BALANGA CITY, Bataan- Vice- President Jejomar Binay on Saturday asked local government officials from Bataan to report to his office the presence of Nigerians who are recruiting workers for abroad.
At the same time, he also disclosed that an overseas Filipino worker from the province is among those languishing in jail for a drug case in China.
In a luncheon meeting led by Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia III and Rep. Albert Garcia of Bataan’s Second District, Binay said they have a general order that they should be informed of the presence of Nigerians “to know what these foreigners plan to do.”
He said that Nigerians were first involved in the credit card fraud, then shipped into illegal recruitment and presently allegedly in human trafficking. He said some even tried courting local girls turning them into drug mules.
The presidential adviser on OFW concerns said that drug mules are paid P25,000 to P30,000 per trip.
He urged barangay captains and municipal officials to advise those eager to work abroad “na magdaan sa tamang pamamaraan para hindi mabiktima.”
Binay when asked if he would also visit the wake of other victims of execution like what he did with Sally Villanueva in Isabela, he said “basta makakayanan ko bibisita ako.”
He also said he does not know of any Filipino drug mule newly arrested.
Binay also revealed that the OFW from Bataan was arrested with a companion carrying more than 3,000 grams of illegal drugs in 2008, more or less the same period when Villanueva was arrested.
He said the Bataan resident was also arrested in possession of more than 1,000 grams of illegal drugs in an attaché case.
However, Binay has high hope that they have more chance of saving the Bataan resident.
“Nang malaman namin ang kaso ng tatlong namatay sa lethal injection na sina Sally Ordinario, Elizabeth Batain at Ramon Credo, ito ay may disisyon na ng execution,” the vice president said.
In the case of the Bataan resident, he said that the case is still with the Chinese Supreme Court. “Dagdagan natin ang pagdarasal,” he told government division chiefs and barangay and municipal officials present.
Binay was earlier conferred with the degree of Doctor of Humanities (Honoris Causa) at the Bataan Peninsula State University where he was speaker during the school’s 5th commencement exercises.
At the same time, he also disclosed that an overseas Filipino worker from the province is among those languishing in jail for a drug case in China.
In a luncheon meeting led by Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia III and Rep. Albert Garcia of Bataan’s Second District, Binay said they have a general order that they should be informed of the presence of Nigerians “to know what these foreigners plan to do.”
He said that Nigerians were first involved in the credit card fraud, then shipped into illegal recruitment and presently allegedly in human trafficking. He said some even tried courting local girls turning them into drug mules.
The presidential adviser on OFW concerns said that drug mules are paid P25,000 to P30,000 per trip.
He urged barangay captains and municipal officials to advise those eager to work abroad “na magdaan sa tamang pamamaraan para hindi mabiktima.”
Binay when asked if he would also visit the wake of other victims of execution like what he did with Sally Villanueva in Isabela, he said “basta makakayanan ko bibisita ako.”
He also said he does not know of any Filipino drug mule newly arrested.
Binay also revealed that the OFW from Bataan was arrested with a companion carrying more than 3,000 grams of illegal drugs in 2008, more or less the same period when Villanueva was arrested.
He said the Bataan resident was also arrested in possession of more than 1,000 grams of illegal drugs in an attaché case.
However, Binay has high hope that they have more chance of saving the Bataan resident.
“Nang malaman namin ang kaso ng tatlong namatay sa lethal injection na sina Sally Ordinario, Elizabeth Batain at Ramon Credo, ito ay may disisyon na ng execution,” the vice president said.
In the case of the Bataan resident, he said that the case is still with the Chinese Supreme Court. “Dagdagan natin ang pagdarasal,” he told government division chiefs and barangay and municipal officials present.
Binay was earlier conferred with the degree of Doctor of Humanities (Honoris Causa) at the Bataan Peninsula State University where he was speaker during the school’s 5th commencement exercises.
