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TUCP, DOLE , ULAP TO SIGN ON A SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR THE INFORMAL SECTOR WORKER
Thursday 30th of May 2013
QUEZON CITY, May 30 --A memorandum of agreement will be signed today that will give birth to a program that will provide social protection for some 15 million vendors--- drivers, barbers, tailors, fishermen, barbers, plumbers, tailors, construction workers and other informal sector workers.
The agreement is between Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), local government units, 23 government departments and agencies led by DOLE, DENR, DOH, DepEd, DPWH, MMDA, DILG, DSWD, DAR, CHED, HUDCC, Pag-Ibig, DA, DAR, DTI, NHA, PCSO, NSO.
“We are committing fully to this comprehensive but targetted approach in addressing the growing perceiv...
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16Apr2013MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, April 16 (PIA) -- The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) here employed 150 students under the government’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). Herculano S. Ronolo, city administrator, said the hired students underwent an orientation urging them to follow government rules and policies, specifically on the aspect of working hours and the delivery of quality public service. Ronolo said that of 150 student grantees, 100 of them will work for the per...
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13Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- Members of the Oro Association of Rafters, river guides and their dependents took time out from their busy schedules to participate in the tree growing activity of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Conceptualized to increase environmental consciousness to help save and protect Mother earth, the activity called “Iswag Kagay-an” kicked-off on April 11 along the riverside in Barangay Mambuaya, here. It aims to restore the aesthetic value of ...
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09Apr2013BALIWAG, Bulacan Abril 9 (PIA) - Magandang balita para sa mga naghahanap ng bagong trabaho. Sinimulan kahapon ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa pakikipagtulungan ng Municipal Public Employment Service Office (PESO) ang maagang pagpapatala para sa mga jobseekers o naghahanap ng trabaho kaugnay ng nalalapit na Labor Day Job Fair sa Mayo 1 sa SM City Baliwag. Ang pagsasagawa ng pre-registration para sa mga aplikante ay magpapabilis ng proseso ng kanilang aplikasyon sa mismong araw ...
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04Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- Around 1,000 bamboo seedlings will be grown by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) along the riverbanks of Cagayan River starting this month. The tree growing initiative called “Iswag Kagay-an” will kick-off on April 11 in Barangay Mambuaya, the beginners’ point of the white water rafting here. It will be participated by local folks including members of the Oro Association of Rafters, river guides and their dependents. Atheneus Vasallo, o...
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15Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Mar 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment XI has started consultations on the Batas Kasambahay or Republic Act no. 10361 which institutes policies for the protection and welfare of domestic workers. Sonia Delfin, Senior Employment Labor Officer of the DOLE XI said the initial consultation on Thursday was conducted with the members of the Regional Tripartite Industrial Peace Council composed of representatives from the management, government and the labor sector. She s...
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05Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, March 5 - Pangasinenses seeking for employment abroad need not go to the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) regional office in La Union to process their documents. Emmanuel Diaz, overseas workers and welfare officer for Region 1, said that his office has five satellite offices in Pangasinan where job seekers can process their documents. These offices are located at the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) offices in Dagupan City, Alaminos City, Rosales and a...
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02Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), is planning to make some innovations to the employees’ compensation program (ECP). The agency is working towards expanding the coverage of the program and increasing its benefits and services, according to ECC Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis. The ECP provides a compensation package to public and private employees or their depende...
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01Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) is intensifying its awareness campaign on Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP). In line with this, ECC conducted on Thursday an advocacy seminar here to promote the program in Northern Mindanao. The seminar, conducted in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 10, was the second regional advocacy campaign of ECC for 2013. It was attended by more than a hundred partici...
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20Feb2013DAVAO CITY Feb. 20 (PIA) -- McDonald’s Philippines and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has continued its partnership to provide an all year-round SPES (Special Program for Employment) for underprivileged but qualified youths. The linkage began in 2012 where McDonald’s offered about 3,600 slots for students and out-of-school youths across the country to become crew members in its stores. In Davao City, over 102 students in two batches have undergone SPES in eight of its ...
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20Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 20 (PIA) -- Patuloy na itinataguyod ngayon ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato ang kanilang kampanya upang matigil ang problema sa child trafficking at child labor. Kaugnay nito, walang puknat ang pagbibigay ng ahensya ng mga symposium at seminar patungkol sa mga problemang nabanggit. Ayon kay DOLE North Cotabato Field Office Head Edna Sales, mahalaga ito upang mapalakas ang kampanya laban sa pang-aabuso sa mg...
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16Jan2013MANILA, Jan 16 (PIA) -- Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz announces the conduct of more job fairs this year in the country’s different regions. Meanwhile, she advises job seekers to stay in their respective regions. “It would be better if job seekers stay put and look for jobs in their respective regions because job opportunities are coming to them through the job fairs of the Department of Labor and Employment,” Baldoz said. "Jobs are available to job seekers raring to work this year...
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11Jan2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Enero 11 (PIA) -- Naglagay kamakailan ng computerized Skills Registry System (SRS) ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-12) sa pamahalaang bayan ng Surallah, South Cotabato upang marehistro ang mga college at technical vocational courses graduates at skilled workers ng bayan. Ayon kay Mayor Romulo Solivio Sr., pangatlo na ang Surallah sa mga bayan sa lalawigan ng South Cotabato na nalagyan ng SRS. Sinabi din ng alkalde na mapalad ang mga mamamayan ...
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11Jan2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- Establishment owners have until Jan. 15, to submit their reports on the compliance of the granting of the 13th month pay to their employees in 2012. The law provides that such reports, including the name of establishment, address, principal product or business, total employment and total number of employees benefited, are to be submitted to the nearest regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) not later than January 15...
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11Dec2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec 11 (PIA) -- Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz asks the regional officials and staff to accelerate the implementation of labor reforms in Northern Mindanao to sustain its status as most labor productive and profitable region in Mindanao. This was reiterated by the regional director of DOLE 10 Atty. Johnson G. Cañete, during the 79th anniversary celebration of DOLE 10 in Cagayan de Oro city, Dec. 10. National Statistics Office (NSO) said Region...
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09Dec2012BATANGAS CITY, Dis. 9 (PIA) -- May kabuuang P449,000 ang halaga ng tsekeng ipinagkaloob kamakailan ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa dalawang kooperatiba ng agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) sa lalawigan ng Batangas. Ang Taludtod Multi-purpose Cooperative ay pinagkalooban ng P350,000 halaga ng tseke habang P99,000 ang halaga ng tsekeng ipinagkaloob sa Big A Multi-purpose Cooperative na pawang samahan ng mga benepisaryo ng repormang agraryo. Sinabi ni Sr. labor and employment ...
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14Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 14 (PIA) -- A labor official here underscored the need for partnership in the fight against illegal recruitment. “Working together can contribute to our aim of strengthening our fight against illegal recruitment,” Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 regional director Chona Mantilla said. The problem in illegal recruitment, she said, is one of the dilemmas that Soccsksargen region is facing, thus DOLE 12 in coordination with the Philippine Ove...
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25Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment reminded private employers to observe proper pay rules for Eid-el Adha on October 26, the All Saints' weekend on Nov. 1 and 2, and Bonifacio Day on Nov. 30. President Benigno Aquino III has declared October 26 and November 30 as regular holidays and November 1 and 2 as nonworking days by virtue of Proclamation nos. 295 and 488. To ensure proper pay for workers who will report for work on those dates, Labor & Employment Secreta...
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18Oct2012DAPITAN CITY, Oct 18 (PIA) -- At least 54 workers of the "Fantasy land and Dakak Park and Beach Resort" participated in a one-day orientation on Occupational Safety and Health conducted by the ZamPen Occupational Safety and Health Network, Inc. (ZamPen OSHNet) and the Department of Labor and Employment, Region 9 (DOLE-9). Topics discussed covered the following: overview of occupational safety and health (Philippine Setting), OSH legislations (administration and enforcement), unsafe acts and uns...
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04Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 has already released P7.74 million in livelihood assistance for 880 individuals and groups this year in the mainland provinces of Region 2. Reginald Estioco, information officer of DOLE, said DOLE region 2 is implementing three livelihood programs covering livelihood formation, enhancement and restoration programs in which individual and group applicants were given opportunity to access to government livelihood gran...
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03Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 3 (PIA) -- A planned strike by supervisors of a rural bank here was prevented after the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) took over the jurisdiction of the dispute over employees’ wages and other benefits. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz assumed the jurisdiction on the labor dispute between employees of the Rural Bank of Bayombong, Inc.(RBBI) and Employees Union of Rural Bank of Bayombong, Inc. Supervisory LeveL (EU-RBBI-SL). Baldoz' assumption was emb...
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03Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 3 (PIA) -- The employment rate in Cagayan Valley Region has increased in the first half of the year, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 reported. Prexie A. Caronan, chief administrative officer of DOLE 2 Technical Services & Support Division, said in an interview over Tipon-Tipan sa PIA program that the employment rate has scaled up to 97.2 percent for the first half of 2012, a significant increase as compared to 96.7 percent last year of the same period. She expl...
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02Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday unveiled the Community-Based Employment Program (CBEP) Website and Online Monitoring System that houses the name, demographic profile, occupation, employment duration, and income of every CBEP beneficiary throughout the Philippines, in line with the celebration of the National Statistics Month. In a statement, Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, said that DOLE, as chairman of the interagency committ...
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27Sep2012KORONADAL CITY, Sept 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-12) in Soccsksargen Region is pushing forward with its anti-child labor drive in accordance with their advocacy to promote children's rights and welfare. During the reorientation seminar on Republic Act 9231 conducted yesterday, DOLE-12 Regional Director Chona Mantilla explained the importance of the mentioned law as means of saving abused children. She said, the law mandates the elimination of worst forms of child l...
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19Sep2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Sept 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment of the Cordillera Regional (DOLE-CAR) has organized the Kalinga Industrial Tripartite Council (ITC) for Hotel and Restaurant Services of the tourism industry sector here on Tuesday, September 18. Melanie Banayos, Labor and Employment Officer of DOLE-CAR, said this is the first ITC for Hotel and Restaurant organized in the region and also the first to draft its Voluntary Code of Good Practices, which the group would soo...
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18Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 18 (PIA) -- More than 2,500 job openings are available at a job fair in KaPEACEtahan, the highlight of this year’s Peace Month celebration, this Friday, September 21, at the SM North-The Block on EDSA corner North Avenue, Bago Bantay, Quezon City. Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles said in a statement that "KaPEACEtahan, a play on the word kapistahan which means festivity, brings to light the importance of celebrating peace and the journey towar...
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11Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment readies the livelihood assistance package for the 265 household service workers repatriated from Syria expected to arrive today at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport onboard Royal Jordanian Airlines. In a statement, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz instructed Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Chief Carmelita Dimzon to ensure that the OFW returnees are fully assisted. The labor chief gave the specific instruct...
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11Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced that the agency is preparing to hold more than 153 job fairs in 15 regions nationwide from October to December 2012. Earlier, Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said they are conducting more than 40 job fairs all over the country for the month of September, and she also announced the last quarter job fairs schedule so interested job seekers can plan and prepare ahead of time. In a statement, ...
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31Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 31 (PIA) -- The Philippines has signed an agreement with South Korea for the enhancement of the occupational safety and health (OSH) system in the country. This was announced yesterday by Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, saying the new arrangement is in furtherance of the arrangement for technical cooperation between the Korean Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) of the Republic of Korea and the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), sig...
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31Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 31 (PIA) -- Pasig City government yesterday requested the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to assist them in mounting another job fair for its residents, after a successful job fair a month ago. In a statement, DOLE said Pasig City Mayor Robert Eusebio wrote a letter to DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz expressing his gratitude for the assistance earlier extended by the agency to its previous job fair where 921 job seekers got hired-on-the-spot. Eusebio also requested D...
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30Aug2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Aug 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-1) has released a total of P474,705 livelihood assistance to Saint Louis College Educators Association (SLCEA). “The DOLE 1 is giving this assistance to the SLCEA as part of its continuing commitment of advancing not only the constitutional rights of workers, but also their economic welfare,” DOLE 1 regional director Grace Y. Ursua said. Labor Communication Officer Arly S. Valdez of DOLE 1 said the d...
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26Aug2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Aug 26 (PIA) --Senior business executives surveyed by the Makati Business Club (MBC) gave the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) positive net satisfaction scores during the MBC Second Semester Executive Outlook Survey. The DOLE is tenth in terms of performance satisfaction rating, up by 13 notches from its 23rd rank, last year. DOLE Northern Mindanao Regional Director Johnson G. Cañete said the increase in rating can be attributed to DOLE’s leadership’s thrust t...
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21Aug2012OLONGAPO CITY, Aug 21 (PIA) -- An interpreter who was dismissed a mining company in Zambales, received benefits due him after conciliations done under the government’s Single Entry Approach (SENA) Program. Benito Bautista, an interpreter at the Degao Mineral Resources, Inc., a mining company operating in Lipay Dingin, Iba, Zambales, was terminated by the company for no apparent reason in May 2012. He had been working in mining company for a year when dismissed. He sought assistance of the DO...
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18Aug2012QUEZON CITY, AUG. 18 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) brings its medical mission and relief operations to areas hardest hit by floods and where there are large concentration of OFW families. Labor and Employment Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz, who is also chairman of the OWWA Board of Trustees, has approved an initial allocation of P6 million for the OWWA medical mission and relief operation which will initially benefit more than 20,000 individual OFW family-members. "We need...
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16Aug2012QUEZON CITY, AUG. 16 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment urged private sector employers to observe proper pay rules for their workers on holidays this August. Monday, August 20; Tuesday, August 21; and Monday, August 27, 2012, are proclaimed holidays pursuant to Proclamation Nos. 295 and 455 issued by President Benigno S. Aquino III on November 24, 2011 and August 13, 2012, respectively. August 20 is a regular holiday in view of the celebration of Eid’l Fitr, or Feast of Ramadhan,...
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05Aug2012ANGELES CITY, Aug 5 (PIA) -- The remaining 40 percent counterpart of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the salary of 252 beneficiaries of the city’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) was recently released. “The 60 percent of their allowance were already given by our local government in June. What we are distributing now are the remaining 40 percent from DOLE,” said Adelina Deocales PESO (Public Employment Service Office) manager as the student-grantees recei...
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25Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 25 (PIA) -- The DOLE Camanava field office recently conducted a Career Employment Coaching (CEC) Advocacy consultation-meeting with the Career Advocacy Team from the Camanava area composed of guidance counselors from secondary schools and representatives from different Public Employment Service Office (PESO) to concretize CEC action plans in their respective areas of jurisdiction. In a statement, DOLE-NCR director Alan M. Macaraya commended the efforts of the Camanava field of...
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23Jul2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) will be recognizing institutions and individuals for their exemplary contributions in responding to the safety and health needs of workers, workplaces, and community. OSHC Executive Director Ma. Teresita Cucueco said outstanding institutions and individuals who have implemented successful safety and health programs will be awarded the Gawad Kaligtasan at K...
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23Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment will distribute livelihood starter kits to parents of child laborers on July 24 at the covered court of Brgy. Baleguian, Jabonga, Agusan del Norte. The event aims to address the clamor of the "Batang Kalabaw" in Jabonga, Agusan del Norte to have school supplies. Batang Kalabaw are children forced to work as lumber hauler and are paid in small amount to drag and push lumber thrice as their weight. According to DOLE-Caraga Re...
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21Jul2012QUEZON CITY, JULY 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) said they are going to hold 17 more job fairs this month. In a statement, DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said for the remaining days of July, DOLE has 17 more job fairs where job seekers can go to find their dream job. In Metro Manila, job fairs scheduled for the remaning days of July are as follows: July 20, Marikina Sports Park, Marikina City; South Station II, Muntinlupa City; city hall, Las Piñas City; July 21, sev...
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17Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 17 (PIA) -- The 34th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week celebration kicked off today with a thanksgiving mass, ribbon-cutting of “Likhang PWD” exhibit and a stakeholders’ forum at the Occupational Safety and Health Center. The chair of this year’s celebration, the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), chose the theme, "Mainstreaming Persons with Disabilities in Economic Development,"...
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14Jul2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, July 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has invited all schools, colleges and universities in the province to attend the First Northern Mindanao Career Advocacy Congress on July 23. Jose Robles, provincial director of DOLE-Misamis Occidental, said the congress will be held in coordination with the various stakeholders at Pearlmont Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. The importance of the undertaking must be emphasized in the light of persist...
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13Jul2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here celebrated the World Day Against Child Labor through a gift giving held last June 26. Thirty-one child laborers were brought in for an afternoon gift giving inside the WODP Hall in the regional office of DOLE in Northern Mindanao. DOLE-Western Misamis Oriental OIC-Director Rodrigo A. Deloso and City Social Welfare Officer of Ergen Abregana shared stories on the troubles of said children on abandonment, ph...
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13Jul2012QUEZON CITY, JULY 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment’s Institute of Labor Studies (DOLE-ILS) recently held a forum on cultural heritage tourism to further promote the tourism sector, attract more tourists and investments and create job opportunities for young Filipinos. The forum held at the Ortigas Foundation Library in Pasig City with the theme, "It’s More Fun in the Philippines: Potentials of Cultural Heritage as a Driver for Economic Opportunities and Employment Generation...
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12Jul2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 12 (PIA) -- One hundred fifty-five child laborers and school children in Barangay Merangeran in Quezon, Bukidnon received school supplies from the Bukidnon Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (BTIPC) in line with "Project Angel Tree" on July 11. Initiated by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Project aims to prevent a child from going back or entering hazardous work by giving them school supplies sourced from private companies, local government units, ...
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12Jul2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 12 (PIA) -- Del Monte Philippines, Inc. (DMPI) has been identified as a potential contender for the Kapatiran program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Western Misamis Oriental. This, however, will depend on the acceptance of nomination by DOLE management. “Kapatiran” is a concept of brotherhood attentive to the needs of every individual in the organization. Grounded on a similar idea, a large company enrolled under the Kapatiran Program is referre...
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09Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 9 (PIA) -- Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino expressed Friday his support for the Department of Labor’s (DOLE) order for the fixed wages and provision of other benefits of public utility bus (PUB) drivers. He added that the implementation of DOLE’s Department Order (DO) no. 118-12 directing fixed wages for public utility bus drivers and conductors is expected to reduce the reckless and risk-taking attitude of PUB drivers due to lac...
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05Jul2012QUEZON CITY, JULY 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sees demand for professionals in the hotel and restaurant industry as the country intensifies its tourism campaign. Based on the data from the Department of Tourism, 1,497,851 visitors came to the Philippines from January to April 2012, an increase of 14.61 percent over the previous year’s volume of 1,306,944 for the same period. “If this current trend continues, the growth in the hotel and restaurant industry is ex...
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05Jul2012CITY OF BALANGA, Bataan, July 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Central Luzon gave a motorized boat to a young boy who was allegedly working in a fish port in Orani, Bataan to support his family. DOLE-3 Director Raymundo Agravante and Orani Mayor Benjie Serrano turned over a “Bangkang Pangkabuhayan” or a motorized boat worth P65,000 to the boy’s family in a ceremony at the municipal hall of town. The boy was recently featured in a documentary program shown in na...
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04Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 4 (PIA) -- The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) added 32 countries to the list of countries compliant with the guarantees on the protection of the rights of overseas Filipino workers. The addition to the list of the OFW-friendly countries is embodied in a resolution approved by the POEA governing board and was signed by Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz and POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac. In a news release, Baldoz, who...
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03Jul2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, July 3 (PIA) -- The South Cotabato field office of the Department of Labor and Employment has embarked on an activity to apprise employers on Republic Act 9231, otherwise known as “An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor.” Edwin Morales, head of DOLE-South Cotabato field office, said at least 23 employers, all micro-enterprises, were oriented on RA 9231 during the technical advisory visit (TAV) seminar held in nearby Tampa...
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01Jul2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, July 1 (PIA) -- Some 700 youths benefitted from the Summer Program for the Employment of Students (SPES), during this year's summer vacation. Sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in coordination with the provincial government of Misamis Occidental, the summer job of the SPES beneficiaries in the different offices of the Provincial Capitol was for 20 days. The beneficiaries came from the local government units (LGU’s), such a...
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30Jun2012BAGUIO CITY, June 30 (PIA) -- The number of individual beneficiaries under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) increased by 37.9 percent or from 3,080 in 2010 to 4,248 in 2011. According to Aldrin Bahit of the National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB) Cordillera, Baguio City almost tripled the number of beneficiaries in 2011 from the previous year with 170.4 percent increase empl...
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28Jun2012Despite being born with a disability, Mara San Jose, 25, has taken a huge responsibility of helping her widowed mother send her three younger siblings to school. Mara, a second child in a brood of five was born with short arms and legs and at her current age, she only stands at less than four feet, but despite that, Mara remains to be a bubbly person with a positive outlook at life. Mara has reasons to live life positively because the national government thru the Department of Labor and Empl...
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28Jun2012QUEZON CITY, June 28 (PIA) -- Child labor is the biggest human rights issue that affects around 215 million children around the globe. During the launch of the “Batang Malaya: Child Labor Free Philippines” campaign on June 26, US Ambassador Harry Thomas said there is need to break the cycle of poverty as this is the root cause of child labor. Among those present in the launching were representatives of government agencies and civil society organizations. United States Embassy’s politica...
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28Jun2012DAVAO CITY, June 28 (PIA) -- The Employees Compensation Commission is intensifying its awareness campaign following the directive from Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. Lawyer Jonathan Villasotto, deputy executive-director of ECC, said that the awareness campaign is part of the reforms instituted by the Labor Secretary who noticed the small number of employees compensation (EC) claims. EC claims are benefits to be received by workers or employees who suffere...
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28Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here called on members of media to take a more active step to help reduce, if not eliminate, child labor. Noting the crucial role of media in strengthening anti-child labor action, Rodrigo A. Deloso, head of the DOLE Misamis Oriental west office, said media can actively seek information about child labor, and make exciting and unique releases that will draw immediate action. He said that media organizations can...
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27Jun2012QUEZON CITY, JUNE 27 (PIA) -- The Occupational Safety & Health Center (OSHC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), is developing an online course on drug-free workplace to enable more to enable more workers to access information on the prevention and control of drug abuse. The on-line version of the Appreciation Course on Drug-Free Workplace is similar to the three-hour classroom training on the same course, and aims to respond to drug abuse problems experienced...
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27Jun2012CLAVERIA, Cagayan, June 27 (PIA) -- The 80-member Claveria, Cagayan Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (CCTODA) recently received a check amounting to P333,253 from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) as a funding assistance to the association’s sale of motorcycle parts and lubricants. DOLE Region 2 Director, Atty. Sixto T. Rodriguez, Jr., has recognized the support of Mayor Celia T. Layus for the implementation of the livelihood program in a simple turn-over ceremonies at t...
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26Jun2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, June 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), through the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB), has initiated a wage issue consultation among 30 private establishments in Southern Leyte on Friday at the Maasin Country Lodge. DOLE regional director Exequiel Sarcauga said that the wage consultation is one of the bases if there is really a need of restructuring the wages in the region. “There is a need for information from the d...
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23Jun2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, CAGAYAN, June 23 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) – Regional Office No. 2 in collaboration with the provincial government of Cagayan scheduled a Job Fair on Sunday and Monday, June 24-25, at the Sports Complex, this city, as part of the celebration of this year’s Aggao nac Cagayan, or Cagayan Day. The office of Governor Alvaro T. Antonio through the Public Employment Service Office of the Cagayan provincial government has already sent an invitation le...
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22Jun2012CLARIN, Misamis Occidental, June 22 (PIA) -- More than 100 advocates of the Family Welfare Program (FWP) from Region 10 gathered here for the 19th Annual Convention of the Federation of Family Welfare Committees (FFWC), set June 21 to 23 this year. Focused on the theme “Strong FWP Amidst Political, Economic, and Climate Change,” the activity aims to discuss the family welfare component as a major issue of concern and action of the family welfare committee (FWCs), whose members belong to ...
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22Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Misamis Oriental West will make the municipal government of Opol and the city government of Cagayan de Oro the next repository of manpower skills database, known as the Skills Registry System (SRS). This was announced by Rodrigo A. Deloso, OIC of DOLE MisOr West during the awarding ceremony of the 2012 Outstanding Skilled Workers of Opol last month. The registry system is designed to facilitate quick search for...
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22Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 10, along with partner-agencies and stakeholders in the sugar industry, celebrated the World Day Against Child Labor recently in Butong, Quezon, in the province of Bukidnon. The celebration, held last June 11, was highlighted by the inauguration and turnover of a four-classroom building donated by Coca-Cola Foundation, Inc. to the Quezon National High School-Apyao Annex. This was attended by De...
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18Jun2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, LA UNION, June 18 (PIA) -- “Looking for a job is just like fighting for Independence, for freedom from uncertainty and poverty.” These were the words spoken by Department of Labor and Employment 1 (DOLE1) Assistant Regional Director Attorney Florence Marie G. Ulep during the Independence Day jobs fair held on June 12 at the CSI, the city mall here. The celebration had for its theme, “Kalayaan: Pananagutan ng Bayan para sa Tuwid na Daan.” Ulep said that while looki...
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14Jun2012DAVAO CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- Around 3,000 jobseekers attended Davao’s 2012 Kalayaan Job Fair held on June 12 in celebration of the 114th Independence Day. A total of 394 applicants were hired out of the 3,166 registered applicants across the region. As of 7:00 pm on June 12, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-11) reported that 136 of the newly hired aspirants have been employed by local companies, while 258 of them have found jobs from overseas firms. DOLE-11 information officer J...
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14Jun2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, June 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and various stakeholders inked an agreement to alleviate poverty by helping Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW)-mothers start a small business. DOLE’s National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO), Federation of Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Managers of the Philippines (PESOPhil), and Micro Ventures Foundation (MVF), inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) as one of the major highlights in the rece...
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14Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) - Regional Office 10 urged jobseekers to register at www.phil-job.net, the official job portal of the government. Assistant Regional Director Crispin D. Dannug, Jr. advised applicants to open an account with Phil-JobNet and browse through the available vacancies to match their skills. According to him, employers can also view the profile of applicants who match the requirements of the vacancy they posted in the...
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14Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- The 2012 Kalayaan Job Fair conducted during the 114th celebration of the Philippine Independence Day here recorded a high placement rate of 21 percent, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Regional Director Ofelia Domingo reported. In her report to Labor Secretary Rosalina Baldoz, Dir. Domingo said that 393 out of 521 registered applicants were qualified and referred, while 362 applicants were interviewed. She also reported that 76 job applicants were h...
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14Jun2012QUEZON CITY, JUNE 14, (PIA)--House Bill No. 1815, the consolidated version of the Kasambahay bill, is now awaiting Senate’s concurrence. The Kasambahay bill, if passed into law, will empower the country’s estimated 1.93 million to 2.5 million household domestic service workers with better salaries, work conditions, and other benefits. It will also entitle household workers to 13th month pay, 14-day paid vacation, and maternity or paternity leave. In a statement, Labor & Employment Secret...
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14Jun2012ISABELA CITY, BASILAN, June 14 (PIA) -- The 1st Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 9 Intermediaries Council Summit was conducted on June 6-7 at the Zamboanga Economic Zone and Freeport Authority in Zamboanga City as part of the social entrepreneurship program of DOLE in Zamboanga Peninsula Region. Around 150 participants representing the Public Employment Service Offices, guidance counselors networks, family welfare committees, Occupational Safety and Health Network, Tripartite Industria...
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11Jun2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, June 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 announced that 15 local companies and 10 overseas recruitment agencies have confirmed their participation in the Independence Day Job Fair at Casa Angela Convention Center here tomorrow, June 12. For local employment, some of the vacancies are for Accountant, Administrative Assistant, Bill Collector, Call Center Agent, Card Dealer, Cashier, Cash Collector, Company Driver, Hotel and Restaurant Worker, Pharmacist, ...
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10Jun2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO , Pampanga, June 10 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 3 recently led the forging of a Memorandum of Agreement and Joint Administrative Order (MOA-JAO) on Construction Safety held at the DOLE Regional Office 3 Conference Room, Regional Government Center, here in a bid to ensure safety and health of workers in the construction industry in Central Luzon. “The implementation of the inter-agency MOA-JAO on Construction Safety, inked by the DOL...
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08Jun2012MANILA, June 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment urges the public to report child labor incidence using the internet. This, as the labor department launched the web site against child trafficking called CLKSS, or the Child Labor Knowledge Sharing System. The CLKSS is DOLE’s anti-child labor data hub which can be found on the website of the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC). In a news release, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said that anyone can register or log on...
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08Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 10 Office, led by Regional Director Atty. Johnson G. Cañete, held a green summer program at the Midway Beach Resort in Initao, Misamis Oriental last June 1. Cañete said creating awareness and active consciousness among DOLE officials and employees on the principles of green productivity in the workplace is one of the objectives of the green summer project. He said the project will help the employees bet...
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07Jun2012Cebu City, June 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 7 conducted a two-day leadership and management skills enhancement seminar workshop at the Bayawan City Integrated Training Center, Bayawan City last May 22 and 23. DOLE-7 Regional Director Ma. Gloria Tango said the training was designed to enhance the skills of rural workers to effectively manage their organization and projects. A total of 45 leaders from the various organizations joined the enhancement workshop. ...
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07Jun2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, June 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has scheduled an orientation meeting on June 21 with contractors operating in the province together with personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Ifugao Engineering District regarding Republic Act (R.A.) No. 6685. DOLE Ifugao Field Officer Alexander Gumabol said that R.A. 6685 is the law requiring private contractors to whom national, provincial, city and municipal public works projects have be...
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02Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 2 (PIA) -- The Nagkahiusang Miembro sa Mag-uumang Kapunongan Umagosnon Multi-Purpose Cooperative (NAMMUKAU MPC) of Umagos, Lagonglong in the province of Misamis Oriental received a livelihood grant amounting to P300,000 from the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Regional Office 10 last May 21. With the grant, NAMMUKAU MPC aims to produce quality lacatan banana, highly marketable in Cagayan de Oro City and neighboring municipalities of Misamis Oriental. The gra...
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02Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 2 (PIA) -- Lawyer Johnson G. Cañete, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) in Region 10 announced the successful implementation of the Skills Registry System (SRS), a revised version of the National Manpower Registry System and a Labor Market Information (LMI) tool in pilot local government units (LGUs). A total of 27,304 persons, aged 18 and above, who are looking for productive work, change their jobs or upgrade for better paying jobs, w...
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02Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Northern Mindanao, through its provincial office in Misamis Occidental, recently conducted a tree growing activity at Barangay Bunga in Oroquieta City. Jose G. Robles, DOLE provincial head, said 45 participants coming from the DOLE Misamis Occidental Provincial Office, Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of Oroquieta City, and beneficiaries of the department’s Special Program for the Employment of Studen...
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01Jun2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga, June 1 (PIA) -- Hundreds of company doctors, nurses and other safety officers and practitioners from Regions 1, 2, 3 and Cordillera will converge to Clark Freeport next week for the second North and Central Luzon Joint Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Summit. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional information officer Jerry Borja said the two-day confab, which is anchored on the theme, “Strengthening Linkages for Best Practices in Occupational Safe...
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01Jun2012LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte, June 1 (PIA) -- Around 250 poor students received their salary for their work under the Special Program for Students (SPES) in Laoag City. The students, who worked for 20 days in various offices of the city government, will receive P6,198 or P309.90 per day, as salary. Under the SPES program, the city government will pay 60 percent of the salary while the Department of Labor and Employment will shoulder the remaining 40 percent. Students will initially receive P3,718....
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01Jun2012KALIBO, Aklan, June 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment has announced the effectivity of new minimum wage rates in Western Visayas on May 31, 2012. DOLE-Aklan provincial head Vidiolo Salvacion said the new rates are now effective 15 days after the wage order is published in newspapers. Wage Order No. RBVI-20 mandates the provision of new minimum wage rates in Western Visayas. Effective on May 31, according to Salvacion, non-agricultural, industrial and commercial establishments ...
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30May2012ILIGAN CITY, May 30 – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) turned over a check worth of P185,000 for the beneficiaries of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) held during the National Flag Day celebration at Rizal Park, this city. The check was turned over by Franz Maniquez, a representative of DOLE-Iligan to Acting Mayor Henry Dy and City Councilors Providencio “Bong” Abragan, Jr. and Marlene Young. It was learned that this is an initial release from the P5...
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29May2012QUEZON CITY, May 29 (PIA) --Drivers, conductors, dispatchers, as well as administrative staff and managers from 26 bus companies recently participated in an orientation on occupational safety and health standards conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment-Occupational Safety and Health Center (DOLE-OSHC). According to DOLE press report, the said orientation aims to help owners and operators improve their working conditions, at the same time comply with the occupational safety and healt...
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27May2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Central Luzon recently hosted a day of development training exclusive for Workers in Informal Sector (WIS), recognizing their huge contribution towards economic development. The Entrepreneurship Development Training (EDT), held at the Benigno Hall, Capitol Compound, was anchored on the theme, “Jobs and Social Protection for All: Making the President’s Social Contract with the Filipino People Wor...
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25May2012MANILA, May 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently announced the pre-identified target barangays with high incidence of child labor, which will be transformed by the DOLE Regional Offices into child labor-free zones. “The DOLE Regional Offices are already coordinating with local government units as well as community leaders and barangays captains to help minimize incidents of child labor and illegal recruitment of minors. The DOLE anti- child labor program involves...
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23May2012COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao, May 23 (PIA) -- Around 180 poor but deserving students have availed of the annual Summer Program for the Employment of Students (SPES), undertaken by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the local government of Cotabato City. Cotabato City administrator Cynthia Sayadi said this year’s SPES beneficiaries include in-school students, out-of-school youth (OSY) and persons with disability (PWD) who have been assigned to perform jobs in various offices durin...
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23May2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has assigned the task of Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) as summer jobs for provincial scholars to give them a chance to earn while on school break. According to Judy Batulan, DILG provincial administrative officer, some 397 students have started working for 25 days in the towns of Jiabong, Marabut, Motiong, Pagsanghan, Pinabacdao, San Jorge, San Jose de Buan, San Sebastian, Sta. Margarita, ...
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22May2012“I am a mother of a three-year-old child. Whenever I look at him, my heart overflows with love. Like any other parent, I desire to give him my best to let him play, learn, live well, be protected from all types of dangers, express his will, and fully develop his abilities. That is my sentiment for all the children in our country, especially for the children here in Quezon City.” Quezon City Vice Mayor Josephina G. Belmonte expressed this during the nationwide launch of the campaign for Chi...
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22May2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has urged all companies in Central Luzon region to refrain from transacting business with “fly-by-night” contractors and subcontractors. DOLE regional director Raymundo G. Agravante called on all businessmen engaging in subcontracting to adhere to Department Order (D.O.) 18-A, also known as the “Rules Implementing Articles 106 to 109 of the Labor Code.” The order considers where the practice of...
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20May2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, May 20 (PIA) -- With more research and relevant information at hand, small entrepreneurs and workers in the informal sector can become bigger players in the local business sector. Officials from the Department of Labor and Employment, (DOLE) Pampanga Office, shared with the audience these cardinal rules for a sustainable business endeavor. It also includes honesty in dealings and keeping communication lines among those involved in the business; good quality of product or ...
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18May2012QUEZON CITY, May 18 (PIA) –- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) approved a new wage order for workers in the region, according to Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz . In a press release, Baldoz said DOLE-NCR regional director and RTWPB-NCR chairman Atty. Alan Macaraya reported to DOLE that the wage board approved yesterday the Wage Order NCR-17, which provides a P30 daily cost of living allowance (COLA)...
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18May2012QUEZON CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will spearhead today’s nationwide launching of the campaign for “Child Labor Free Barangays.” The activity aims to encourage local government units (LGUs) especially barangays to help in ensuring that children are enjoying their rights and not wasting their selves working. More than 500 people are expected to join the activity which will be held at the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) in Quezon City....
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18May2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment, Regional Office No. 10 (DOLE-10) under the leadership of Director Johnson G. Cañete approved the release of the swine fattening livelihood grant that will employ 45 members of the Mga Kababaihan Laban sa Kahirapan of the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Mahinog in the province of Camiguin. The livelihood grant, amounting of P235,560, was released by Ricardo D. de Dios, Officer-In-Charge of the DOLE Camiguin Provincial ...
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16May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Caraga Regional Office is set to convene stakeholders and organizations for the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). In a statement, DOLE-Caraga regional director Ofelia Domingo said the signing of MOA aims to help prevent tragedies in the workplace by f creating ties between the stakeholders and organization for the welfare and well-being of the workers and their famili...
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16May2012CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, May 16 (PIA) -- A total of 1,250 available job vacancies were offered to more than 100 job seekers in the recent job fair conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Mimaropa in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) brought some 10 overseas recruitment agencies in the area. Among the job opportunities which were offered by the said recruitment agencies were medical positions, shop assistants, waiters...
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15May2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, May 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to hold the first Intermediaries Council Summit on June 6 to 7 to keep up with the 22-point labor and employment agenda of President Benigno Aquino III. Intermediaries from government, management, labor, people’s organization, non-government organizations, academe, and other DOLE-9 program partners and stakeholders will participate in the two-day activity, which will be held at the Zamboang...
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15May2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will see to it that private companies and government agencies engaged in manpower services such as janitorial and security personnel in behalf of a principal employer would follow the new regulation governing sub-contracting. Under Department Order No. 18-A series of 2011, subcontractors must pay DOLE P25,000 as registration fee and must have a substantial paid-up capital in the amount of P3 million, acco...
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13May2012ANGELES CITY, May 13 (PIA) -- Ambulant vendors in this city are set to receive Nego-karts from the city’s Public Employment Services Office (PESO) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). This developed after the city government received Nego-karts livelihood funding assistance from DOLE during last week's Labor Day Job Fair at the SM City Clark Events Center. Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan received the check amounting P350,000 from DOLE Assistant Regional Director (Central Luzon) Geraldi...
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12May2012MAASIN CITY, Sothern Leyte, May 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has given almost P2.7 million worth of livelihood projects for a city and five municipalities in Southern Leyte. DOLE regional directors Exequiel R. Sarcuaga said in a press conference held Wednesday at the DOLE Southern Leyte that a total of P2, 668,162 worth of livelihood projects consisting mostly of various small-scale individual business benefitting at least 251 recipients are now in its implementatio...
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12May2012TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, May 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has reported that Cavite posted a 90.5 percent employment rate as of April 2011, making it the most industrialized province in the country. DOLE attributed this asset in the continuous inflow of new investors and rising of industrial and manufacturing companies, which generated thousands of job opportunities and employments to residents and local migrants over the past decades. With the continuous econom...
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10May2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 10 (PIA) -- A total of 967 students who availed of the Special Program for the Employment of Student (SPES) this summer will be recipient of P1.2 million, representing 40 percent of the salaries that will be paid by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through its provincial office in the province. “The figure represents around 88 percent of the total 1,094 SPES pledges for CY 2012 located in different local government units in the province and in oth...
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08May2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga May 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 3 has awarded P7.2 million in livelihood grants to a total of 5,583 groups and individuals in Central Luzon on Labor Day. DOLE regional information officer Jerry Borja said that the recipients included union members, ambulant vendors, women’s groups, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) graduates and persons with disabilities. They are now beneficiaries of their Negos...
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08May2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga May 8 (PIA) -- A total of 582 jobseekers in Central Luzon were hired on the spot during last week’s Labor Day job fairs. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional information officer Jerry Borja bared that the newly hires accounted for 5.6 percent of the 10,360 qualified applicants reported by their provincial field offices. Among the positions filled up include customer service representatives, sales clerks, waiters, production workers and factory wor...
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07May2012LEGAZPI CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has crafted an all-in-one Career Guidance Manual and Training Module, which encompasses all there is to know about job, job trends, workers benefits, job placement, illegal recruitment and aligning the career path of the students to the needs of the labor market. “The manual and training module will be the bible of not just the jobseekers but all the guidance counselors and Public Employment Service Office (PESO) manag...
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05May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 5 (PIA) -- After a successful symposium on Wage Order RB XII No. 17 here last May 1, the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) have slated a series of meeting with stakeholders on the new wage order. RTWPB 12 Board Secretary Jessie dela Cruz said the activities are intended to encourage public awareness of Wage Order 17 that became eff...
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05May2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, May 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office (DOLE) 12 select employees recently received an “Orientation and Refresher Course on Quality Management System Requirements and Auditing” recently to improve the agency’s commitment as an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 certification holder. Romeo Ramirez, training director of Certification International Philippines (CIP), served as the resource speaker. CIP functio...
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04May2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 2 director appealed to all employers in the private sector to implement the new wage hike, which will take effect on May 16. In a press conference at Santiago last Tuesday, DOLE 2 Director Sixto T. Rodriguez Jr., who is also the Chairman of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB), said the wage hike came in the absence of a petition from the labor sector. “I am also appealing to the la...
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03May2012ILOILO CITY, May 3 (PIA6) -- The regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Western Visayas is using the popularity of short message system (SMS) or text messaging to be more accessible to residents, especially workers, in the region. Recently, DOLE launched a text hotline wherein the public can send queries, concerns and complaints on labor-related matters as well as any information on the services and programs of the agency, through the use of text messaging on a cel...
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03May2012ROSALES, Pangasinan, May 3 (PIA) -- A total of 11,005 local and overseas jobs were offered in a job fair led by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 1 at SM City Rosales on Tuesday. Comprising the figure were 3,908 local jobs and 7,097 overseas jobs being offered in Taiwan, Brunei, Cyprus, Malaysia, Australia, Hongkong, Singapore and several Middle East countries. The jobs were offered by 16 overseas employers and 50 local ones. The jobs offered included factory workers, food s...
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03May2012LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, May 3 (PIA) -- Most of the students who qualified for summer jobs under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) are deployed under the province’s program on agriculture, environment, and livestock. Provincial Employment and Services Officer Florita Bay-on said a total of 108 students qualified from among the 497 applicants who underwent screening. The summer job program started in April 10 and will end on May 22. Bay-on said majority of the SPES benefic...
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03May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- To provide alternative livelihood to the women sector especially the unemployed ones, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-9) has turned over garments-making equipment and materials worth P490,000 to the city government on Wednesday morning. DOLE-9 regional director Sisinio Cano personally attended the turnover ceremonies held at the Livelihood Skills Development and Enhancement Center (LSDEC) in Galas, Dipolog City. Cano and Mayor Evelyn T. Uy led the ribb...
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03May2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, May 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 2 thanked the 43 local and overseas employers who took part in the 2012 Labor Day job fair in Santiago City on May 1. DOLE 2 Regional Director, Atty. Sixto T. Rodriguez Jr said that through the assistance and cooperation of the said employers, 188 out of the 828 registered applicants were hired on-the-spot for vacancies in supermarkets, hotels, gaming establishments, motorcycles and farm equipment sale...
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02May2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, May 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 reported that a total of 124 applicants were hired on the spot during the regional jobs fair held at Santiago City hall lobby on Labor Day, May 1. The set regional jobs fair is part of the Pattaradday Festival celebration in the city of Santiago, which was officially started on May 1. DOLE 2 Director Atty. Sixto Rodriguez said that 99 applicants for local employment and 25 overseas employment applicants wer...
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02May2012SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, May 2 (PIA) -- Private sector workers are set to receive a daily wage increase of P25 per day from their respective employers, after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) released yesterday wage order number RTWPB-II 15. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 Regional Director Sixto Rodriguez, who also chairs the board, announced yesterday that private workers will be receiving their respective wage increases starting May 16. He said that a...
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02May2012employees and employers here is strong and healthy, according to the provincial office of the Department of Labor and Employment-Zamboanga del Norte (DOLE-ZN). DOLE-ZN Provincial Head Henry Tianero said in today’s press conference that no major labor disputes have ever happened in the city and in the whole of Zamboanga del Norte last year and early this year. With this, Tianero expressed his gratitude to the officers and members of the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC), chaired by ...
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02May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The association of persons with disabilities (PWDs) received a financial grant amounting to P194,550 from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office on April 30, during the opening program of the Labor Day job and livelihood fair in the city. The president of Kumalarang’s PWD association, Rommel Mantele, received the financial grant in behalf of the organization from Assistant Regional Director Virginia Bonbon as highlight of the 2012 Labor Day...
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30Apr2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, April 30 (PIA) -- In line with this year’s celebration of Labor Day on May 1, 2012, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in partnership with the Provincial Government of Bulacan headed by Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado will hold a job fair intended for fresh graduates and job hopefuls. Alvarado said Bulakenos will have better employment opportunities through the conduct of Job fair. This will be held at SM Event’s Center in Baliwag and Marilao. Accordi...
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30Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is setting up a one-stop-shop Jobs Fair on Labor Day to make it easy for job seekers to find jobs and access employment services. On May 1 at the 2012 Labor Day Job and Livelihood Fair at the World Trade in Pasay City, DOLE will be bringing an array of employment facilitation services for free. DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said, “These employment facilitation services, such as application support docume...
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30Apr2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga April 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 3 is set to award this Labor Day some P6.8 million in livelihood grants to a total of 5,464 groups and individuals in Central Luzon. DOLE regional information officer Jerry Borja disclosed that the recipients, consisting of union members, ambulant vendors, women’s groups, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) graduates and persons with disabilities, are bound to be bene...
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30Apr2012TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, April 30 (PIA) -- As part of their social corporate responsibility, a chain of malls in cooperation with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and local governments of Rosario, Bacoor and Dasmariñas will be holding various job fairs tomorrow, May 1. The job fair, organized by SM Supermalls and various Public Employment Service Offices (PESO) of different local government units, aims to salute the Pinoy Working Force and to help as many people as possible to...
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30Apr2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 30 (PIA) -- Around 4,700 overseas and local job placements will be made available to the jobseekers in Eastern Visayas during the Labor Day Job Fair on May 1 at the Tacloban City Convention Center. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional director Exequiel Sarcauga said that 26 local employers and 12 overseas recruitment agencies will be participating in the Labor Day Job Fair from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sarcauga said the information came from Marites Z. V...
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30Apr2012BAGUIO CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment in Cordillera (DOLE-CAR) has convened the region’s public utility bus sector in a meeting and consultation to strengthen the labor and social welfare scenario in the transport industry in Cordillera. The meeting held at the DOLE-CAR Regional Office last April 18 was attended by around 30 representatives from 20 different bus companies and bus associations. This also served as a venue for the Regional Tripartite Wage and Pr...
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29Apr2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 has announced that 1,109 jobs vacancies will be opened to applicants during the upcoming Labor Day Job Fair to be conducted at Santiago City Hall on May 1. Reginald B. Estioco, DOLE 2 information officer said around 35 establishments will be needing workers, such as account executives, medical technologists, marketing officers, data encoders, etc. The establishment with the biggest number of needed workers ...
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29Apr2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, April 29 (PIA) -- Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Kumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday, May 1 will receive a financial grant of almost P200,000 from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). This was bared by DOLE-9 assistant regional director Virginia Bonbon on Friday during the press conference held at Hotel Guillermo. Bonbon said the distribution of grant will be held during the formal opening of Labor day Job and Livelihood Fair at the City Co...
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29Apr2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 3 will be holding a breakfast forum for Labor leaders on May 1. “The forum is meant to maintain industrial peace in Central Luzon by serving as an avenue for ironing out misunderstandings among the laborers, employers and the government,”DOLE regional director Raymundo Agravante said. Agravante added, “The social dialogue with the workers is just but one of our ways in giving v...
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29Apr2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 29 (PIA) -- A total of 21 municipalities in three provinces of Soccsksargen region will benefit from the initial implementation of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Convergence Program on poverty alleviation. The program brings together DOLE’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s Training ...
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27Apr2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-9) announced that 13,000 jobs are at stake for this year’s Labor Day Job Fair. DOLE regional director Sisinio Cano, during a press conference last April 24, said there are at least 40 agencies who will be participating in the job fair which will be conducted at the Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) gymnasium, 10 of which are overseas placement agencies while the remaining 30 agencies offer local employment. ...
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26Apr2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 26 (PIA) -- At least 13,767 jobs are up for grabs in Labor Day job fairs in Soccsksargen Region, Director Chona Mantilla of the Department of Labor and Employment – 12 announced this morning. Director Mantilla said that on May 1 job fairs will be held simultaneously at Southseas Mall in Cotabato City, at the city gymnasium in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato and at KCC Mall in General Santos City. “Another job fair will be hel...
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26Apr2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 9 have lined up a month-long series of activities for this year’s celebration of Labor Day on May 1 with the theme, “Pagtutulungan, Pagbabago, Disenteng Trabaho.” Jazmin Sinco, information officer, DOLE in a press statement said, “Job and Livelihood Fairs serve as the highlights of this year’s month-long Labor Day Celebration.” “As take-off to the celebration, a press conference was held rec...
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25Apr2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, April 25 (PIA) -- A total of 84 students hired under the Special Program for the Education of Students (SPES) in the province have started to work to earn to support their education in the coming school year. The student workers who came mostly from poor families and the disadvantaged youth will work in the different offices of the provincial government or the municipal local government unit where they are assigned for 20 days starting today, April 25. They will be paid the app...
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25Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- In support to the jobs generation program of the national government, the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here is highlighting the celebration of Labor Day on May 1 with a job fair. In a statement, DOLE-Caraga Regional Director Ofelia Domingo said the two-day activity, dubbed “Jobs Fest” will be held on May 1 and 2 at the AMA Computer Learning Center Compound, this city. The official further said this is one of the highlights ...
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25Apr2012BANGUED, Abra, April 25 (PIA) -- More and more students are availing of government's Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES), finding that the work could be beneficial in more ways than one. A total of 545 students from different schools and colleges in Abra availed of the Program under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) this summer. DOLE-Abra Provincial Director Dr. Emerito A. Narag, said the number of students who applied for SPES this summer vacation exceeded the...
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25Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- Three local government units (LGUs) in Negros Oriental will simultaneously hold a series of activities to mark the Labor Day celebration on May 1. Kenrick Villaluz of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here said various events will be held on May 1 in Dumaguete City, Canlaon City, and Zamboanguita town. The biggest event is the one-day job fair in Dumaguete City sponsored by the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council here. Around 2,000 job applicant...
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25Apr2012DAET, Camarines Norte, April 25 (PIA) -- A total of 95 beneficiaries from the San Lorenzo town received pineapple processing equipment from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office in Bicol yesterday, April 24. The distribution of the pineapple processing equipment was led by Regional Director Nathaniel V. Lacambra of DOLE V, joined by Camarines Norte provincial directors Ernesto Pardo of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Ruben Romanillos of DOLE, and San Loren...
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24Apr2012AFAB, Bataan, April 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 3 led the forging of an industrial peace accord (IPA) and the administration of the oath-taking of the Officers of the Coalition of Labor Unions in Bataan (CLUB) in this province. “The signing was inked by the DOLE, Authority of the Freeport of Area in Bataan, 40 labor union officers, and five management representatives of CLUB employer representatives of the Bataan Association of Human Resource Officers, and...
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24Apr2012BAGUIO CITY, April 24 (PIA) - - “Let us make a stand as a region to institutionalize the Public Employment Service Offices (PESO), in order to secure a strong and quality core of PESO workforce in the Cordillera Region.” This is call of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-CAR) Regional Director John Henry Jalbuena to the participants of the PESO Institutionalization Orientation held last April 17 and 18 at the Prince Plaza Hotel here. A total of 47 participants composed of loca...
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24Apr2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 24 (PIA) -- As part of the nationwide observance of the 110th Labor Day on May 1, centered on the theme “Pagtutulungan. Pagbabago. Disententeng Trabaho,” the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is organizing a job fair. The job fair will be on May 1, at the second floor of Robinsons Place, Tacloban City, which will start at 9:00 a.m. and will culminate at 5:00 p.m. Relative to the event, DOLE regional director Exequiel R. Sarcauga invites job seekers and n...
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19Apr2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 will conduct a job fair and a services caravan on May 1, 2012 at the City Hall of Santiago City as part of the nationwide celebration of the Labor Day. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Pagtutulungan. Pagbabago. Disenteng Trabaho.” The job fair is expected to be participated in by some 45 companies for local and overseas employment. A pre-registration is scheduled on April 29-30 at the Santiago...
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18Apr2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- This summer vacation, 9,214 deserving students are working under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) in Region 2. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 has allocated about P15.78 million for the payment of the agency’s 40% counterpart for the salary of the student-beneficiaries who will work for the period of a minimum of 20 days and a maximum of 30 days. There are 101 partner agencies in which 73 are government entities while th...
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17Apr2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, April 17 (PIA) -- Students looking for work not only this summer but for the whole year can now inquire in the Public Service Employment Office (PESO) of their town to apply for a job in a fast food chain company. The Department of Labor and Employment and McDonald’s Philippines have signed a memorandum of agreement to provide jobs to almost 4,000 students and out-of-school youth in the country under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES). Elizabe...
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17Apr2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), has recently conducted a series of career coaching sessions in Pampanga High School for seniors and their parents that will help them in choosing the right path after finishing secondary. DOLE Regional information officer Jerry Borja said that 1,731 graduating students, 955 of which were females and 776 were males,...
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16Apr2012MANILA, APRIL 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment through the National Wages and Productivity Commission in cooperation with the Department of Trade and Industry and the local government units in Metro Manila, will hold the first Diskwento Caravan for this year on May 10. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the Diskwento Caravan is part of government's non-wage benefits program which provides workers and their families access to basic commodities and services at...
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15Apr2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 15 (PIA) -- The provincial government of South Cotabato has allotted P1.116 million for this year’s implementation of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES). The amount, according to Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr., will be used to pay for the salaries of the students who will undergo 20-day summer job in offices under the provincial government as well as in private establishments. He said at least 400 students ...
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14Apr2012LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS, Bulacan, Abril 14 (PIA) -- Mayroon ng nakalaang trabaho para sa mga kabataang Bulakenyo matapos na mapirmahan ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at McDonald’s Philippines ang Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) sa ilalim ng programang Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) kamakailan. Ang pagtanggap sa mga mapipiling magtatrabaho sa nasabing kumpanya ay bukas sa mga nag-aaral sa kasalukuyan sa lalawigan at maging sa mga out of school youth o OSY. Sila a...
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13Apr2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, April 13 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Director Ponciano Ligutom lauded the support and commitment of the province of Capiz to maintain industrial peace in the province during the recent Capiz Provincial Tripartite Industrial Peace Council Strategic Planning Workshop here. Governor Victor Tanco and Vice Governor Esteban Evan Contreras II and other top officials from the different national line agencies were among the participants in the said wor...
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13Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- Western Visayas is set to start its month-long commemoration of Labor Day on May 1 with a Mega Job Fair. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) hopes that the job fair would benefit more people especially those who have just graduated. “We are expecting that more companies and overseas recruitment agencies will participate and more vacancies will be posted to accommodate a good number of job seekers including our graduates this year,” DOLE-6 director P...
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12Apr2012MANILA, April 12 (PIA) -- To help young jobseekers choose a better career path, Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz has encouraged parents and teachers to make use of a career guide handbook released by the agency. In a statement, Baldoz said the issued reading material entitled, “Guiding Youth Careers: A Handbook,” would be invaluable to people who are committed to steering the youth toward the right career direction. “Parents, teachers and peers play a significant...
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12Apr2012ILAGAN, Isabela, April 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 has allotted P8 million for labor, employment, and livelihood programs in the province this year. DOLE Isabela Information Officer Froctoso Agustin said the amount, which is P3 million higher than the previous year's allotment, will be spent for livelihood support fund of different women’s groups, transport groups and other sectors in Isabela, the local government's special program for the employment of student...
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12Apr2012LAOAG CITY, April 12 -- Proprietors of small and medium enterprises attended seminars conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment in Ilocos Norte recently to inform them of labor laws and standards and find out if they are complying with these. DOLE Information Officer Leonavella Dadiz said that rather than the DOLE inspectors going to these establishments, the department had them come together for the Technical Assistance Visit seminars at Texicano Hotel in Laoag City. “The DOLE ha...
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05Apr2012MACONACON, ISABELA, Abril 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment and various local government units had employed Aeta students through the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES). Maconacon mayor Erlinda Domingo pledged 120 slots for Aeta students in the municipality for the SPES this year. Divilacan town is adopting the SPES for the first time as mayor Ventorito Bulan pledged 10 slots. Maconacon has allocated P288,000 for payment of the 60 percent share of the local ...
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05Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 6 provided livelihood assistance to persons with disabilities (PWD). A total of 278 persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the region were provided livelihood assistance amounting to P532,388.75 by the Department of Labor and Employment 6. DOLE-6 focal person for PWDs Ma. Cecilia Acebuque reported that as of December 2011, a total of 278 beneficiaries were able to avail of livelihood assistance amounting to P532,3...
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03Apr2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and various local government units in Region 2 have facilitated instant employment for applicants through the agency’s job fairs. A total of 47 job applicants were hired as security guards, hotel and restaurant workers and salespersons from the 17 job fairs organized by DOLE. DOLE-2 information officer Reginald B. Estioco said Nueva Vizcaya conducted six job fairs and have registered 245 job applicants. Cagayan ...
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28Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 28 (PIA) -- Members of the Iligan and Lanao del Norte Career Guidance Counselor Association expressed their support to the pre-employment thrust of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) when they convened at the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) Guidance Office last March 9, 2012. During their confab, Francita R. Maniquiz, supervising labor and employment officer of the DOLE-Lanao del Norte Provincial Field Office discussed th...
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21Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) – Capiz Provincial Office has conducted a Career Guidance and Labor Education orientation to graduating high school and college students in order to guide them on the right information about the labor market. DOLE – Capiz Public Information Officer William P. Dungog said that the orientation was conducted at Filamer Christian University (FCU), Mambusao National High School, Cabugcabug National...
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19Mar2012IBA, Zambales, March 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Zambales, in partnership with the Office of the Vice Governor, has trained around 50 new businessmen in a two-day Entrepreneurship Development Training (EDT) in San Marcelino town last week. The trainees, who are Botika Natin outlet operators from different barangays in the province, received skills training on basic business processes such as creating a financial statement, income and cash flow system where ...
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19Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mach 19 (PIA) -- Recognizing the health and safety issues associated with Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) is now promoting programs that will ensure the health and safety of workers in the industry. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said in a news release that while the rapid growth of the business process outsourcing industry has created significant employment opportunities, the government also recognizes th...
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15Mar2012DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- Employment information services would soon be brought closer to communities here, as barangay chiefs allowed the establishment of the Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) in their villages. Some 11 barangay captains in Digos City agreed to become managers of PESO, a one-stop center that provides employment information assistance and various services to job seekers in their respective areas. The village heads signed yesterday (Mar...
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15Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment in partnership with the International Labor Organization International Program on Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) organized a two-day training on child labor and trafficking for prosecutors, law enforcers, and other stakeholders in March 7 and 8 in Borongan City. DOLE Regional Director Exequil Sarcauga said that the training was undertaken for the stakeholders to have a clear and common understanding of...
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12Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment, Regional Office No. 10, through its Regional Director, Atty. Johnson G. Cañete, gears up in attaining satisfied DOLE customers. Through the DOLE 10-approved 2012 Training Program, an in-house training was conducted for its 73 rank-and-file employees in a re-echo seminar on customer service basic excellence, dubbed as “Ikaw, Ako, Kitang Tanan… Totoong Serbisyo!” The seminar w...
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12Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, March 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 conducted an orientation on the agency’s Department Order (DO) No. 18-A to some 50 contractors, subcontractors, and their principals from all over the region. The DOLE’s DO No. 18-A, series of 2011 is otherwise known as “Rules Implementing Articles 106 to 109 of the Labor Code, As Amended,” defining primarily where contracting and subcontracting are considered legiti...
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07Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Director Johnson G. Cañete disclosed in a media interactive forum held on Monday at the DOLE-10 Regional Office that they recently launched the “Child Labor-Free Bukidnon” campaign as part of its child labor prevention and elimination drive. He said the campaign was piloted in Barangay Butong in the town of Quezon as a survey conducted by the Xavier University revealed that ch...
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07Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has recently forged an agreement with General De Jesus College and Good Samaritan College in Nueva Ecija for the establishment of their respective school-based Public Employment Service Offices (PESO). DOLE Regional information officer Jerry Borja said, “School-based PESOs aim to help students land stable jobs after finishing their studies through career information, pre-employment orien...
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07Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- In addition to the regular inspection and technical advisory visits, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is also promoting voluntary compliance as a complementary approach in protecting the labor sector. In a press release, DOLE-10 Regional Director Johnson G. Cañete said that establishments that voluntarily comply with the general labor standards, occupational safety and health standards, and other existing labor mechanisms will be...
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07Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment Region 2 is currently conducting a five-day basic occupational safety and health training for safety officers and workers in the private industries and institutions, from March 5 to 9, 2012 at Hotel Ivory here. Laura Diciano, labor officer, said the training aims to provide participants with basic knowledge and skills on occupational safety and health that will enable them to plan and develop their company’s ...
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04Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has funded the mini-grocery store with photocopying services project of the Saint Anthony Academy Teachers Association (SAATA), under the Workers’ Income Augmentation Program (WINAP). The project was inaugurated during the 44th founding anniversary of Saint Anthony Academny Gonzaga last Month. DOLE released the P336,951.40 fund assistance on December 28, 2011. The project will benefit...
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01Mar2012SAN JOSE, Antique Mar 1 (PIA) -- A Special Program for Employment of Students as mandated under Republic Act No. 9547 or "An Act To Help Poor But Deserving Students Pursue Their Education By Encouraging Their Employment During Summer and/or Christmas Vacations," is now open year-round, according to the Department of Labor and Employment. “We use to call this program Summer Job for students, where poor but deserving s...
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28Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the provincial government of Pampanga and various national government agencies, have recently conducted a series of career coaching sessions that will help Guagua town’s public high school juniors and seniors in choosing the right course after finishing secondary. DOLE Regional Information officer Jerry Borja reported that there were 284 students who participated in the sessions from Gu...
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28Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) ‘Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) project has given livelihood assistance to 10 ambulant and small-scale mobile vendors in Morong, Bataan. Labor regional information officer Jerry Borja said, “Each beneficiary received a vending cart, livelihood tools and raw materials amounting to P10,000.” Aside from the carts, Borja added that recipients were also given trainings on...
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26Feb2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Palawan will strictly enforce Construction Safety and Health Program (CSHP) as a pre-requisite in securing building permits to ensure safety of laborers and compliance to labor laws. Ma. Socorro Marquez, DOLE-Palawan’s Construction Safety Focal Person, said that there is a need for the enhanced implementation of the CSHP in the light of the numerous construction projects in the city and i...
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25Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 25 – The Department of Land Employment (DOLE), region 10 announces the opening of its Western Misamis Oriental (WMO) Provincial Field Office (Metro Cagayan de Oro) to accommodate and better service the needs of its clients effective March 1. Plans to maximize its service in the province were initiated as part of the full implementation of the Rationalization Plan of the Department. The new office is the 5th Provinc...
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25Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 25 -– The Department of Labor and Employment and Employment (DOLE) in Northern Mindanao handed-out the salaries of some 1,000 beneficiaries of its Cash-For-Work Program. Distributed last February 23-24, 2012 in its Cagayan de Oro and Iligan offices, beneficiaries of the Cash-For-Work program are all victims of the flash flood caused by Tropical Storm Sendong that devastatingly hit both cities in the region. For the...
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20Feb2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office No. 8 and the Eastern Visayas Occupational Safety and Health Network (EVOSHNET) recently forged a budget partnership agreement in pursuit of President Benigno Aquino III’s thrust to integrate citizen participation in the budget process as a means of enhancing transparency and accountability in the allocation and utilization of public funds. The parties were represented by DOLE-8 Re...
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19Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- A five-day reflexology training was conducted at the Bukidnon Sugar Company, Inc. (BUSCO) Community Welfare Center in Butong, Quezon town, Bukidnon. Conducted by the Guillar School of Reflexology based in Lumbo, Valencia City, Bukidnon, the training was proposed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Bukidnon Provincial Office and Joint BUSCO and Crystal Sugar Company, Inc. &...
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17Feb2012CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Mimaropa, has organized the advocacy activity against child labor dubbed ‘Suportahan, Iangat, Gabayan Ang Welfare ng Kabataan (SIGAW Kabataan)’ in the municipality of Bulalacao recently. Eighty-two participants from various sectors actively joined the SIGAW Kabataan advocacy of DOLE. According to Director Zen Angara of DOLE Mimaropa, the advocacy project on child labor int...
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15Feb2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, Feb. 15 (PIA) – High school graduates will now have a better chance of getting careers that are matched to the field they are inclined to. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Quirino Field Office with assistance from the municipal public employment service office managers of Quirino embarked on an intensified career coaching advocacy in majority of high schools in the province for the year 2012. DOLE Quirino head Guillermo Tan said the mov...
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15Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, Peb. 15 (PIA) – Hindi pa napapanahon ang wage adjustment sa Rehiyon Dose ayon sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 kung ang pag-uusapan ay intervening conditions. Ayon kay Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) Secretary Jessie dela Cruz, dahil nananatili umanong matatag ang ekonomiya ng rehiyon sa mga nakalipas na buwan, maaaring hindi pa makakapagpatupad ng panibagong pagtaas sa sahod ng mga man...
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11Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 aims to implement eight Community Enterprise Projects (CEP) this year in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino. DOLE 2 director Atty. Sixto T. Rodriquez Jr. said that under the program, P500,000 will be provided by the labor department to each of the projects to be determined by the different field offices. Director Rodriguez said the fund that comes from the DOLE will be us...
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10Feb2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Feb. 10 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Quezon provincial office has awarded checks amounting to P2,213,918 to seven local government units and a computer school in Quezon for the Special Program of the Employment of Students (SPES). DOLE-Quezon provincial office head Virgilio Magsino, said the amount is 40 percent of the salary of SPES program beneficiaries while the remaining 60 percent is from the partner local government units in this progr...
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06Feb2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- Cascading jobs closer to barangays, the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of Guiguinto town notched the Best PESO award under the First Class Municipality category recently at the Lewis Grand Hotel, Angeles City. Guiguinto received the citation from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Regional Office 3 which recognized the most exemplary PESOs in Central Luzon during the PESO Year-End Planning Assessment on Jan. 25 to 26. ...
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06Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 6 (PIA) -- Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) working in South Korea under the Employment Permit System (EPS) are covered by the prospective minimum wage increase in their host country. This was announced by Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz after receiving a report from Philippine Labor Attache to South Korea Felicitas Bay, who said that OFWs in the country under the EPS are covered by the hourly wage hike in parity with the native Korean workfor...
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03Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- Newly-named Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 Officer-in-charge Regional Director Atty. Sixto T. Rodriguez, Jr. has vowed to sustain the smooth implementation of the DOLE 2 programs and services as he urged all the agency personnel to continue their dedication towards their work for the attainment of their goal. “To my colleagues, I likened my leadership as a driver and the car and its parts as you, my staff. Let us make our tra...
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02Feb2012LAOAG CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- Over two thousand jobs await qualified applicants in the first job fair for the year in Ilocos Norte. According to Ingracio Baylon of the Provincial Department of Labor and Employment, the positions available are for local and overseas employment. There are jobs for baccalaureate degree holders as well as for vocational, technical and high school graduates. There are five overseas employment recruitment agencies and they have 1,053 job orders from ab...
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01Feb2012BORONGAN City, Eastern Samar, Feb. 1(PIA) -- Through the city government of Borongan, some poor fishermen of Divinubo Island received 42 paddled bancas costing P272,496 from the Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE), Regional Office 8. Mayor Fe Abunda received gracefully from DOLE Regional Director Atty. Forter G. Puguon the assistance in a simple yet meaningful ceremony before the island’s barangay officials and the beneficiaries of the DOLE’s Integrated Livelihood Progr...
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31Jan2012ILOILO CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA6) - - The regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment 6 will have a new regional director starting February 1, 2012. DOLE 6 Outgoing Director Crispin Dannug formally turned over the key of leadership to incoming Regional Director Ponciano Ligutom in a simple ceremony held January 27 at the DOLE 6 Regional Office in Jaro district of this city. Witnessing the simple rites were heads of the member-agencies of the Regional Coordinating Counci...
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24Jan2012ILOILO CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA6 ) - - A half-day Career Summit will gather graduating college students from various colleges and universities here on February 7, 2012 at the Central Philippine University. Organized by the Public Employment Service Office of the Iloilo City government in partnership with the Jobstreet.com, the activity primarily intends to guide graduating college students in their employment journey. “Graduation is fast approaching and this is one of those appropriate tim...
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24Jan2012MANILA, Jan 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has outlined its first quarter job fair schedules in the National Capital Region and nine other regions. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a news release said, jobseekers who are raring to work this year could start their job search at their own communities, as DOLE is making it easier for them by bringing the jobs through its job fairs in the regions. The schedule of the job fai...
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24Jan2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in this province released some P500,000 recently to Lipayo Fishermen Association in Dauin town as livelihood assistance. DOLE-NegOr Officer-in-Charge Vivencio Lagahid said that the latest beneficiary under the integrated livelihood program is a group of 38 fishermen whose main livelihood is taking passenger-tourists in small boats en- route to Apo Island. The association used the financial grant to purchase ...
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22Jan2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- A new directive protecting employees from bogus and unscrupulous subcontractors is currently being fielded around Central Luzon as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) runs a series or orientations to tackle queries. DOLE-Regional Office III kicked off recently its discussion on Department Order No. 18-A, also known as the Rules Implementing Articles 106 to 109 of the Labor Code which defines where the practices of contracting and subc...
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21Jan2012BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 21(PIA) -- More poor but deserving students are set to benefit from the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE-CAR) Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) for this year. According to DOLE-CAR Regional Director Atty. Sixto Rodriguez, from the P8 million SPES budget for Cordillera in 2011, budget allocation for this year is increased to P30 Million, which from the 4,000 beneficiaries of the program in 2011, the target beneficiaries for th...
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20Jan2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Jan. 20 (PIA) – Fourteen ambulant or small-scale mobile vendors in San Marcelino, Zambales recently benefitted from the latest livelihood assistance given by the Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) project of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Labor regional information officer Jerry Borja disclosed that “each beneficiary received a vending cart, livelihood tools and raw materials amounting to P10,000.” Prior to the award...
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19Jan2012TANDAG CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here successfully conducted a two-day orientation (Jan 16-17) on philjob.net and Skill Registry System (SRS) at the Surigao del Sur State University (SDSSU). According to Teofila Rosales, head of DOLE Provincial Office, this is in response to the request of said university through Assistant Guidance Counselor Vanessa Sanchez to provide graduating students knowledge on job seeking by usin...
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17Jan2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment-Region 2 (DOLE-2 ) has urged private employers to submit compliance report on the release of 13th month pay of their employees last December. Grace Y. Ursua, DOLE-2 regional director, issued a public announcement to the media, asking the private employers to deliver the compliance report at the field offices in their respective provinces. She stated that the submission of the said report is in complia...
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12Jan2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union Jan 12 (PIA)--The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of La Union province grabbed the title “Best Peso” in the provincial category in the Regional Search for Best Peso 2011 held late last year in San Luis del Mar, Bauang, La Union. This yearly activity was meant to assess the performance of the said agency in the delivery of employment service throughout the region especially addressing the applicant’s qualificat...
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08Jan2012Hanap-buhay para sa mga walang trabaho, prioridad sa Ilocos Sur Ni: Ben P. Pacris VIGAN CITY, Enero 8 (PIA) -- Inihayag ni Congressman Ryan Singson na prioridad niya sa taong ito ang pagbibigay ng hanap-buhay sa mga kababayang walang trabaho lalo na ang mga mahihirap para mapaunlad ang kanilang pamumuhay. Nilagdaan ni Congressman Singson ang isang Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) para makipagtulungan sa paghahanap ng trabaho sa mga k...
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22Dec2011KORONADAL CITY, Dec 22 (PIA) -- Employees of the National Food Authority in Soccsksargen Region have canceled their Christmas party in favor of the flood victims in Northern Mindanao. Instead, they decided to donate the amount for the evacuees from Iligan City, Cagayan de Oro, and other areas affected by typhoon Sendong. NFA South Cotabato assistant manager Angelina Lucena said they have saved about P8,000 for the assistance. They have also agreed to contribute used cl...
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21Dec2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 21 (PIA) - - Price of sardines might increase said the President of the Industrial Group of Zamboanga (IGZ) Engr. George Ledesma. Ledesma said, due to the scarcity of tamban, (fish species used for making canned and bottled sardines), an increase of price of sardines is a possibility. “There is a possibility because of the scarcity of Tamban. Prior to the closed fishing season, there was already scarcity of the fish,” Ledesma explained. ...
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20Dec2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Dec 20 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently awarded additional livelihood assistance amounting to P300,000 to the Keppel Subic Shipyard Union (KSSU) for the expansion of its rice retailing business. DOLE regional information officer Jerry Borja disclosed “the grant, which will be utilized for the procurement of goods and equipments, was sourced from our Worker’s Income Augmentation Program (WINAP).” WINAP ...
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15Dec2011KORONADAL CITY, Dec . 15 (PIA) -- Hundreds of jobs were offered yesterday in a job fair at the Productivity and Technology Center along Alunan Ave., this city. The job fair, sponsored by the provincial government in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), is a highlight of South Cotabato’s December Fest 2011, which started December 9 and will end December 23. Ten overseas recruitment agencies and 13 local companies have joined the jobs fair, said ...
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05Dec2011MANILA, Dec. 5 (PIA)-- The Department of Labor and Employment has suspended all labor inspection activities during the Christmas and New Year holidays to ensure that labor inspectors will have no opportunity for bribery, gift solicitation, or other forms of graft and corruption The suspension is contained in Administrative Order No. 490, series of 2011 that took effect on December 1 and will last on January 31, 2012. The regular inspection will commence on February 1, 2012. &nb...
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13Nov2011KORONADAL CITY, Nov 13 (PIA) -- Wage adjustment in the private sector is not yet necessary, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board of Soccsksargen region (RTWPB 12) has decided in its recent meeting. Ma. Gloria Tango, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment said, the wage board met on Wednesday, among their agenda was to review regional economic factors and determine whether there is enough reason for a wage adjustmen...
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24Aug2011KORONADAL CITY, Aug 24 (PIA) -- Officials of the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday gathered stakeholders in a forum regarding the issue of child laborers in mining operations in T'boli town. Present in the forum intended to discuss and clarify issues why children below 15 years old should not be required to work and earn for their families were parents, barangay and town officials, as well as representatives of the mining firm operating in the a...
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07Jul2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, July 7 (PIA) -- A total of 6,591 Central Luzon residents benefitted from the livelihood assistance projects given by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) during the first semester of 2011. DOLE regional information officer Jerry Borja disclosed that checks amounting to P14.24 million were handed out to seven community groups, three labor unions, and various local government units for the implementation of the Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego Kart)...
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06Jul2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga July 6 (PIA) -- Around 6,700 poor but deserving college and vocational students in Central Luzon were given an opportunity to work in private companies and local government units (LGUs) last summer under the government’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). In her report during the recently concluded Mid-Year Planning Assessment of Public Employment Service Office (PESO) managers, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Technic...
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06Jul2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga July 6 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in partnership with local government units, successfully established school-based Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) in six tertiary institutions across Central Luzon for the first half of 2011. The schools are Araullo University, AMA Computer Learning Center- Apalit, Pampanga branch, Tarlac State University, Micro Asia College of Science and Technology, Northern Zambales College and...
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03Jul2011KORONADAL CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- Consultations with security agencies in SOCCSKSARGEN region ended on a positive note, after the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the service providers agreed on two terms that would assure guards are given due benefits. Atty. Ma. Gloria Tango, regional director of DOLE 12, said DOLE 12 will educate the latter's principals on labor laws and that the security agencies themselves will enter into covenant that would set basic standard p...
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30Jun2011CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, June 30 (PIA) -- Rafael Grancioso at 12 years old, used to work as “mangengete” a term used to describe youngsters along the seashores in Naic, Cavite. They are indulged in carrying fish caught by fishermen from anchored bancas to the trading area in exchange for fish or a little amount of money either for themselves or to help their parents augment their earnings. “Kabilang ako sa 30 na mga batang naialis mula sa pagiging child laborer sa pinagsam...
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28Jun2011KORONADAL CITY, June 28 (PIA) -- DOLE 12 Regional Director Atty. Ma. Gloria Tango announced that DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has already approved the regional office’s proposal for an emergency employment assistance for Cotabato City flood victims. “We submitted a project proposal for emergency employment for at least 100 displaced workers in Cotabato City,” Tango said. “We submitted the proposal last Wednesday, June 22 . In the afternoon ...
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03Jun2011LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Hunyo 3 (PIA) -- Pinuri kamakailan ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 3 ang hakbang ng San Miguel PureFoods Company Inc (SMPFCI) na paghihikayat sa mga sub-contractors nito na boluntaryong sumunod sa General Labor Standards (GLS) at Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) standards. Ani DOLE regional director Leopoldo De Jesus, kapag ang management ay boluntaryong sumusunod sa labor at safety standards at OSH ay ginaganahan at mas ...
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20May2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga May 20 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in partnership with Pampanga Provincial Public Employment and Service Office (PESO), will be holding a job fair today in Hotel Stotsenberg, Clark Freeport. According to DOLE Regional information officer Jerry Borja, hundreds of careers will be offered by around 20 companies who are in involved in Business Process Outsourcing, IT and Manufacturing. Interested applicants are advised t...
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18May2011The Labor department has forged an agreement with other agencies for the promotion of construction safety amid accidents in construction sites. The Department of Labor (DOLE) had signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Departments of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to promote the welfare of construction workers and prevent the recurrence of con...
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17May2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 17 (PIA) - - Labor Department here advises parents and students to consider “in demand” courses in choosing a college course. This appeal was made in time for the opening of classes this June. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) urged the students to enroll in courses that are considered “marketable” or in demand that would in a way give them edge over the others- diploma and job wise. DOLE Assistant Regional Director ...
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16May2011KORONADAL CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- For better chances of finding a job or applicants, the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 12) advised both job seekers and employers in need of applicants to make use of the government online facility Phil-Job Net. DOLE 12 Regional Director Ma. Gloria Tango said, “we are on the process of enhancing the Phil-Job Net, our online job matching system.” “We are encouraging all the applica...
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03May2011ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, May 3 (PIA) --- Magtatayo ng isang “migrant center” at overseas filipino worker (OFW) desk ang pamahalaan ng Rizal upang malaman at mabigyan ng kaukulang pansin ang mga pangangailangan ng mga balik-bansang OFWs na residente dito. Umaabot sa 525 ang bilang ng OFWs na mga tiga-Rizal ang bumalik mula sa Libya dahil sa kaguluhan doon kung saan sumailalim ang mga ito sa oryentasyon ukol sa programang panghanap-buhay at tulong pang-negosyo. Ang oryentasyon na...
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01May2011KORONADAL CITY, May 1 (PIA) -- More than 11,000 jobs are in for the taking in the Labor Day job fairs in at least three locations in the region, the regional chief of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 12) announced today. DOLE 12 Regional Director Ma. Gloria Tango said, “For local employment most of the available jobs are for call center agents and production workers particularly for canning companies in General Santos City area.&rdq...
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28Apr2011h2 { margin-top: 0.18cm; margin-bottom: 0.18cm; line-height: 100%; page-break-after: auto; }h2.western { font-family: "Liberation Serif",serif; }h2.cjk { font-family: "DejaVu Sans"; }h2.ctl { font-family: "DejaVu Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; }p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } CALAMBA CITY, April 28, (PIA) --- Alex Avila, assistant regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-4A said in the press conference held this morning at the Technical Education and Skills ...
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24Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) here has extended relief assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers repatriated from Libya. OWWA regional head Zenobia Caro said 54 out of the 56 OFWs who were sent home in the wake of escalating hostility in Libya, have availed of the government assistance. Caro said OWWA has been facilitating programs to assist the OFWs who went home with less or nothing to bring to their families. Aside from the relie...
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23Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 23 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment here is all set to stage its activities in the region for the nationwide commemoration of the Labor Day on May 1. The Labor Day falls on a Sunday this year and banners the theme: “Matuwid na Daan Tungo sa Kaunlaran Para sa Lahat” which is anchored on President Benigno Aquino III tenet for a transparent, accountable and corrupt-free administration. DOLE regional director Joffrey M. Suyao said that a Hol...
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10Apr2011KORONADAL CITY, April 10 (PIA) -- This year’s Labor Day celebration in Region 12 will be highlighted with two job fairs and a livelihood assistance project, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment said. DOLE 12 OIC Regional Director Patricio Blanza, on Friday announced that on Labor Day job fairs will be held in General Santos City, and Kidapawan City. The agency will also launch a livelihood assistance program in South Cotabato. DOLE 12 ...
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30Mar2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 30 (PIA) –- Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz is in the city today for the signing of “A Voluntary Code of Good Practices on Decent Work in the Fishing and Canning Industries” back to back with the launching of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) Integrated Livelihood towards Community Enterprise Development (DILP-CED). The voluntary code of good practices is a product of a series of dialogues and consultations with all stakehol...
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26Mar2011CEBU CITY, March 25 (PIA) -- Displaced Cebuano overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) forced to return home due to the internal strife in Libya and the catastrophe in Japan can take advantage of the biggest mega jobs fair initiated by the Cebu City Government next month. “Over 2,000 job positions are available to jobseekers on April 14 which is the biggest jobs fair undertaken by the city government," according to Fidel Magno, the chief of the Department of Manpower and Placement Services ...
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23Mar2011KORONADAL CITY, March 23 (PIA 12) -- Regional Director Ma. Gloria Tango of the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday called on college graduates to ask for assistance from the nearest Public Employment Service Office (PESO) to help them seek for jobs. “Several jobs fairs are being scheduled within this month and in April. So we advise job seekers, especially the new graduates, to go to PESOs or DOLE field offices and ask for the schedules of jobs fairs...
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08Mar2011KORONADAL CITY, Mar. 8, (PIA) -- Effective this week, the region 12 of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 12) will conduct monitoring of construction sites in SOCCSKSARGEN Region. DOLE 12 Regional Director Ma. Gloria Tango, said their office recently received an order from Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz to intensify inspection of construction sites in the entire region. Inspections will particularly focus on the implementation of health and safety sta...
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29Jan2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 29 (PIA) – Driven by a desire to collectively help improve the lives of government employees in region IX, the Regional Executives Association of Western Mindanao (REAWESMIN, Inc.) met recently to draft plans and course of action towards this goal. REAWESMIN President and Department of Labor and Employment Regional Director Ponciano M. Ligutom presided the meeting attended by multi-purpose cooperatives, representatives of a banking institution and cooperative e...
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21Jan2011MANILA, Jan. 21 (PIA) -- Filipino seafarers are sought all over the world for their competence and dedication at work. To make them even more competitive, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday announced that it will develop new courses for Filipino seafarers that will give them the necessary training and certification to operate any modern, technologically advanced ships as stated in the Manila Amendments of the STCW Code and Convention. Labor and Employment Secretary R...
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27Jul2010CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (27 July) -- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board of region 10 has finalized Wage Order (WO) No. RX-15 increasing the wages of the daily workers in Northern Mindanao. These adjustments include the incorporation of the Php12.00 daily cost of living allowance granted under WO#RX-14 to the daily minimum wage of workers in the region effective Aug. 16, 2010, after which an increase of Php13.00 in their daily wages will be effective Oct. 1, this year. ...
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