People vs Reyes : 104739-44 : November 18, 1997 : J. Panganiban : Th... http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/1997/nov1997/104739_44.htm Complainants had dollar currency with them in going to Taipei as tourists. The Accused Rodolfo Caures and Zenaida Caures were present. The Accused Rose Reyes told the Private Complainants that she was going to Taipei to work for the issuance of the visas but that the Accused Rodolfo Caures and Zenaida Caures were going to take care of the processing of their papers in her absence. Despite the assurances of the Accused, the Private Complainants failed to leave for Taipei during the first week of September, 1989. When the Private Complainants inquired from the Accused Rodolfo Caures why they failed to leave for Taipei on schedule, the Accused Rodolfo Caures told the Private Complainants that their visas had not yet arrived from Taipei. The Private Complainants had been going to the house of the Accused, Rodolfo Caures and Zenaida Caures demanding to [sic] them when they were going to leave for Taipei but, despite the promises of the Accused, the Private Complainants failed to leave for Taipei. The Private Complainants were alarmed when they returned to the residence of the Accused but that the Accused had flown the coop. The Private Complainants later learned that the Accused had abandoned their residence at No. 2557 Callejon 9, Del Pan Street, Sta. Ana, Manila and had transferred their residence to somewhere in Sampaguita Street, Pasay City. The Private Complainants inquired from [sic] the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration if the Accused were licensed recruiters and they were informed that the names of the Accused were not listed as licensed recruiters. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration issued Certifications to the effect that the Accused were not licensed or authorized to recruit workers for employment abroad (Exhibits D and E). The Private Complainants thereafter proceeded to the Western Police District where they lodged their complaints against the Accused. Lily Monzon and the Private Complainants executed their respective affidavits (Exhibits B and B-1 and C and C-1). Up to the present, the Private Complainants were not able to leave for Taipei for their employment in that country or refunded their placement fees of P64,000.00. When he testified before the Court, the Accused Rodolfo Caures denied the charges against him. The Accused further alleged that he never recruited any of the Private Complainants and that the first time that he saw the Private Complainants, except the Private Complainant Teresita Carillo and Lily Monzon, was when they testified before this Court. The Accused first saw Lily Monzon at the police headquarters after his arrest on August 19, 1990. The Accused further averred that he is the older brother of the Accused Rose Reyes. The Accused did not know why the Accused Rose Reyes whose real name is Rosalinda Caures was using the surname Reyes. The Accused Rodolfo Caures did not know where his sister was residing before May 16, 1989. On the other hand, as of said date, the Accused Rodolfo Caures and his wife, the Accused Zenaida Caures, were residing at No. 1114 Sampaguita Street, Pasay City. The Accused Zenaida Caures worked as a laundrywoman while the Accused Rodolfo Caures worked as a sidecar driver and finished only up to Grade VI in the elementary grades. On May 16, 1989, the Accused Rodolfo Caures was fetched by Teresita Carillo and Ana Apilado from his house and was brought to No. 2257 Callejon 9, Del Pan Street, Sta. Ana, Manila. The Accused learned that the place was the office of his sister, the Accused Rose Reyes, and that Teresita Carillo, Ana Apilado and the Accused Rose Reyes were business partners engaged in recruitment of workers for employment in Taiwan. The Accused Rose Reyes, Ana Apilado and Teresita Carillo told the Accused Rodolfo Caures that they will help him secure employment abroad as a factory worker in Taiwan. The Accused was told by the three (3) women to come back the next day. The Accused did. The Accused filled up three (3) copies of application form for his employment abroad. The next day, May 17, 1989, the Accused was ordered to construct a bench. His wage for the construction of the bench was applied for the expenses for the issuance of his passport. On May 18, 1989, his brother, Rolando Caures, was able to leave for Taiwan, through the efforts of the Accused Rose Reyes, Teresita Carillo and Ana Apilado. Teresita Carillo later gave to the Accused his passport issued on June 8, 1989 (Exhibits 1 and 1-A). The Accused never received any money from the Private Complainants on July 27 and 31, 1989. On July 27, 1989, the Accused was at the Iglesia ni Cristo palace in Diliman, Quezon City during the 75th anniversary of the Iglesia ni Cristo and the Accused managed to arrive home only at 9:00 o clock in the evening because of the congested traffic. On July 28, 1989, the Accused was at the place of the Iglesia ni 5 of 11 1/25/2016 12:35 AM