VICTIMS of human trafficking and illegal recruiters in Quezon City may now seek immediate help from barangay officials after the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has tapped the city’s 142 barangays as information and help desk conduits.
“Considering that the barangays are the front-liners in the delivery of basic services, it is imperative they are properly guided on government policies on illegal recruitment, including the modus operandi of unscrupulous recruiters,” said the city’s Public Employment and Services Office chief Carlo Magno Abella.
“QC government’s continuing effort to facilitate the delivery of programs and services to OFWs and their families is also made evident by the establishment of an OFW help desk at PESO and in the crafting of related ordinances to migration of overseas Filipinos,” said Mayor Herbert Bautista.
The city’s ongoing initiatives provided the city government the much-needed shot in the arm in validating its accomplishments and initiatives toward making the locality as “illegal recruitment-free city.”