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DOLE 12 BRINGS LABOR EDUCATION TO SCHOOLS
Friday 3rd of May 2013
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 is scoring another first. This time, the agency is bringing its labor advocacy where the incoming labor force are – in colleges, universities and technical vocational schools.
As a highlight of the celebration of the 111th Labor Day celebration, DOLE 12 on May 1 signed a memorandum of agreement with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Education (DepEd) that launched the Regional Coordinating Council – 12 Advocacy Center.
“DOLE 12 is the first regional o...
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04Feb2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb 4 (PIA) -- Officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) participated recently in the peace advocacy convention initiated by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) unit in Basilan. The attendance of these high-ranking officials and the presence of the local government of Basilan province representative displayed the commitment of these stakeholders toward the attainment of lasting peace in Basilan. Basilan police ch...
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29Nov2012SURIGAO CITY, Nob. 29 (PIA) -- Ang buhatan sa Armed Forces of the Philippines ug ang Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) uban ang lain pang mga ahensya sa gobyerno milusad og usa ka music video didto sa Fort Bonifacio kagahapon aron pag-awhag sa mga Filipino nga makigtambayayong aron makab-ot ang hingpit nga kalinaw dinhi sa nasod. Ang maong music video nga gitawag og Bayanihan, nagpakita sa Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) sa AFP aron makab-ot ang kalinaw sa Pilipinas ...
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27Nov2012BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 27 (PIA) -- The Regional Cooperative Development Council (RCDC) and the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) finalized its preparations for the upcoming ‘Cooperative Advocacy Run’ slated December 12, 2012. Participants of the fun run will assemble at 4:30 a.m. The run will start at exactly 5 a.m. at the Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU) Gymnasium and will end at the Agusan del Norte Provincial Covered Court, Butuan City. A ‘Hataw’ exercise and short progra...
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22Nov2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Nov. 22 (PIA6) -- The Department of Energy is set to conduct an advocacy campaign on the Philippine Energy Plan in Capiz, an Energy official said. Energy Undersecretary Josefina Patricia Asirit said they will conduct series of information, education and communication activities in the different areas in the country for the 2012-2030 Philippine Energy Plan (PEP) with Capiz as one of the areas in the country where the campaign will be conducted. She said the advocacy aims to ...
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21Nov2012ATIMONAN, Quezon, Nov. 21 (PIA) -- Regional coordinator Carina Santiago of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) 4A has recommended to the municipal government to bolster the implementation of its breastfeeding advocacy council (BAC). Santiago, along with the members of the regional evaluation team, visited the town for the monitoring and evaluation of the nutrition plan implementation in the local level last Nov. 14-15. Aside from bolstering the BAC, the nutrition coordinator also advised the ...
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15Aug2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, August 13 (PIA)---- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) honored three valued stakeholders in SOCCSKSARGEN (South Cotabato-Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani-General Santos City) with prestigious awards for their “unparalleled support” to its statistical and advocacy programs. For the small- and medium-corporation category, the BSP named the Horizon Can Corp based in Tambler here as the Most Outstanding Respondent among small- and medium-firms in Region 12. The compa...
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20Feb2012SORSOGON CITY, Feb.20 (PIA) -- The Sorsogon Police Provincial Office (SPPO) has organized a two-day seminar for first responders of gender-based violence and trafficking-in-person (TIP) cases on February 16 to 17 at the Philippine National Police (PNP) conference room. The seminar is in line with the commitment of the PNP to strengthen the promotion and advocacy of the rights of women and children. Thirty policewomen from Sorsogon City and 14 municipalities, assigned as Women a...
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12Feb2012DAVAO CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio vowed support to the advocacy endeavors on legal adoption being spearheaded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the region. Duterte-Carpio declared her intention to become a supporter of DSWD’s campaign in providing good life to abandoned children through legal adoption. The mayor said in her message during an adoption forum on Friday (Feb. 10) that she is an adoptive mothe...
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09Feb2012LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- The Insurance Commission and the Department of Finance National Credit Council (DOF – NCC) brings its Financial Literacy Road Show on Microinsurance Advocacy in the Bicol region as part of the government’s campaign to spread awareness on the role of the venture in poverty alleviation,. The event commenced with Training on Microinsurance Advocacy (TOMA) held February 7–9 held at the Alicia Hotel here participated in by potential advocates comin...
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03Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Feb. 3 (PIA) --The Environment Bureau will hold a two-day Regional Advocacy Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) workshop starting Monday, next week, here in the city. ACSM is spearheaded by the UP Los Baños Project Advisory Group (UPLB-PAG) in coordination with Cagayan de Oro River Basin Management Council (CDORBMC) which is chaired by Archbishop ...
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18Oct2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct. 18(PIA) –- President Benigno Aquino III awarded the Zamboanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (ZCCIFI) as the Most Outstanding Chamber in Mindanao and Most Outstanding Chamber for Advocacy in the recently concluded 37th Philippine Business Conference (PBC) held in Manila. The PBC was hosted by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, October 11-14. The award was in recognition of the ZCCIFI’s admirable efforts in hastening busine...
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20Sep2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Sept. 20 (PIA) -- Another public-private partnership (PPP) undertaking will be held at Mallberry Suites, here, tomorrow, Sept. 21. This time, it will be a Coffeetalk on Sustainable Construction, among representatives from government, non-government organizations (NGO), business sector and the media practitioners of the city. Sponsored by Holcim Philippines, Inc., the forum will be anchored on the topic “sustainable construction and how the co...
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09Jul2011DAVAO CITY, July 9 (PIA) -- A community-based forum slated here this month would not only help seek justice for women-survivors of violence, but would also aim to provide healing process for both victims and perpetrators. Manila-based Women Feature Services, Inc (WFS) is set to spearhead on July 22, a barangay forum in Barangay Buhangin, Davao City , where high incidence of violence against women has been reported. Atty. Charina Sanz-Zarate, WFS project coordinator, said...
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09May2011ILOILO CITY, May 9 (PIA) – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will conduct a Financial Education Expo, May 11-12 here to create awareness on the availability and accessibility of financial education and consumer protection programs among Filipinos. BSP Iloilo Branch Research Specialist Doreen Santerva said the financial advocacy program, which is spearheaded by BSP’s Financial Consumer Affairs Group, was also conceived to help increase the personal finance consciousness of...
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06May2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 6(PIA) -- They call themselves as "thunder riders" and they have been traveling to at least six cities in Mindanao on their big motorcycles in search for possible business partners while having adventure and promoting camaraderie. Yesterday morning, they had their stop here in Asia’s Latin City, Zamboanga. Twenty foreign bikers who are mostly businessmen from Malaysia were here yesterday with hopes to gain and establish contacts for business opportunitie...
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14Jan2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 14 (PIA) -– Bb. Pilipinas International 2005, Lara Quigaman, is expected at the Camaman-an Elementary School (CES), Cagayan de Oro City on Jan. 25, to promote the Laki sa Gatas (LSG) Nutrition Education Advocacy Program. Launched by Nestle Philippines in 2006, the said program is aimed at pushing the relevance of the health campaign to address the prevailing malnutrition problem in the country, especially among children 5 years and below, Rowennah Marivele...
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