My name is Jake Conley. I am a journalist with The Outlaw Ocean Project, working in collaboration with Gaea Cabico (copied here), a journalist at PhilStar. For the past seven months, we have been developing, researching and reporting a story about Filipino citizens involved in sea-based labor, and your company is mentioned in the story. As we would like to give you the opportunity to respond to what we are saying, below you’ll find a point we would like to offer you the chance to comment on and confirm or refute. We require your response by 5pm Manila time, Friday, July 14.

Points for comment…

Dear Mr Conley,

Good day! This is regarding the clarification of our connection to other agency. We, the corporate officers and staff members of Buwan Tala Manning Agency, a Philippine-based and Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)-accredited manning agency specializing in the placement of Filipino seafarers, vehemently denies any involvement in the reprocessing of applications for placement of any seafarer and refutes all allegations of engaging or collaborating with any individuals involved in illegal recruitment and other similar illegal, nefarious or prohibited activities.…