Beware of unscrupulous PEOPLE recruiting Filipinos for non-existent jobs in Haiti, which is still reeling from the devastation of a major earthquake. This was the reminder of the Philippine Embassy in Cuba, after receiving reports of an alleged recruitment scheme to bring Filipino workers to Haiti. “Port-Au-Prince was recently ravaged by a major earthquake on Jan. 12 that killed more than 250,000 people. It does not have job opportunities at all for ‘walk-in' applicants," Philippine Ambassador to Cuba Macarthur Corsino said in a release posted on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) website. The warning was issued in the light of reports from Philippine Honorary Consul in Haiti Fitzgerald Brandt about two Filipinos being recently stranded penniless in a beach resort in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince after being promised jobs in the country. The scam was hatched allegedly by Philippine-based recruiters in connivance with Haitian nationals and Haiti
