12 August 2014, Manila Bulletin
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has cancelled the license of recruitment agency Japhil 2000 International Agency Corporation which was found liable for charging excessive placement fee from a worker it deployed to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
POEA administrator Hans Cacdac said in a statement that the agency was found to have collected P21,100 from overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Honey Lou V. Gian for a cleaner job with a monthly salary of P8,000.
Cacdac said the act was illegal since its violates POEA rules that state that agencies could only collect placement fees worth the one-month salary of the worker.