MALACANAN PALACE

MANILA

OFTHEPHILIPPINES
BY THEPRESIDENT

ORDERNO. 4I
EXECUTIVE

REACTIVATINGTHE PRESIDENTIALTASK FORCE AGAINST ILLEGAL

RECRUITMENT ORDERNO. 759 (S. 2OOb)
CREATEDUNDEREXECUTIVE
ANDSTRENGTHENINGTHESAME

WHEREAS,the Presidential Task ForceAgainstlllegalRecruitment (PTFAIR)

under
created ExecutiveOrder No. 759 (s. 2008), which is taskedto programs
coordinate
and initiativesof all governmentagencies concerningillegal recruitment,was
dissolvedaftertwo yearsfrom its etfectivity;
autornatically

this social
WHEREAS,despiteconceftedeffortsto eliminateillegalrecruitment,
menacecontinuesto persist
and pose threat
a continuing to workers,
Filipino their
and properties;
resources
financial

WHEREAS, the Statehasthe obligation publicinterestandto prevent

to safeguard
Filipinoworkersfrombeingvictimized by unscrupulous and theircohortsandto
recruiters
bringto justicetheseperpetrators
of illegalrecruitment;

WHEREAS,to effectivelycombatillegalrecruitment, it is criticalfor concerned

governmentagenciesat the nationaland local levelsto cooperate,collaborate, and
coordinatewith each other more effectivelyand in partnership with non-government
and otherconcerned
organizations privateentities;

WHEREAS,thereis a needto reactivate the PTFAIRunderthe

and strengthen
supervision Adviseron OverseasFilipino
of the Vice President,beingthe Presidential
Workers'Concerns,in order to sustaina more focused,coordinated,and effective
programof actionto curbillegalrecruitment;
and

WHEREAS,the Administrative Codeof 1987providesthat the Presidenthas the

continuing
authorityto reorganize
the administrative Branchof
structureof the Executive
the government.

NOW,THEREFORE, 1,BENIGNO S. AQUINOlll, President by

of the Philippines,
virtueof the powersvestedin me by law,do herebyorder:

SECTION1. Reactivatingand Strengtheningthe PTFAIR.The PTFAIRis

herebyreactivated and strengthened. of the Vice
lt shall be underthe supervision
President for policyandprogram
of the Philippines coordination.

SECTION
2. Composition. of thefollowing:
The PTFAIRshallbe composed

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Vice-Chairpersons: Secretary, of Laborand Employment

Department
(DOLE)
of Justice(DOJ)
Department
Secretary,

Members: Secretary, of ForeignAffairs(DFA)

Department
Secretary, of the Interiorand Local
Department
Government (DILG)
Overseas
Philippine
Administrator, Employment
Agency(POEA)
Commissioner,Bureauof lmmigration (Bl)
ProsecutorGeneral,DOJ
National
Director, Bureauof Investigation (NBl)
National
Head,Philippine -
Police Criminal
and
lnvestigation Detection Group(PNP-CIDG)
GeneralManager, ManilaInternationalAirportAuthority
(MIAA)

TheChairperson to the President

may recommend of othermembers
the inclusion
andexigencies
to the PTFAIRas the circumstances may require.

SECTION 3. Functions,The PTFAIRshallcoordinate programs of

and initiatives
thegovernment agencies concerned in addressing whichshall
illegalrecruitment, include,
to thefollowing:
butnotlimited

a. Development and execution of strategiesand schemesagainstthe modus

operandiof illegalrecruiters,such as "escort"serviceswithin international
airportsand otherpoftsof departure;

b. Development of strategies
and execution for
responsible
agaiirstsyndicates
passports
withandthesaleof spurious
tampering and
andtraveldocuments;

their cohorts,protectors,
and syndicates,
of illegalrecruiters
c. Prosecution and
coddlers.

SECTION4. Powers.In pursuitof itsfunctionsas definedin the preceding

section,
andauthority
thePTFAIRshallhavethe responsibility to:

a. Conductsurveillance and entrapmentoperationsof personsallegedto be

engagedin illegalrecruitmentas definedin Section6 of RepublicAct No.
8042, as amended,including,but not lirnitedto, "escort"servicesat
airportsand otherportsof departure,and to effectwarrantsof
international
arm;
arreststhroughits lawenforcement

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investigation of cases
involving andmonitorthe progressof suchcases;
illegalrecruitment

Coordinate withexistingbodies,agencies, currently

and otherinstrumentalities
involved
in the campaign againstillegalrecruitment;

d . Hire lawyers, operatives,and support staff in such number as the

circumstances
and exigencyof the servicemay require,whosetermsshallbe
coterminous
withthatof the PTFAIR:

e. Initiate and undertakesuch projectsand activitiesin coordinationand

padnership with concerned government agencies, non-governrnent
organizationsand privateentities;

f, OrganizeAnti-lllegalRecruitment
Task Forcesat the regionallevels,in
coordination localgovernment
withthe concerned and
unitsandagencies;

g . Performother powersand functionsas may be deemednecessaryby the

Chairpersonfor the etfectivedischarge
of its mandateor as maybe directedby
the President.

SECTION5. Operationaland Law EnforcementArm. The NBI and the PNP-

CIDGshallserveas the operational
andlawenforcement armsof the PTFAIR.Theyshall
operateas a composite
teamwiththe POEA,Bl, andothermembersof the PTFAIR.

SECTION6. Secretariat.The Anti-lllegal Branchof the POEAshbll

Recruitrnent
serveas the Secretariatof the PTFAIR,andshallprepareand submitperiodicreportsto
the Officeof the President
throughthe PTFAIRChairperson.

The Secretariat and procedural

shallalsopreparean operational manualto guide
the operations
of the PTFAIRto ensurethatall existinglaws,rules,and regulations
are
andthatbasicrightsof personsareprotected.
followed,

SECTION7. Office.The POEAshallprovidesufficientspace,officerequirements,

and utilifiesat its prdmisesin the Blas F, Ople Building,EDSAcornerOrtigasAve.,
Mandaluyong City,to serveas the principalofficeof the PTFAIR,withoutcoststo the
latter.

SECTIONB. Assistanceand Cooperation. All othergovernment agenciesare

herebydirectedto activelycoordinateand cooperatewith the PTFAIRand supportthe
anti-illegal
recruitment
campaignof the government. For this purpose,the Chairperson
maycalluponthe headsof government agenciesfor assistance,as maybe nece$sary.

SECTION9. Funding.All othergovernment agenciesinvolvedin the carnpaign

againstillegalrecruitment
are authorizedto allocatefrom their existingfunds such
amou.nts as may be necessaryfor the additional
fundingrequirements that may be

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accounting
and auditingrules
andregulations.

The Presidentmay, subjectto his discretion,allocateadditionalfunds

for the
PTFAIRthroughthe GeneralAppropriations
Act.
sEGTloN 10. Separabilityclause. lf any provisionof this Executiveorder
declared is
invalidor unconstitutional,
the otherprovisions
not affected
therebyshallremain
validandsubsisting.

SECTION11. RepealingClause.All orders,rules,regulations,and issuances,

part thereof,which are inconsistent or
with this ExecutiveOrder, are herebyrepealed,
amended, or modifiedaccordingly.

SEcTloN 12. Effectivity.This Executive

Ordershalltakeeffectimmediately
publication upon
in a newspaper
of generalcirculation.
Donein the Cityof Manilaon this B,ftthday
of April
of ourLord,TwoThousand , in the year
and Eleven.

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