MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) vowed on Tuesday to cooperate with the investigation to be conducted by a Senate panel on the allegation that some immigration officers are paid P50,000 by recruiters for each Filipino worker trafficked out of the country.
Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said that the agency “will continue to implement the harshest penalties against anyone who violate their oath.”
“We will be fully cooperating with the investigation of Senator [Risa] Hontiveros as we share a common goal of eliminating corruption in the Bureau,” Morente said in a statement.
This was in response to the revelation made by a trafficked Filipina worker onl…
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