Darwin A. Viloria told Variety yesterday that the temporary work authorization issued by the Department of Labor in April already expired but it was renewed in May.
Viloria, Noelito Jumawan and Romeo Tesorero are planning to seek another renewal of their TWA.
Vilaria said his application with the G4S Security Services has not been accepted yet although he is scheduled to undergo training as a security guard. He came here to work as waiter or a hotel room boy.
Jumawan and Tesorero have no work yet but they were applying for a job with an auto repair shop.
Labor Director Barry Hirshbein said they allowed the three “tourists” to seek employment for “simple humanitarian reasons.”
The three are temporarily staying at the residence of Vicente Sablan, who acted as their “sponsor” when they arrived here as “tourists.”
The two other “touritsts,” Gilbert Oandasan and Carlos Ramos, were already hired as security guards by the Quichocho Security Agency.
Viloria said they get their food supply from donations from the Filipino community and the Salvation Army’s Wayne and Annie Gillespie.
The Philippine Consulate General, for its part, provides free long-distance calls to their families in the Philippines while the Philippine Overseas Workers Welfare Administration is also helping them find jobs, Viloria said.
He said they are determined to press charges against Yolanda Alfante for illegal recruitment.
Alfante, he added, is now recruiting workers for Guam.
Viloria was among the 12 “tourists” brought here by Alfante who received placement fees from them amounting up to $2,000 per person.
When they failed to get a job here, seven of them went back to the Philippines.
But the five who are still here said they don’t want to go home empty handed.
