MANILA, Philippines—Philippine officials in the United States will visit this week the two Filipino women rescued from a Saudi diplomat’s house in Virginia in a suspected human trafficking case, the Philippine embassy in Washington D.C. said on Saturday.

In a statement to the Inquirer, the embassy said Consul General Ariel Peñaranda asked the “US agencies concerned” on Friday (Saturday in Manila) to allow a consular visit to the rescued women.

A Quezon City court has convicted a pimp for peddling eight women for sexual services.

Jerome Zamora was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of P2 million.

He was found guilty of violating Republic Act 9208 or the Anti-Human Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003.

MANILA, Philippines - Two women were arrested by the Manila Police District yesterday for allegedly promising fresh college graduates in San Jacinto, Pangasinan jobs as chambermaids and waiters in Bahrain.

At least 15 persons filed complaints against Ligaya Regala, 43, and Noemi Parayno, 44. Regala claimed she works at the Al-Masiya Overseas Placement Agency in Malate.