(File photo courtesy of Office of Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez) MANILA Speaker Martin Romualdez on Friday urged the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to remove the collection of placement fees related to the recruitment and employment of Filipino workers bound for Japan. Romualdez made the call following the commitment of Japanese companies and employers to hire more Filipinos particularly seafarers, professionals and non-skilled workers during dialogues with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who is currently on a five-day visit in Tokyo. He said the DMW should push for a no-placement fee for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) entering Japan's labor market. He said while trainees under the Technical Internship Training Program and specified skilled workers are not required to pay placement fees, there are Filipino job seekers who fall outside these categories that are being asked to pay, such as professionals and highly skilled workers. "I hope that the DMW can en