BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: A 52-year-old Filipina was fined BND1,000 (US$752) for operating an employment agency as both manager and owner without a licence from the Commissioner of Labour.
Arlene Soriano Esperanza appeared before Magistrate Muhammad Qamarul Affyian bin Abdul Rahman on March 5, where she was charged by Deputy Public Prosecutor Abdul Musawwir bin Mahali under the Employment Agencies Order, 2004, Section 6(1). The woman pleaded guilty to the offence, which occurred between July 2022 and April 2023.
