Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz Wednesday directed Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief Hans Leo J. Cacdac to investigate, moto proprio, and file an appropriate case against the officials and employees of one Primera Human Resource Services, which is advertising itself to be POEA-licensed, for perpetuating an e-mail scam that lures victims for non-existent care giving work in Canada.
Baldoz’s directive came after she received information from Labor Attache Leonida V. Romulo of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Toronto saying that Primera Human Resource Services has been reported to be recruiting caregivers, even if inexperienced, through e-mail, instructing applicants to enrol for a three-month on-the-job training at Ian Anderson House, Ontario’s first in-resident hospice for individuals with terminal cancer and limited life expectancy.
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