What is disallowed is if they hire foreign workers when there are Filipinos who are fit for these jobs,” Bello said this week. ADVERTISEMENTCompliantActing Malay Mayor Abram Sualog said the Chinese establishments had secured the required permits and complied with requirements to operate the businesses. After the Holy Week, we will enforce this request and if they do not comply, I will order the removal of the (signages),” Sualog told the Inquirer. “When Chinese tourists started to significantly increase in 2017 because there were no more (negative) travel advisories, they (establishments) started coming in also,” Sualog said. “Foreign workers without an alien employment permit are fined P10,000, a measly amount compared to the billions that they have been earning from the foreigners’ investments,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 20, 2019 23:15 UTC