THE licenses of 21 recruitment agencies have been canceled while those of 12 others have been suspended from January to May for violating the recruitment laws and the provisions of the Amended Migrant Workers and Overseas Workers Act, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration revealed.

POEA administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said the 21 agencies with cancelled licenses are: EMR Construction and Manpower Services Inc.; Tai-Fil Manpower Services Corporation; Lucky International Placement Services, Inc.; Jems International Placement Agency Corp.; Masaya International Placement Agency; Prime Stars International Promotion Corporation; Dreams Manpower and Recruitment Agency;

G & D Manpower International, Inc.; Green Manpower Management and Development Services; Asahi International Manpower Corporation; Multi-System Conexions International, Inc.; Petra Personnel Employment and Technical Recruitment Agency, Inc.; RV Tria International Recruitment Agency;

Hope International Agency; Jerphi Overseas Placement and Trading Corporation; LPN Manpower Services Inc.; Ritz Manpower Services; Northwest Placement Inc.; Active Manpower and General Services; Gold & Green Manpower Services and Development Services; and Acclaimed One Manpower and Recruitment Services.

Suspended until lifted were the licenses of: Al Ashiera International Manpower Services; Vogue Plus Promotion; Mi Amore International Services, Inc.; Awas Manpower Services; and Crosswind International Manpower.

Also placed under preventive suspension were Reajent Manpower Services, Inc.; Shfia International; Crosswind International Manpower; Gyron Crew Inc.; CSM International; Philglobal Manpower Development Corporation; and Riley International Employment Services and Training Center, Inc.

This developed as recruitment consultant Emmanuel Geslani said a top level labor mission composed of Philippine government and private sector representatives is currently in Kurdistan Iraq to meet with their counterparts on the availability of skilled jobs for overseas Filipino workers.

The POEA recently lifted the deployment ban in the region, paving the way for the hiring of OFWs in the hotel industry, oil and gas sector, telecommunications, infrastructure and refinery production.

The mission includes Cacdac and Federated Association of Manpower Exporters (FAME) President Alfredo Palmiery.

Source:http://www.malaya.com.ph/index.php/news/nation/4952-poea-axes-21-recruitment-agencies