POEA probes plight of Maryland mentors | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features: The Philippines' top labor export regulator has launched an investigation against Maryland's Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) and its Filipino recruiter for allegedly violating the country's recruitment rules that placed about 800 Filipino teachers in jeopardy.
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief Carlos Cao Jr. said they are suspending the PGCPS and Manila-based Arrowhead Manpower Resources Inc. from recruiting workers from the Philippines pending the investigation.
"We find strong prima facie evidence of violation," he said. "There exists reasonable ground to believe the continued deployment to employer Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland will result to further exploitation of our overseas workers."
The US Labor Department earlier imposed a 2-year ban on PGCPS in hiring foreign teachers.
