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Sex-for-flight: Labor staff sacked, 2 attaches recalled
« on: July 17, 2013, 04:59:16 AM »
By Vito Barcelo | Posted on Jul. 17, 2013 at 12:02am


The Labor Department announced on Tuesday that it has terminated the services of a Philippine Overseas Labor Office staff and recalled two labor attaches’ linked to the “sex-for-repatriation” cases in the Middles East.

Dismissed was POLO officer Blas Marquez, a local hired office staff in Kuwait, while Jordan assistant labor attaché Mario Antonio and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Assistant Labor Attaché Antonio Villafuerte were recalled from their posts after the DoLE fact-finding team completed its fact-finding mission abroad.

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Re: Sex-for-flight: Labor staff sacked, 2 attaches recalled
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2013, 04:59:52 AM »
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Villafuerte plans to get a private lawyer to defend himself against accusations from three female overseas Filipino workers that he had sexually abused them.

The three labor officers were linked to the sex-for-repatriation  scam where distressed female OFWs were allegedly given plane tickets to travel back to the Philippines in exchange for sex.

“The fact-finding team that gathered information and pertinent documents from overseas Filipino workers, Filipino community leaders, and Philippine Embassy officials on the allegations about the ‘sex-for-flight’ issue, and to validate such information, arrived the other day from Jordan,” Baldoz said.

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Re: Sex-for-flight: Labor staff sacked, 2 attaches recalled
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2013, 05:00:47 AM »
“The team will recommend to the disciplining authority the filing of a formal charge. Should the recommendation be approved, the DOLE Hearing Panel chaired by Asst. Sec. Gloria Tango, earlier constituted to expedite the proceedings of the case, will receive and evaluate the formal charge including all the supporting documents, statements and evidence. Should the respondents opt for a formal hearing, the Panel was instructed to conduct marathon hearings,” Baldoz said in a statement.

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Re: Sex-for-flight: Labor staff sacked, 2 attaches recalled
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2013, 05:02:04 AM »
“Under the DOLE Rules on Disposition of Administrative Complaints and Cases issued pursuant to the CSC Revised Rules in Administrative Cases, the Panel has 60 days to conclude its investigation. Within 15 days after the conclusion of the formal investigation, the Panel shall submit its report, recommendation and draft decision to the disciplining authority. The disciplining authority has 30 days from receipt of the formal investigation report to issue the decision,” she added.

The fact-finding team is composed of Atty. Ophelia Almenario of OWWA, Atty. Rose G. Duquez of the POEA, Atty. Leah T. Fortuna of DOLE and Atty. Edna Yasay, an observer from the DFA. The team left for the Middle East on 28 June.

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Re: Sex-for-flight: Labor staff sacked, 2 attaches recalled
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2013, 05:02:41 AM »
Baldoz said the information-gathering and fact-finding mission in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, the team interviewed several OFWs and Filipino community leaders, including those who may have information and knowledge about the allegations.

“They also interviewed Philippine Embassy and Philippine Overseas Labor Office officials and employees. They also received oral testimonies, letters, and e-mails related to the issue, and documented these submissions,” Baldoz said.

She added that “the team also gathered information, pursuant to its expanded task, on the operational aspects of the POLO, to provide guidance on the institutional reforms that the DOLE has pursued.”

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Re: Sex-for-flight: Labor staff sacked, 2 attaches recalled
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2013, 08:29:37 AM »
may justice be served for all.  lives and careers may be destroyed, but so be it if justice has to take precedence. 

meantime, let's hope that such accusations don't end up as a cottage industry.  it is not impossible that some wayward ofws may be backed up by enemies of government officials abroad with the promise of money.  they lose nothing if proven that they have lied through their teeth.  and the media hardly picks up the result of the investigations that may favor the accused government officials. 

was there any follow up news item on what happened to that consul general in canada, jose ampeso?  nyet.  found guilty or not, he remains guilty as far as the public is concerned, thanks to the media. 

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