60 ‘illegal’ Chinese workers found in Chico River project

TABUK CITY, Kalinga: The Cordillera office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE-CAR) has found about 60 Chinese working in the P4.37-billion Chico River Pump Irrigation Project without the required alien employment permits.

DoLE-CAR Regional Director Exequiel Ronnie Guzman said during a recent visit to the project site on the border of Kalinga and Cagayan provinces that labor inspectors found that the Chinese contractor does not possess the special license from the Office of the President authorizing it to implement the project, while the 60 Chinese workers did not have permits to work in the country.