By Carla N. Canet
GLOBAL Placement Services Inc. said it is merely an agency that facilitates
visa applications to the United Kingdom and not a recruiter that asked applicants to pay a huge amount of money in exchange of lucrative jobs.
These were sentiments aired by the contending parties during the first joint hearing Monday of the City Council committees on labor and management and overseas workers chaired by Councilor Sonya Verdeflor and the committee on human rights chaired by Councilor Archie Baribar.
Councilors Verdeflor and Baribar were joined by Councilors Elmer Sy, El Cid Familiaran, Catalino Alisbo and Em Ang.
The complainants, led by Maritess Manayon, presented their complaints on how Global Placement offered them a "too good to be true" opportunity of a greener pasture in London.
Global Placement was represented by its legal counsel, lawyer Andy Hagad, and its public relations consultant, Gil Severino.
Councilor Caesar Distrito at first joined the committees conducting the joint hearing, but Councilor Baribar requested him to desist from sitting as a member of the panel considering that Distrito was named by the complainants as having allegedly served as legal counsel for Global Placement.
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