{"id":176111,"date":"2018-08-10T22:43:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T02:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=176111"},"modified":"2018-08-10T22:43:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T02:43:30","slug":"dole-warns-public-vs-fake-poea-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/10\/dole-warns-public-vs-fake-poea-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"DOLE warns public vs. fake POEA certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112416\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bellofilephoto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112416\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bellofilephoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bellofilephoto.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bellofilephoto-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWe advise the public to be more prudent and cautious in dealing with persons or entities involved in this reported fraudulent activity,\u201d Bello added. (File photo: PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2014 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday warned the public against falsified \u201ccertificate of no pending appealed case\u201d which is being used as a modus of withdrawing escrow deposits of recruitment agencies.<\/p>\n<p>DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III issued the warning after getting letters from at least two overseas recruitment agencies inquiring about the authenticity of a certification allegedly issued by DOLE Legal Service and was purportedly used to withdraw an escrow deposit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are informing the public that a falsified \u201cCertification of No Pending Appealed POEA case\u201d allegedly issued by the Department of Labor and Employment Legal Service has been circulating and is being used by unknown individuals in withdrawing escrow deposits of certain recruitment agencies,\u201d Bello said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe advise the public to be more prudent and cautious in dealing with persons or entities involved in this reported fraudulent activity,\u201d Bello added.<\/p>\n<p>A DOLE-issued certification of \u201cno pending POEA case on appeal\u201d is a requirement to withdraw escrow deposits by recruitment agencies.<\/p>\n<p>A thorough investigation revealed that the said certification was found to be bogus and was never issued by DOLE Legal Servic. The supposed signatory of the document is no longer connected with the labor department.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) mandates that a recruitment agency shall set up an escrow account to cover possible future liabilities arising from claims of overseas contract workers due to employment contract violations.<\/p>\n<p>The release of escrow which is deposited in a POEA-accredited bank is ordered by either the POEA or the National Labor Relations Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Bello is enjoining the public to call 527-3000 local 610 if they had been victimized by the bogus certification or have leads to those responsible for the fake document.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2014 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday warned the public against falsified \u201ccertificate of no pending appealed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":112416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}