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Tuesday 5th of March 2013
DAGUPAN 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 at the CB Mall in Urdaneta City.
The offices are open every Friday, except for the Dagupan office which is open every Wednesday.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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