xvi[16] Recruitment and Placement refers to any act of canvassing, enlisting, contracting, transporting, utilizing, hiring or procuring workers, and includes referrals, contract services, promising or advertising for employment, locally or abroad, whether for profit or not; Provided, That any person or entity which, in any manner, offers or promises for a fee employment to two or more persons shall be deemed engaged in recruitment and placement. xvii[17] People v. Garcia, 271 SCRA 621. xviii[18] Otherwise known as the Indeterminate Sentence Law, as amended. xix[19] People v. Gabres, 267 SCRA 581, 590 citing People v. Gonzales, 73 Phil 549, People v. Ducosin, 59 Phil 109 and People v. Joya, 98 Phil 238.