DoLE tightens alien work permit screening

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has vowed to tighten its screening of foreigners applying for alien employment permits (AEPs) amid raids on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) employing foreign workers who either do not have proper documents or have used fraudulent documents.

"Aside from the scrutinizing documents and the submission of the requirements, our frontliners in regional offices are also conducting inspections especially here in the National Capital Region because the concentration of those applying for an AEP is here," Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said in Filipino in a radio interview.