Manila, Feb. 17 -- Two persons pretending to be officemates on vacation were recently stopped by Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City.

The BI said the women, aged 25 and 31, attempted to pass themselves off as call center agents for a business process outsourcing firm in Quezon City, and were traveling for tourism to Bangkok, Thailand last Feb. 13.

However, upon presenting their documents, BI officers noted inconsistencies that contradicted their initial statements.

Both later admitted that they were not really officemates, but were actually recruited to work in Laos, where they would take up customer service representative (CSR) positions and promised a monthly salar...