Manila, April 3 -- The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), with the assistance of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), has shut down a travel agency based in Pampanga for illegally offering jobs in Bulgaria without a proper recruitment license.

In an interview after the closure operation in Calulut, San Fernando, DMW Undersecretary Bernard Olalia said the agency recruits Filipinos looking for overseas jobs in exchange of exorbitant fees.

"Ang DMW, especially ang Department ng Migrant Workers Protection Bureau, ay narito po ngayon sa Calulut, San Fernando, Pampanga para i-implement ang isang closure order ng isang travel agency na nag-ha hire, nag-recruit at nagpapadala ng mga workers sa ibang bansa, particularly sa Bulgaria, na ...