Quino Case

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Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial Court

Second Judicial RegionBranch 32

Cabarroguis, Quirino

People of the Philippines,

Plainti,

Versus

Coraon Quino, !t" #l",

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Cri&inal Case 'o" 22(3

MEMORANDUM

COMES NOW accused, through the undersignedcounsel of the Public #ttorne)*s +ce -P#+., before this/onorable Court, &ost respectfull) sub&its its &e&orandu&to the instant case, to 0it1

I. PREFERATORY STATEMENT

n cri&inal cases, the burden is on the prosecution toproe, be)ond reasonable doubt, the essential ele&ents ofthe oense 0ith 0hich the accused is charged4 and if the

proof fails to establish an) of the essential ele&entsnecessar) to constitute a cri&e, the defendant is entitled toan ac5uittal" Proof be)ond reasonable doubt does not &eansuch a degree of proof as, e$cluding the possibilit) of error,produces absolute certaint)" 6oral certaint) onl) is re5uired,or that degree of proof 0hich produces coniction in anunpre7udiced &ind"

II. STAEMENT OF THE CASE+n June 8, 2((9 the +ce of the Proincial Prosecutor

:led an infor&ation for llegal Recruit&ent b) a S)ndicateand in ;arge Scale as de:ned and penalied under section8 of Republic #ct 'o" no0n as the 6igrant


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?or>ers and +erseas @ilipino #ct of A, against hereinaccused together 0ith Dertrude ;agu)o%Ei& and 6arrieta;ardiabal, co&&itted as follo0s1

That beginning the period fro& #ugust 2((8 up toJanuar) 2((9 in the 6unicipalit) of Cabarroguis andSaguda), both in the proince of Quirino, Philippines and0ithin the 7urisdiction of the /onorable Court, the threeaccused, conspiring, confederating and 0ithout the licenseor authorit) to recruit and deplo) oerseas 0or>ers, did thenand there 0ilfull), feloniousl) and >no0ingl) engage inrecruit&ent actiities pro&ising oerseas e&plo)&ent toSouth Eorea to the persons of Rosario Carlos Baguilat, @redaPangcao%Co&a)ao and Jessie Fula0an and re5uire fro&

the& docu&entar) re5uire&ents needed in their oerseasapplication thereb) collecting fro& the& the aggregatea&ount of Php A9,((("(( as place&ent fees to theirda&age and pre7udice"

Contrar) to la0"

Cabarroguis, Quirino, June , 2((9"

Furing the arraign&ent on Januar) 28, 2(A3, on theaccused Coraon Quino 0as present and she pleaded notguilt)" +n 6a) 29, 2(A3, the pre trial conference 0asconducted and the parties agreed 0ith the follo0ing issues1

A. ?hether or not the accused is liable for the cri&echarged, 2. ?hether or not the accused too> &one) fro&the priate co&plainants for the purpose of haing the&e&plo)ed abroad particularl) at South Eorea, to be deplo)edabroad particularl) at South Eorea in the total su& of +ne/undred @ift) Seen Thousand Pesos -Php A9,((("((. asplace&ent fee, and, 3. Clai& for da&ages"

#fter the ter&ination of the pre%trial, the prosecutionpresented as 0itnesses onl) of the t0o priate co&plainants,

Jessie Fula0an and Rosario Carlos Baguilat" @reda Pangcao%Co&a)ao 0as not present as she 0as abroad" Theprosecution also presented !lpidio #tal, Jr, representatie

fro& F+;!" +n June 2, 2(A, the defense rested its case0ith the testi&on) of the accused Coraon Quino andCoraon Vinluan" Thereafter, the case 0as sub&itted to the/onorable Court for Fecision"


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III. ISSUE

The piotal issue to be deter&ined is 0hether theaccused, Coraon Quino, indeed engaged in recruit&ent

actiities, as de:ned under the ;abor Code"

IV. DISCUSSION

#rticle A3 of the ;abor Code, as a&ended, proides thede:nition of recruit&ent and place&ent as1

$ $ $4 b. an) act of canassing, enlisting, contracting,transporting, utiliing, hiring, or procuring 0or>ers, andincludes referrals, contract serices, pro&ising or adertisingfor e&plo)&ent" locall) or abroad, 0hether for pro:t or not1Proided , that an) person or entit) 0hich, in an) &anner,oers or pro&ises for a fee e&plo)&ent to t0o or &orepersons shall be dee&ed engaged in recruit&ent andplace&ent"

+n the other hand, #rticle 3< of the ;abor Code proides1

a.#n) recruit&ent actiities, including the prohibitedpractices enu&erated under #rticle 3= of this Code, tobe underta>en b) non%licensees or non%holders ofauthorit) shall be dee&ed illegal and punishable under#rticle 3 of this Code" The 6inistr) of ;abor and!&plo)&ent or an) la0 enforce&ent ocer &a)initiate co&plaints under this #rticle"

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $"

#pplied to the present case, t0o ele&ents need to besho0n1 -A. the person charged 0ith the cri&e &ust haeunderta>en recruit&ent actiities4 and -2. the said persondoes not hae a license or authorit) to do so"

To proe that accused 0as engaged in recruit&entactiities as to co&&it the cri&e of illegal recruit&ent, it&ust be sho0n that the accused gae priate co&plainant

the distinct i&pression that she had the po0er or abilit) tosend the priate co&plainant abroad for 0or> such that thelatter 0as coninced to part 0ith her &one) in order to be soe&plo)ed"An this case, priate co&plainant Rosario Carlos

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Baguilat alleged that the accused, Coraon Quino, recruitedher to 0or> abroad" /o0eer, in her direct e$a&ination sheneer &ention the participation of the accused, CoraonQuino in recruiting the&" 'o0here did she &ention if

Coraon Quino perfor&ed an) of the actiities that 0ouldconstitutes recruit&ent and place&ent as proided underthe la0 and gie the i&pression that she had the po0er orabilit) to send the priate co&plainants abroad" n fact thesponsor of the se&inar is one ;ifeline Drassroot Serices,0hich is not a recruit&ent agenc) and such fact 0as >no0nto the&, she testi:ed as follo0s1

Testi&on) of Rosario Baguilat, TS' dated #ugust A=, 2(A3,page A2"

Q1 #nd )ou said the oer 0as &ade 0hile )ou 0ere ontraining" #& rightH

# 1 Ies, Sir"

Q 1 ?hat is that training all aboutH

# 1 ?hen 0e attended the said se&inar, 0e 0eretaught to stud) the Eorean language butbefore hand that 0e continue the said se&inar,there 0as een a Pastor 0ho preached the

topic the 0a) to heaen"

Q 1 ?ho 0as that Pastor 0ho preached the topic the0a) to heaenH

# 1 t 0as Pastora Dertrude Ei&, Sir"

Testi&on) of Rosario Baguilat, TS' dated #ugust A=, 2(A3,page A3"

Q 1 #fter that 0hat happened ne$tH

# 1 #fter that 0e ca&e to >no0 that the) areChristian, so 0e beliee on the& so 0e

the Philippines ersus Rea, D"R" 'o" A9(=, June A(, 2(A3"


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undergone &edical chec> up and after that 0hen0e arried ho&e the) re5uired us to pa) a certain

processing fee and place&ent fee, Sir"

Testi&on) of Rosario Baguilat, TS' dated Septe&ber A8,2(A3, pages 2%3("

Q 1 'o0, this se&inar that )ou 0ere tal>ing about 0ho0as the sponsor of the se&inarH

# 1 #ll of the&, sir, Coraon Quino, Dertrude ;agu)oEi& and 6arieta ;ardiabal, Sir"

Q 1 t is not a fact that the sponsor of this se&inar isthe ;ifeline Drassroots SericesH

# 1 Ies, sir, according to the& then the) told us"

Q 1 ?hat is this ;ifeline Drassroots SericesH

# 1 Sir, e$cuse &e" t is for &) co&panion @redabecause for &e it is onl) the illegalrecruit&ent and &) co&panion @reda is that

another oer to her to it is included in our :le, Sir"

Q 1 So )ou do not >no0 this ;ifeline DrassrootsSerices 0ho sponsored this se&inarH

# 1 'o, sir, because it is under @reda"

Q 1 ?ho is @reda )ou 0ere tal>ing aboutH

# 1 6) co&panion, sir, because the oer for the& isdierent" That is charit) and loan to her" But for&e it is onl) the abroad"

Q 1 So, this ;ifeline Drassroots Serices is not arecruit&ent agenc)H


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# 1 'o, Sir, the) 7ust included it there" The) includedto @reda it is not for &e"

Q 1 Iou 0ere clai&ing that the se&inar 0as sponsoredb) the three -3. accused in this case, do )ou haean) proofH

# 1 hae a proof, sir, because during the se&inarCoraon Quino and these t0o -2. others, thisPastora Dertrude ;agu)o Ei& 0as the one 0hopreached us this, The ?a) to /eaen, 0hen the)started the se&inar" So this is about salation" So 0e 0ere

&an) at that ti&e because it is our se&inar,the recruit&ent, Sir"

Q 1 So )our onl) proof 6ada& ?itness is the fact thatthe three -3. accused 0ere there and DertrudeEi& conducted a se&inar on ho0 to get intoheaenH

# 1 Ies, sir, the) included that before the) started 0ithour se&inar" So fro& there 0e beliee"

Q 1 n this se&inar 6ada& ?itness 0ho 0ere thespea>ersH

# 1 Dertrude Ei& and then the) hired a @ilipina 0ho is&arried to a Eorean Citien to se&inar us the

Eorean language" So the) taught us Eoreanlanguage, sir"

The act alone of receiing &one) b) Coraon Quinoeer)ti&e she 0ill go to Baguio Cit) 0hich to be gien toDertrude ;agu)o Ei& or 6arieta ;ardiabal can hardl) 5ualif)as recruit&ent actiities on the part of Coraon Quino" #sidefro& the testi&on) of priate co&plainants, there is nothingto sho0 that accused engaged in recruit&ent actiities" #llthese, ta>en collectiel), cast reasonable doubt on the guiltof the accused"

This Court can hardl) rel) on the bare allegations ofpriate co&plainants that the) 0ere oered b) accused%


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e&plo)&ent abroad, nor on &ere presu&ptions andcon7ectures, to conict the latter" Coraon Quino insistedthat the co&plainants included her in the co&plaint thin>ingthat this 0ould co&pel her to reeal the 0hereabouts of

Dertrude ;agu)o Ei&"

Testi&on) of Rosario Baguilat, TS' dated Septe&ber A8,2(A3, page 3A"

Q 1 #nd tal>ing about the se&inar because )ou told usthat the recruit&ent happened in the se&inar"

?as there a ti&e that Coraon Quino tal> inthat se&inarH

# 1 She did not tal>, but she brought us to these&inar because she 0as the one 0ho recruitedus here in Quirino Proince, Sir"

Q 1 'o0 )ou are sa)ing that Coraon Quino recruited)ou here in Quirino Proince, 0as there an)contract bet0een )ou and Coraon Quino

recruiting )ouH

# 1 Ies, sir, because she 0as the one 0ho too> the&one) and then gae it to her co&panion"

'o sucient eidence 0as sho0n to sustain theconiction, as the burden of proof lies 0ith the prosecution toestablish that accused indeed engaged in recruit&ent

actiities, thus co&&itting the cri&e of illegal recruit&ent"

There is no proof of conspirac) to co&&it illegalrecruit&ent a&ong Dertrude ;agu)o Ei&, 6arieta ;ardiabaland Coraon Quino" n fact, Coraon Quino neer tal> aboutrecruit&ent" Furing the alleged se&inar, Coraon Quino 7usttal>ed about the ?a) to /eaen" She neer introduces

herself as a recruiter" The accused Coraon Quino did not>no0 the purpose 0h) the co&plainants gae the &one) toDertrude Ei& through her" The) 7ust adised her to delierthe &one) to Dertrude Ei& because the) 0ere the one 0hotal>ed about the transaction" n fact, Jessie Fula0an &ade&entioned that he gae the &one) because he considered


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Coraon Quino as his sister due to religious sect, Born#gain, and not as a recruiter"

Testi&on) of Jessie Fula0an, TS' dated +ctober 2A, 2(A3,pages 89%8


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEPublic #ttorne)*s +ceCounsel for the #ccused Coraon

Quino

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