REMEMBERING DIR. ROBERT “ATTY OBET” LARGA (POEA) – TUNAY NA LINGKOD-KAPWA AT BAYANI NG MGA OFW (2017)

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Melquiades Bautista condolence poh sa family nya.

Valerie Liling Tumbaga Condolence

Hasaica Alleah Menang Mamucao Condolence s knyang pamilya!

Adhie Cruz Ü Condolences po sa mga naulila ni sir Larga.

Jessie Aquino Rest in peace, Our condolences

نيلوتنا واكنام وررافان

أنا لله و أنا أليه راجعون

ماري كلار بورجا فيناننسيو

Our prayers for his eternal peace.🙏

Nhie Mhia RIP po Dir.

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Patnubay Online Malaking kawalan sa atin si Dir. Robert Larga.

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Rexzie Coloma Micua Condolence

Sherwin Galagar Caudor R.I.P.

Aris Esparagoza condolence po

Nick Viloria Condolence

Abu Bakr Espiritu

A sad day for servant leaders. Nabawasan ang mundo ng isang tunay na lingod-kapwa. Paalam POEA director obet larga. Sa daming success stories / cases nating pinagsamahan, hindi ko man lang po kayo naimeet ng personal para pasalamatan sa lahat ng naitulong mo sa aming mga ofws. Sisikapin po namin sir na ang mabuting halimbawa ng paglilingkod mo sa kapwa ay maipasa at mahalintularan ng marami. Kasama po kayo lagi sa aking mga dasal at ang iyong mga naiwang mahal sa buhay. Maraming salamat aming kasama, aming kapatid, ka-HAGIT aming ka-patnubay. Magkakatagpo din tayo sa kabilang buhay. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun.

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Muffy RD May Allah bless his soul.

Susan Ople Quiet hero siya, Tas. Tulong lang ng tulong. Am so sad.

Mich Maxx Santiago Kakalungkot naman ka Joseph…Dami niyang natulungan na mga distressed OFWs. What happened? May he rest in peace!

Icf Joel Vibora condolence

Charito Basa NO! Anong nangyari, Joseph? I am shocked! We have had successful collaboration works from his ILO stint…and right, a great supporter of OFWs.

Abu Bakr Espiritu Salam ka maxxy and ate chato.. Di ko pa alam ang details pero naconfirm ng iba nating mga kasama sa advocacy sa manila.

Charito Basa Nag PM ako sa Manila at sinabi sa akin ng pamangkin ko sa POEA na kasama ni Robert na sobrang taas daw ng sugar sa blood from Friday and left the seminar in Tagaytay. He died early this afternoon, may renal problem din, nag bloat na yata. Really, really sad news. Bakit yung mababait at magagaling ang nawawala? I am in grief.

Abu Bakr Espiritu Salam ate toots. Nanlulumo ako. Di ako makapaniwala.

Bolivar Mahathir Simon Condolence… Matulongin tlaga yan si Obet Larga at action man.

Emmelito Vasquez Condolence to the family

Fernando Abeto What a sad day really for advocates like us…may he rest in peace.

Jun S. Aguilar He is indeed a big loss to OFWs and migrant advocates. RIP Atty. Obet…

Eddie Relox Condolence po sa buong pamilya. May His soul rest in peace po.

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Jocelyn Fama Quintanilla Condolence po sa family nya. Very sad news naman tito Joseph.

Cesario Ramirez Andal condolence po sa family

Arceli Lazaro condolence

Reynaldo Orbon Our sincere condolences….

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Reynaldo Orbon And may his soul Rest in Peace!!!!

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Florita Patente Sayang …tua na d i cya heaven.

Rodel Yap May his soul RIP. Our condolences to d family left behind.

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Ronald Delacruz Daming case na na SOLVED ni SIR …..salamat po sa mga DAGLIANG pagtugon sa mga TAWAG ng RESCUE at emergency call napakabilis umaksyon…..SIR sana GABAYAN mo pa kaming mga OFWs na ANAK mo pagdating mo sa ITAAS wag mo kami kalilimutan….RIP po….

Debbie Jane Pangan Condolences.. to the bereaved family …

Romy Tangbawan May his soul rest in peace.

Benny Egay Queman condolence sa family .Maraming salamat kayo ang tunay na aming KAAGAPAY ng OFW.

Venecio Vano Legaspi Our condolences to the bereaved family..RIP atty Obet..

Maria Luz Equiza Liberato Count our prayers too.RIP

Henry Kalamag Condolence..

Rhonzky Da Buzzy Condolence po

Susan Ople feeling sad.
7:24pm · Pasig, Philippines ·

I will always remember him with respect and affection. He was brilliant in a humble and generous way. We worked together on several cases. He was so devoted to his job. POEA Director Atty. Robert “Obet” Larga, an honest man & selfless OFW advocate, gone too soon. RIP, my friend. God bless you.

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Rey Con This is sad. May God give him eternal peace and comfort to the bereaved family.

Teresita Villarama our deepest condolences.. why.. what did he die of..

Susan Ople Complications due to diabetes daw 🙁

Teresita Villarama ang bata bata.. sayang..

Merriam C. Cuasay Ha? What happened?

Merriam C. Cuasay Rest in peace, Obet.

Luther Z. Calderon May he Rest In Peace …

Noel Litan Oh Man! So sad. May his soul rest in peace.

Palmenco Maria Emelinda Rest in peace sa pamilya ofw from jeddah

Palmenco Maria Emelinda Thank you ms Susan ople

Sylvia F. Pangalangan Sad. Condolences to his OFW family and his family.

Carmelita Gopez Nuqui May you Rest in Peace, Atty. Obet!

Dok Chie Umandap Rest in Peace Atty.Obet.

Eric Garafil RIP classmate!

Akosi Bong Condolences po kanyang pamilya. I remember nag conduct sya ng seminar dito two years ago about illegal recruitment

Manuel Imson What a big loss. Our condolences to Obet’s family. Let’s all pray for Obet.

Carl Velasquez OMG. May u RIP Obet. My condolences to his family.

Cynthia Arturo Bernardo Jr. Condolence; prayers for the reposed of his soul to eternal peace.

Melo Acuna Condolence. How young?

Chito Gascon Rest in Peace!

Tess Dizon de Vega Oh how sad

Hendrik Garcia Such sad news, will be sorely missed. May he rest in peace

Lyndon Plantilla Si Director Larga masipag na kawain ng gobyerno…kasama namin sa anti-trafficking campaign…

Bea Tamura Pascua Condolence

Toby Nebrida Oh my!!

Tetchi Capellan Rest in peace..

Josephus Birondo Jimenez VITA MUTATOR NON TOLLITOR,,, Requescat en Pace, May The Lod Embrace All DOLE Officials Who Have Gone Ahead in The Bossom of our Beloved Mentor, KA BLAS FAJARDO OPLE…Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez – Atty JBJ or JJ

Der Adellom Huh? He was my classmate in MLQU. 🙁

Ivan Lilles wrote:
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Rest In Peace to a good man, POEA Director, Atty. Robert L. Larga. Saan ka man naroroon ngayon sigurado po ako walang illegal recruiters dyan.

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Erna Lyn Nieves Bedolido Rest in peace po!

Mike Planas Ivan, ang bata pa. what happened?

Ivan Lilles Complicated diabetes

Ces Francisco – Claveria Rest In Peace DA Larga..

Edwina Lema Beech Am sad & shocked!!! May he rest in peace!!

Jennifer Badilla RIP

Edith R. Fider Rest in Peace!

Tin Lilles spirits always lives!!!

Tony L. Santos May his soul Rest in Peace in the Loving Arms of his Creator!

Jhazh Rivera Dela Cruz Condolence po…

Jamal Kanan Rest In Peace.

Noel Litan Sad that a good man left this world so early. RIP Director Obet.

Joven Malabana Lilles Rest in Peace my kababayan Atty. Obet…

Tedeca Sonora Too early to go. Rest peace DA Larga

San Sue Yap He was such a good man, Too early to go…RIP Sir

Redentor Mesiona Bual Rest in peace Director Larga

Elsa U. Villa We will miss your quiet, humble and eveready help to those who approach you. POEA & the industry lost a very dedicated public servant. Our loss is heaven’s gain! Rest in peace in the loving embrace of our Creator Dir. Robert L. Larga!

Cammi Uy RIP *Condolence *

Anicia Regis Condolence Dir Robert Larga

Cristy Lyn Pande Masonsong Condolence po..

Benjie Silan Datinguinoo I know this gent Ivan Lilles he was our governor in the school of arts and sciences at Mlqu. For sure kilala ito n Robert Renidocondolence to the family. May he rest in peace

Albert Lalic RIP po🙏💒🌹😪

Ulanbai Silongan Lizardo Condolence Dir Larga

Teodora A. Inabayan Jr. We will miss you, Director Larga

Juri Koga Rest In Peace Director Larga.

Floriflor Gonzaga Condolence

Milagros Uanang Abu Hussein May you rest in peace sir…

Venecio Vano Legaspi RIP Atty Obet

Josie Martinez-dela Cruz May his soul rest in peace

Gee Villa Melgarejo Na surprise po aq sa maagang pagpanaw ni Dir Larga. Naka2lungkot kc cya ung usual na pinupuntahan nmin ng mga clients/ OFW’s na tinutulungan namin sa Blas Ople Center. He deserved to be commended as a truly public servant with a commitment to help esp those OFW’s in crisis situation. Condolence po sa family nya…

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Faisal C Mercurio Condolence po sa family… R.I.P. SIR ROBERT…. FROM BLACK PYTHON…THE MARTIAL ARTS GROUP

Ernesto Panganiban RIP .. condolence to the bereaved Family ..

Omega Lee Condolence to the family !

Lou Almonte Ferraris Condolence to the family! Rest in Peace Sir.

Hermie de Leon Condolence po sa family…

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Amie Igao Condolence to the family.

Danah Coprada Condolence po sa Family.

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George Mia RIP po at condolence s family

Virgie Anota Fumar RIP po condolence to the.family

Edith Rasco Our condolences

Sicnarf Tiwalub Condolence to the bereaved family…

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Asiong Kingpin Salongga Condolences po

SherwinKelly Recto Abrantes Paalam po sir robert larg

Mmel Mamaril Condolence po

Alonsky Gravador Condolence po sa family nya

Maya Bans Cortina So sad. He was a good man. Condolence.

Abu Bakr Espiritu shared Patnubay Online‘s post.

for sharing..a salute to a servant leader and hero.

Lito B. Soriano

· A public servant, an OFW Servant advocate. Even one of the most critical Saudi based OFW Servant leader- @Joseph Espiritu pay respect and honor to Ka Obet. He is ever helpful, he listens, his office is always open to concerns of distressed OFWs. He always, say “Okey Sir”, when u asked for help on behalf of OFWs and their families.

Our last concern/project-that we want to solve together was about Nurses and professional with “fraudulent, fake employment certificates and credentials unknowing to the OFWs were submitted to Saudi by their agencies. We both wanted a POEA MC reiterating administrative and criminal liabilities to offenders. Unfinished, he was transferred to another office. Paalam Ka Obet. I know your heart was heavy and pained.

Susan Ople

Pasig, Philippines ·

There are some things that need to be written and shared. Ka Obet, this is for you.

Notice to the world: Robert Larga is gone

LAST Saturday, the soil parted to welcome the casket that bore the body of a man named Robert Larga. He was “Obet” to family, friends and associates. A young lawyer of 48, Larga served as one of the directors of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). He was also an expert on forced labor trafficking, having single-handedly written a manual on the subject matter for the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT).He worked for the Department of Justice, and also served at the International Labor Organization.

Wherever Obet placed himself, there is value-added because he was a man in constant search for answers and solutions. Greed was an alien word, and corruption was as attractive to him as the bubonic plague. I miss having him around. When he headed the licensing division of the POEA and was in charge of the anti-illegal recruitment campaign,Larga kept his smile, his baritone coolness, while strictly enforcing rules and regulations.

I write this tribute for his family – for his wife and two daughters — that they may know how much Obet was appreciated as an honest, hard-working public servant. I remember how for the first time ever,Larga held a Skype conference to talk to a group of stranded OFWs in Saudi Arabia, while his staff took down notes. When we had an urgent case at the Blas F. Ople Policy Center, I would pull him in, include him in online chat groups, just so we could have a definite opinion on what the POEA can do to help the distressed overseas workers.

He always said yes. Every single chance he got to talk about the dangers of human trafficking, he’d say, “Yes, of course.” The non-government organizations that are active in the labor migration front saw him as a friend and ally. He had no airs. You’d never hear him speak ill of anyone. I miss hearing him laugh. Because when he laughed, it was spontaneous, generous, and infectious. It was the laugh of a person that you instantly liked, just because.

He never intended to hurt anyone. Yet, it was an open secret among his colleagues that he himself was hurting. In a reshuffle of officers, Director Larga was moved to a unit that handled government-to-government placement of workers. His director-rank had been maintained. Nevertheless, a few insiders at the POEA knew why he had to be removed from the licensing division. Perhaps, the qualities that endeared him to us, failed to impress others. Sometimes, you don’t like a person not because of what he or she did, but what that person refused to do. Before he died, he expressed concern over the operational aspects of the proposed OFW ID card to people close to him.

He loved his work. Director Larga cared so much for the POEA that it bothered him that the agency was in such a state of flux. It has been more than a year and the POEA still has no permanent administrator. Surprisingly, some people seem to prefer it that way.

There is talk about corruption within the POEA, and rumors about the fixing of cases and bribery persist to this day. Yet, within that vital institution are people like Director Larga who would never tolerate mercenary pursuits disguised as public service. Not over their dead bodies. Not while they are alive, and still under the employ of the Filipino people. I hope that these good people find their voice, and soon, because they do represent the silent, under-appreciated majority.

Director Robert Larga died of natural causes complicated by a heavy heart. He had a kidney ailment that somehow led to complications because of diabetes. I viewed his remains last Friday. Employees from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, or Tesda, sat beside me. They were in talks with the POEA, specifically withLarga, about developing language courses for OFWs. Unfinished business, I know.

Why do I write this about a man now dead and buried? Because this needs to be said: in government, there are men and women of probity and intelligence that deserve to be honored and empowered while still alive, while able to do good. I pity my colleagues who remain in government that have to parry criticisms, play politics to survive, and make an honest effort to comply with every single requirement that good governance demands. They are public service personified, yet seldom credited for the good things they do.

I want the world to know that there was a good man named Robert Larga. He never failed public expectations. He simply showed up, and did his job. I want the world to know that though his career ladder now stretches upward to divinity, his soul was never ravaged by the shallower pursuits of power. That on earth, this is possible. That he was both intellectually and financially honest. And yes, that he represented the kind of public servant that ordinary people miss the most.

Farewell, Director Robert Larga. Thank you for serving us well. Rest easy now and let the rest of us continue on with all the work you’ve left behind. God bless you.

Luther Z. Calderon Ka Toots, we owe it to him… he personified the kind of public servant that our government institutions should be having..selfless and dedicated in spite of doing a thankless job. May he Rest In Peace .

Ivan Lilles

Susan Ople says, “he represented the kind of public servant that ordinary people miss the most”

Jerome Alcantara

Thank you, Susan Ople, for this tribute to a man who we all love and admire.

I had the pleasure of working with Obet during his various stints with DoJ, IACAT, ILO, and POEA. I was blessed to witness and learn from his brilliance and integrity.

Rest in peace, kapatid.