Philippines, Feb. 10 -- Two female would-be overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were barred from boarding their separate flights after presenting dubious travel documents, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported Monday.

In a statement, Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado noted that the BI's immigration protection and border enforcement section (I-PROBES) stopped the victims on separate occasions at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City.

The first victim, a 30-year-old female, was intercepted on Feb. 4 before she could board a Cebu Pacific flight to Nagoya, Japan.

"She presented a Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO) certificate, which was easily flagged as unregistered by the BI-CFO system," he said.

The CFO certificat...