4/13/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly the agency whenever we will go there, sir until nothing happened to their promise of deployment. xxxx Q When nothing happened after the second medical examination, what did you do next, if any? A After two (2) months of the second medical examination, I asked Ellen Mabborang if she really gave the money to Isabel Rios, sir and she answered in the affirmative. Q And so what was your reaction after that comment from Ellen Mabborang? A We were then got panic (sic) and we thought that she was just cheating us, sir, "nagpanic po kasi parang lokohan na po yong sa amin", so we decided to go to the office of the POEA to file a complaint there. And at the POEA we found out that the agency of Isabel Rios is in good standing, sir but we were told that the job order which was being offered to us by Ellen Mabborang was good only for two persons, but Ellen Mabborang told us that they needed for ten persons, sir. Q Did you ask for a certification from the POEA to the effect that accused Isabel Rios, Ana Espiritu and Ellen Mabborang were not licensed to recruit workers abroad? A Yes, sir we were issued a certification from the POEA that the agency of Isabel Rios is licensed. xxxx Q So after POEA Mr. Witness, what else did you do in connection with these criminal cases? A Because the money that we gave we just borrowed, we decided to withdraw the same from the agency but Ellen Mabborang was scared to show herself to us. Q In what way that Ellen Mabborang got afraid of or scared of you? A When we last saw her at the medical examination, sir she was https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66232 13/29