That in or about and during the period comprised between August 5, 1992 and September 21, 1992, inclusive, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, conspiring and confederating with three others whose true names, real identities and present whereabouts are still unknown and helping one another, representing themselves to have the capacity to contract, enlist and transport Filipino contract workers for employment abroad, did then and there wilfully and unlawfully, for a fee, recruit and promise employment/job placement for abroad to the following persons, namely: VICENTE REAS Y TISBE, JOSE NAVAL Y ESGUERRA, EFREN PINEDA Y LARDIZAVAL, CARUSO ASTIBE Y LAYNESA, FERDINAND AVISO Y ADIVISO, EDWARD CALARANAN Y ALHAMBRA, GREG ARIDA Y BEJASA, JESUS ADEL Y HERNANDEZ, REYNALDO ARDAN Y STA. MARIA, RONALDO MENDOZA Y OFIAZA AND ELENITA TRAJANO Y BARRIENTOS, without first having secured the required license or authority from the Department of Labor. Contrary to law.iii[3] In the instant appeal, accused-appellant contends that the trial court has erred in finding her to be the treasurer/cashier of Japs International Trading Corporation and to have been in connivance with the other corporate officers in illegal recruitment activities instead of her being held to be merely a low-key employee of the firm. The appeal is bereft of merit. Hardly controvertible were the declarations made by the prosecution witnesses who gave detailed accounts on how appellant had dealt with each of the complainants. The Solicitor General aptly described, indeed extensively, this evidence given by the witnesses before the trial court; viz: The prosecution presented the following witnesses, namely, Reynaldo Ardan, Ronaldo Mendoza, Edward Calaranan, Elenita Trajano, Fernando Roque, Jose Naval, Vicente Reas, Caruso Astibe, Francisco Sarmiento and Emmanuel Vasquez. Reynaldo Ardan testified that sometime in March, 1992, he was informed by his sister-in-law, Elenita Trajano, that she had a friend named Bing Domingo who worked at Japs International Trading, an agency engaged in the recruitment of workers abroad (TSN, January 26, 1993, p. 4). Sometime in July 1992, Ardan was accompanied by his sister-in-law to see Bing Domingo at the office of Japs International Trading. He was informed by Bing Domingo that their company was recruiting workers for the position of production staff or factory worker in Japan with a salary of P55,000 a month. He was informed of the requirements such as passport, medical fee of P1,500 and placement fee of P35,000 (Ibid, pp. 4-5). Ardan immediately filled up an application form and submitted his bio-data and a passport picture. He also gave P1,500 to Bing Domingo for the medical fee (Ibid, p. 5).

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