost items.
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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