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DOLE 6 INITIATES CRAFTING OF OJT MANUAL
Friday 17th of May 2013
ILOILO CITY, May 17 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-6) held a consultation on the crafting of an on-the-job training manual to systematize and improve the practice.
Some 60 representatives from various public and private colleges and universities in Western Visayas attended the consultation.
DOLE-6 Dir. Ponciano Ligutom said the consultation-workshop was in collaboration with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
“Inputs from these institutions and individuals will be used in crafting a common manual and consequently of the different OJT manu...
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03May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato May 3 (PIA) -- Some 5,510 scholarship slots are now open to young people in Soccsksargen Region who are interested on taking technical vocational education, an official here announced today. Zeus Ampuyas, regional director of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) – 12 told Philippine Information Agency 12 that the national government has allotted P29,344,000 for agency’s two flagship scholarship...
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02May2013DUMAGUETE CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) is offering more scholarship slots for out-of-school youth (OSY) beneficiaries under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Cash for Training Project (C4TP) in Negros Oriental. Tesda Director General Joel Villanueva, in a press conference recently held here, said the P1.3 billion national project is in partnership with the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program of DSWD. It intends...
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26Apr2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 26 (PIA) -- Technical Education and Special Skills Development Authority (TESDA) launched its first provincial event Hanapbuhay para sa mga TESDA Specialista in Bohol last April 23 following a series of successful jobs fair in Metro Manila. Hundreds of technical vocational graduates trooped to Bohol Cultural Center for the whole day fair. TESDA director general Joel Villanueva graced the launching with TESDA-7 regional director Rosanna Urdaneta, Provincial Direc...
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24Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, April 24 (PIA) – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has extended its full support for the conduct of the 2013 Labor Day Celebration on May 1, 2013. Speaking before the local tri-media during the press conference on Tuesday in one of the local hotels here, TESDA Butuan City-Agusan del Norte Provincial Director Randy Devilla said that as attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), TESDA has been regularly coordinating with DOLE of...
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22Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 22 (PIA) –- More income-generation and employment opportunities are being offered to Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiearies in Soccsksargen Region. Zeus Ampuyas, regional director of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) 12, said the agency will provide technical vocational education in May to recipients of the national government’s conditional cash transfer. Ampuyas said priority for the ...
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03Apr2013DAVAO CITY April 3 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is targeting about 1,080 youth beneficiaries for Davao City and Davao del Sur for its cash-for-training program funded by the DSWD. Engr. Nestor Tabada TESDA Provincial director covering the city of Davao and the province of Davao del Sur said the Department of Social Welfare and Development has allotted P21.6 million for the cash-for-training program of which P12- million will be for Davao del Sur and ...
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02Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- In the hope of producing and hiring more “TESDA Specialistas”, the Technical Education Skills and Development Administration (TESDA) is set to strengthen its Job Bridging program for this year. Nila Fidellaga, TESDA-7 Information Officer, said they are pushing for more job bridging this year aside from conducting a mere job fair. This is in compliance to the directive of TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva to produce and hire more than one million TESDA Speci...
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25Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 25 (PIA) -- Sen. Loren Legarda recently made a quick audit of women’s programs in Mandaue City. Representatives from the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Education (Deped) and from the local Public Employment Service Office (PESO) and local government unit, were made to attend in a dialogue with over a hundred women at the Mandaue City Public Mar...
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24Mar2013SAN JOSE, Antique, Marso 24 (PIA6) -- Ginreport kang Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) rudya, nga may kadurohon nga 665 ka mga escolar nga kababaehan ang nahanas sa natuhaytuhay nga patag kang Technical Vocational kag Educational Training programs (TVET) kang nagligad nga tuig. “Sa 665 ka mga benepisyaryo, apat (4) ang nahanas sa welding kag 3 ang sa bahin kang kurso nga refrigeration. Dya nagapakita kang sitwasyon nga kon sa diin ang mga kababaihan nagabuol ro...
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22Mar2013SAN JOSE, Antique, March 22 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) here reported that 665 women-scholars were trained on several fields on Technical Vocational and Educational Training programs (TVET) last year. “Of the 665 recipients, four were trained in welding and three for refrigeration. This indicates a situation where our women are now taking up courses normally dominated by men,” said Tesda Antique officer-in-charge provincial director Rick M. Ab...
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19Mar2013CEBU, March 18 (PIA) -- Technical and vocational courses still remain to be one of the vital tool for individuals that seek employment. Technical Coordinator for Basic Education Department of Don Bosco Technology Institute (DBTI), Stephen Ferrer noted that time alone can change the public's perspective on technical vocational education that this is in demand of big industries. "Especially abroad, big industries need technically-skilled laborers," Ferrer said in a radio program, "Pagtuki" over...
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16Mar2013SIQUIJOR, March 16 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) at Lazi National Agricultural School (LNAS) is now accepting applicants for the 2013 Training for work Scholarship Program (TWSP). In a statement, TESDA-LNAS said there are 265 scholarship slots that are open for interested Siquijorians to avail and enroll in various qualifications/courses offered at LNAS, Lazi, Siquijor. The program is offered to the youth, out of school youth, college drop outs, fres...
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05Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 5 -- An illegal recruitment survivor said voters should look beyond popularity and political connections when choosing candidates in the May elections. "The elections are the right opportunity for picking leaders who can help bring about progress in our country," Sarah Balabagan, who in the 90s symbolized the plight of abused domestic helpers abroad, said in Filipino. Balabagan was 14 years old when illegally recruited to work as domestic helper in United Arab Emirates durin...
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01Mar2013BATANGAS CITY, Mar 1 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Authority (Tesda) launched its "Cash-for-Training Program" (C4TP) in Calabarzon, matching the region's industrial boom with the needed skilled workers. Trainees numbering 3,286 will be tapped from the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon to undergo the free training in various available courses. Secretary Joel Villanueva,Tesda director general, led the launch of said program with Vice Governor Mark Leviste and...
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26Feb2013TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Fifty out-of-school youths in this city are recipients of the Cash for Training Program (C4TP) by the local government and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) 12. “When I learned that I am among the recipients of this livelihood project, I was overjoyed,” said Vergel Kilayco, an out-of-school youth and resident of Barangay Baras, this city. “At present, I am jobless but after this ...
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15Feb2013DAVAO CITY, Feb 15 (PIA) --The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is tracking New People’s Army (NPA) surrenderees or rebel returnees to ensure they do not go back to the mountains. “We track them person-to-person kung asan na sila to make sure they are back in the mainstream,” 10th Infantry Division Commanding General Major General Ariel Bernardo said during the Hermes Club press conference held at the Waterfront Hotel Friday. “We had a total of 442 surrenderees and 220 regular sur...
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12Feb2013MANILA, Peb. 12 (PIA)-- Gipangulohan ni Presidente Aquino ang pormal nga paglusad sa proyektong Sajahatra Bangsamoro kagahapon diin gituyo kini aron mapadali ang transisyon sa apektadong mga lugar aron mahimo kining produktibo samtang plastaron pa sa gobyerno ug Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) ang mga pinal nga kasabotan niini. Sa iyang mensahe atol sa maong kalihukan, ang Presidente miingon nga gituyo ang maong programa aron paghatag og edukasyon, health care ug edukasyon ngadto sa kabus ...
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06Feb2013BINAN CITY, Laguna, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has recently launched its Mobile Training Program (MTP) via the Mobile Training Bus Plus (Park and Train) at Southville 5A in Barangay Langkiwa, this city. The MTP is where teaching of a technical vocational course is conducted inside a bus. The bus serves as the state-of the art classroom with multi-media equipment, computers, training chairs and other materials. MTP offers courses in Com...
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05Feb2013CEBU CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda) recently launched two projects in Cebu aimed at helping alleviate poverty. Said projects are Coke-Tesda Sari-Sari Store Training and Access to Resources (S3TAR) and Tesda-DSWD Cash for Training (C4TP). Tesda Director General, Sec. Joel Villanueva, led the launching of the two programs at the Convention Hall of JCenter Mall in Mandaue City, Cebu on January 30. The S3TAR aims to empower 1,000 women retaile...
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04Feb2013DAGUPAN CITY, Feb 4 (PIA) -- The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has assured the public that jobs are available even to those who did not finish high school. TESDA Region 1 Director Cenon Querubin said that his office and the Department of Labor and Employment are cross-matching local and international job markets with local job seekers having skills that fit the demand. Querubin said that most in demand overseas jobs today are commercial cooking, construction and weld...
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01Feb2013SYUDAD SA HENERAL SANTOS, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- Padayon ang gihimong tabang sa lokal nga panggamhanan sa pakigtambayayong sa mga hingtungdang ahensya sa gobyerno alang sa mga naluwas ug apektadong pamilya sa mga nawalang mananagat human ang kagusbatan nga gibilin ni Bagyong Pablo sa Mindanao. Sumala pa ni Ephraim Beliran, ang action officer sa City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) mikambyo na ang tanang paglimbasog sa gobyerno sa pagpanghatag ug tabang sa mga biktima ug apektad...
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27Jan2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Region 10 conducted a three-day training on assessment methodology to increase the participation of trainers and industry practitioners in the implementation of assessment and certification, particularly in specialized qualifications. The “Trainers Course in Assessment Methodology”, held last January 16-18 at MASS SPECC Hotel here, was participated by 25 prospective assessors in different ...
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11Jan2013BARANGAY ANGAS, Sta. Josefa, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 11 -- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Caraga Region, Wednesday, January 9, launched the Cash for Training Project (C4TP) here with Tesda Regional Director Florencio Sunico Jr., Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza, Vice Gov. Santiago Cane Jr., Congresswoman Evelyn “Bebs” Plaza-Mellana with Sta. Josefa Mayor Glenn Plaza. According to Emma de Villa of Tesda, the C4TP will be participated by the 40 victims of typhoon Pablo, whe...
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08Jan2013MANILA – Motabang ang Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) sa mga biktima sa bagyong “Pablo” sa Mindanao pagtukod sa ilang mga balay pinaagi sa pagbansay kanila sa mga kakayahan sama sa carpentry, masonry, electrical installation ug plumbing, sumala pa ni Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA Director General. Hatagan ang mga biktima sa mga kagamitan ug materyales aron sila mahatagan sa kakayahan pagtukod sa ilang mga balay sa higayon nga matudlo na sa mga LGUs ang i...
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07Jan2013SURIGAO CITY, Enero 7 (PIA) -- Si Pangulong Aquino mitudlo og bag-ong mga opisyales sa nagkalain-lain nga mga ahensya sa gobyerno, matud ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte niadtong Biyernes, Enero 4 didto sa Malacañang. Sumala ni Valte, gipirmahan sa Pangulo niadtong Disyembre 21 ang appointment letter ni Angelita Gregorio-Medel isip undersecretary sa Department of Social Welfare and Development nga adunay termino nga co-terminus sa termino sa Pangulo. Gitudlo usab sa Pangulo s...
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14Dec2012DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite, Dec 14 (PIA) -- Six hundred eighty seven students recently graduated from Technical Education and Skill Development Authority (Tesda) in a celebration held in the library of Dasmariñas National High School (Main) in Barangay Burol II of this premier city. These students are now armed with the skills from different vocational and technical courses like Culinary Arts, Dressmaking/Tailoring, Hair/Beauty Care, English Proficiency, Automotive, Cellphone Technician, Therape...
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03Dec2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Dec 3 (PIA) -- More than 300 job applicants participated in the career expo recently organized by the Philippine Call Center Institute (PCCI) in partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda). Business development officer Victor Evangelista of PCCI said some 50 job applicants were hired on the spot. The expo was the first-anniversary celebration of PCCI participated in by business processing outsourcing (BPOs), the Transcom, Sitel, Qualfon, ...
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26Nov2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Nov. 25 (PIA) -- Twenty students from the Ozamiz Technical and Vocational Schools (OCTAVS) have been benefited from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Specialista Technopreneurship Program (Tesda-STP). This, after OCTAVS was made a pilot school and recipient of the Tesda tools acquisition program, wherein students from government institutions teaching vocational education are given scholarships under the Tesda-STP. The turn-over of the mec...
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23Nov2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Nob 23 -- Tatlong daan apatnapung residente sa Tacurong City ang kasalukuyang sumasailalim sa kursong teknikal na libreng ipinatutupad ng pamahalaang panglungsod. Layon ng Tacurong LGU sa naturang programa na mapalago ang kakayahan ng mga mamamayan na makahanap ng trabaho o mabigyan ng pangkabuhayan. Katuwang ng LGU sa programa ang Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and at Department of Science a...
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23Nov2012TAGUIG CITY, Nov 23 (PIA)--The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has targeted to produce 60,000 new holders of the Tesda National Certificate or Certificate of Competency this year. Tesda’s National Technical Vocational Education and Training Competency Assessment and Certification (NATCAC) program aims to enable skilled workers and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to go through the competency assessment and become Tesda certified. In a statement, Secretary Joel Villan...
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22Nov2012For fellows who are long-time comrades and collaborators, it only took days of appealing by Victor Emmanuel A. Ozarraga, Caraga and Camiguin area coordinator for Gawad Kalinga (GK), to get Antonio P. Meloto – the steadfast titular stalwart of GK and likewise the determined high priest of Center for Social Innovations (CSI) – to pay a visit here. When he spoke on May 25, 2012 to preach social entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as to launch the Butuan City Social Innovation Movement (SI...
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07Nov2012DIGOS CITY, Nov. 7 (PIA) -- The provincial government here was recently conferred the 2012 Regional Kabalikat Award for Local Government Unit (LGU) Category for being an outstanding partner of the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda) in improving the middle level manpower. Davao del Sur provincial information officer Nilda S. Aniñon said TESDA bestowed the award to the provincial LGU particularly for establishing the Mobile Training Van-Alay Para sa Barangay program that ...
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06Nov2012LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO, Nob 7 -- Ipinagdiwang ng Pangasiwaan sa Edukasyong Teknikal at Pagpapaunlad ng Kasanayan o Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) sa rehiyon ang ‘DTS Week’ noong Oktubre 21 hanggang 28. Layon nitong palawakin at magtatag ng tuloy-tuloy na pagtanggap sa Dual Training System (DTS) bilang paraan ng pagsasanay. Ang selebrasyon na may temang “School-industry Partnership for Global Competitiveness through DTS,” ay naglalayong palawakin ang kaalam...
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05Nov2012QUEZON CITY, Nov. 5 (PIA) -- The Technical Education & Skills Development Authority (Tesda) recently launched its Bilib I.T. program, a computer training course for inmates. Tesda Director General Joel Villanueva, in a news release, said that the agency is giving the inmates the chance to take technical vocational education and training which they can use to start a new life once they leave jail. Inmates at the Taguig City Jail and Camp Bagong Diwa will initially benefit from the program but ...
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10Oct2012SIQUIJOR, Oct 10 (PIA) -- One-hundred trainee-beneficiaries from this province completed the training on Shielded Metal Arc Welding NC II (SMAW) conducted by the Cebu Science of Welding Technology, Inc. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Information Officer Elsa Apiag said the graduates also underwent mandatory competency to be certified in SMAW NC II. Out of the 100 trainee-graduates, 97 were found competent indicating the quality in the training delivery of the pro...
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04Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct 4 (PIA) -- At least 45 inmates at the North Cotabato District Jail in Amas, Kidapawan City, have undergone training in courses where they could get national certification and earn income. A report from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) – 12 said the project for detainees launched in July, provided free training on food and beverage services NC II, commercial cooking NC II, baking, and handicraft m...
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04Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct. 4 (PIA) -- Fifteen individuals, all seeking employment, from the municipality of Pigcawayan North Cotabato have completed training to become heavy equipment operators as government scholars. All of them, according to a report from Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) – 12 have undergone 122 hours of training which began last July 16 and were granted National Certification II for Backhoe Loade...
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28Sep2012Juanito P. Banzon, who hails from Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, and is the second child among three siblings in the family, had dreamed of finishing a degree in Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (BSEED). Thus, when he graduated from high school in March 2005, he went straight to Saint Joseph Institute of Technology (SJIT) in Butuan City and enrolled in the BSEED course. As a diligent guy, Banzon burned the midnight oil over the next three and a half years gradually inching closer ...
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22Sep2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Sept 22 (PIA6) -- A total of 762 assessed candidates passed the National Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Competency Assessment and Certification (NATCAC) in Capiz from March 2011 to September this year. However, this figure may increase as another NATCAC is scheduled in the province from October 15 to 26, said Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) – Capiz Public Information Officer Julie Baraquia. “There are 400 NATCAC passers l...
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12Sep2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Sept 12 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), Coca-Cola Philippines and the city government forged a partnership last Monday aimed at helping 1,000 sari-sari store owners become better entrepreneurs. The signing of the joint memorandum of agreement (MOA) signaled the start of the implementation of the Sari-Sari Store Training and Access to Resources (S3TAR) Program in the city with the members of the Charity Women’s Foundat...
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05Sep2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Sept 5 (PIA) -- The Second Congressional District of Misamis Oriental is first runner-up in the national level of the 2012 Kabalikat Awards of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda). Congressman Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano received the trophy and plaque from Tesda Director General Joel J. Villanueva and was honored during the national awarding ceremony held at Tesda central Office, Taguig City, August 24. The Kabalikat Award is one of the instituti...
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28Aug2012MANILA, Agosto 28 (PIA6) – Mga 200 ka mga draybers nga mga myembro sang Federation of Jeepney Operators kag Drivers Association of the Philippines (FEJODAP) kag ang ila pamilya may tsansa sa pagdugang sang ila ikasarang sa pag-drive kag magtuon sang bag-o kag kaangay nga ihibalo katulad sang automotive servicing kag pagkaayo sang makina nga diesel. Ang daku nga Petron Foundation, Inc. amo ang magahatag sang P1 million para sa proyekto nga ginatawag “Tsuper Dunong” para sa suporta sang...
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03Aug2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Aug. 3 (PIA) -- A total of 247 graduates received certificates from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) during the closing ceremony of the Kasanayan para sa Kapayapaan at Kaunlaran (KKK) on August 1 at the 36th Infantry Battalion Headquarters, Dayoan, Tago this province. Spearheaded by TESDA, the said training is under the flagship program of Gov. Johnny Pimentel through the Jobs thru Tech-voc Program, aimed to reduce out-of-school yout...
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01Aug2012KORONADAL CITY, Aug 1 (PIA) -- Forty-five inmates from Cotabato District Jail will undergo skills training under the livelihood program which the Cotabato provincial government launched yesterday, July 31, to train detainees skills helpful in improving their lives. This program is in collaboration with Kidapawan City Skills Training Center Inc. (KCSTCI) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) where inmates will be trained in different livelihood skills such as cooki...
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31Jul2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, July 31 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has launched the 2012 Batang TESDA Awards, a search for outstanding young graduates of technical education and skills development (TESD) programs. The award aims to find TESDA graduates, below 30 years old, who are successful in their chosen career. It is also an advocacy to encourage more participation of the youth in TESD. Criteria for the selection includes TESD training program...
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26Jul2012BACOOR, Cavite, July 26 (PIA) --The Mobile Training plus (Park and Train) bus of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) recently visited the Bacoor National High School (BNHS) to rev up technical vocational education and training (TVET) in the province. TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva who led the launching said, “Being a favorite destination of investors, we want to help Cavite sustain its manpower development by producing highly qualified and skilled workforc...
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23Jul2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, July 23 (PIA) -- Eighty Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Specialistas from the Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) in Region 1 have already generated a total income of P1.5 million since the start of the program in December 2011 to date, according to Tesda-1 Social Marketing Advocacy Campaign Staff Alea Portia Gomez. TESDA certified tech-voc graduates who are also referred to as Tesda Specialista usually form groups and are provided with start-up kit...
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20Jul2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Hulyo 20 (PIA) -- May siguradong trabahong naghihintay sa mga magtatapos ng mga kurso at pagsasanay sa Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda). Ito ang binigyang-diin ni Secretary Joel Villanueva sa kanyang talumpati sa pagtatapos ng 13th T’nalak Festival at 46th Foundation Anniversary ng South Cotabato kung saan panauhing pandangal ang kalihim. Nauna na nitong sinabi sa panayam bago ang kanyang talumpa...
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19Jul2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, July 19 (PIA) -- Secretary Joel Villanueva urged the young people of South Cotabato to choose career being offered by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda). Villanueva was guest of honor at anniversary program of South Cotabato’s 13th T’nalak Festival at the South Cotabato Sports Complex yesterday. “Tesda is like a school that offers work. Every training and every course in Tesda is assur...
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18Jul2012NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, July 18 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) is giving free assessment and certification to trainers, workers and Overseas Filipino Workers under the National Synchronized Competency Assessment and Certification Program. Tesda Negros Occidental Provincial Director Lorena T. Yunque is calling on all interested citizens of Negros to avail of this free assessment and must secure their requirements for submission two days prior to the set sch...
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16Jul2012NAVAL, Biliran, July 16 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Cabucgayan National Schools of Arts and Trades (CNSAT) announced job openings to the public. NSO-Biliran, in a press statement, said the following vacant positions are available for new hires: assistant statistician - must be a college graduate of statistics, mathematics, economics, engineering, or other related courses, preferable with experience and traini...
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13Jul2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, July 13 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has awarded certificates of graduation for NC1 and NC2 trainees of shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) after 20 days of intensive training. A hundred and eighty nine young men and women completed the SMAW training. Municipal Mayor Rafael A. Tanjuatco and TESDA provincial director Velma Salazar awarded the certificates at the graduation rites July 4. Salazar praised the students in her messa...
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12Jul2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, Hulyo 12 (PIA) -- Aabot ng 2,484 na mga kabataan sa buong Rehiyon Dose ang nakatakdang tulungan ng lokal na tanggapan ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Ayon sa ulat mula sa tanggapan ni DSWD 12 Director Bai Zorahayda T. Taha, kasalukuyan ng inaayos ang ilan sa mga proseso para sa pagpapatupad sa rehiyon ng programang “Cash for Training" katuwang ang TESDA. Sa ilalim ng programa, tutu...
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09Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, July 9 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is scheduled to conduct its annual technical vocational education and training (TVET) Competency Assessment and Certification on July 9 - 20 and August 20 - 31 this year. Although the usual registration fee is P700, this time, the registration for NATCAC is free. NATCAC is given to skilled workers, workers of the government and private establishments, returning overseas Filipino workers, assessors...
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09Jul2012MANILA, Hulyo 9 (PIA) –- Ang The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) magapadayon sa pagpaninguha nga makakuha sang mga foreign study grants nga makadugang sang kina-adman sa pagpadalagan sang opisina kag sa teknikal nga mga aspeto sang mga empleyado sa gobyerno. Si Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA Director General, nagpahayag nga halin Enero tubtub Mayo sa sini nga tuig, ang Pilipinas nakabaton sang 176 ka mga programa nga ginhatag sang nakalain lain nga mga pungsod...
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06Jul2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, July 6 (PIA) -- The Yellow Bus Line Inc. based here is working on the national certification of its drivers aside from complying with the Department of Labor and Employment’s order on fixed daily salary of drivers and conductors. At the meeting with DOLE 12 Regional Director Chona Mantilla on Wednesday, YBL HR manager Norlan Yap also reported that they have already started the process to conform to the Department of Transportation ...
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06Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 5 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) launched its first classroom on wheels through the Mobile Training Classroom Plus Park and Train Program (MBC-PTP) recently in Canlaon City. According to TESDA Information Officer Geraldine delos Reyes, the van is equipped with welding equipment, and machines and tools for mobile training. This is an alternative modality of delivering quality-assured technical-vocational programs at the doorstep of...
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04Jul2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 4 (PIA) -- To mark its 18th Anniversary celebration, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-X is giving due recognition to skilled workers who have become successful in their field through Tech-Voc training program. This year, the search for Idols ng TESDA award is now on. The selection of a potential candidate for self-employed and wage-employed categories will commence at the TESDA provincial office for the regional competition. The regiona...
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04Jul2012“Nalipay kaayo ko pagkabalo nga naay scholarship kay pwede na ko mo eskwela og college nga mag focus ra gyud sa pag eskwela (I was very happy when I knew about the scholarship, because I could focus on my studies),” said Barbie with a smile. Barbie Retchie Felisidad, 18, is a high school graduate from barangay Simbalan, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. She is second among the twelve siblings. Barbie believes that education and hard work are the key factors in achieving her dream of becoming ...
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03Jul2012DAVAO CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will be implementing again the National TVET Competency Assessment and Certification (NATCAC) program after its successful run in 2011. According to TESDA, the program is being offered to industry workers, technical vocational education and training (TVET) trainers-assessors and returning overseas Filipino Workers. The program, which is aimed at enhancing the competitiveness and employability of worke...
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02Jul2012BAYAWAN CITY, Negros Oriental, July 2 (PIA) -- More than 100 trainees graduated in different vocational skills on June 27 in Bayawan City, Negors Oriental. Of the 112 graduates, 39 completed the training on Personal Computer Operatio,; 24 in Consumer Electronics Servicing, 16 in Food Processing and Preservation, 16 in Building Wiring Installation, and 17 in Rough Carpentry. According to Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Information Officer Geraldine delos Reyes, ...
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01Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 1 (PIA) -- The Technical Education & Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has joined the Digicraze Exhibit with call centers and schools that started on June 22 until July 1 at Robinsons Place, Dumaguete City. The week-long exhibit provides an opportunity for TESDA to promote its e-learning training program or the TESDA Online Program (TOP) and Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP), said TESDA Information Officer Geraldine delos Reyes. The TOP is TESDA’s current...
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27Jun2012LUNGSOD NG ANGELES, Pampanga, Hunyo 27 (PIA) -- Sa pamamagitan ng isang memorandum of agreement (MOA) sa pagitan ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) at mga ahensiya tulad ng Clark Development Corporation, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, at Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan, tutulong ang TESDA patungkol sa job-skills matching, pagtatasa ng mga middle-level workers, at iba pang tulong. Ayon kay TESDA regional information officer Gilbert Castro, saklaw ng MOA ...
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21Jun2012LAS PIÑAS, June 21 (PIA) -- Las Piñas City Mayor Nene Aguilar said that students taking up technical and vocational (tech-voc) courses have better job prospects. This, as 950 city residents will soon graduate from various vocational and technical courses at the Las Piñas City Manpower and Training Center on July 5. In a release sent to PIA-NCR, Aguilar said the free training on various courses is aimed at helping the residents find gainful employment and help them start their own home-base...
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21Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 21 (PIA) -- A group of welders in Negros Oriental recently produced 50 newsstands for one of the largest national daily newspapers in the country. The welding fabrication group from Sibulan town composed of 10 skilled workers trained and certified by the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) earlier obtained a contract of work from national daily newspaper Manila Bulletin for the construction of 100 magazine stands costing P850 each. The group of ‘sp...
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20Jun2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, June 20 (PIA6) – “I will break this chains that bind me, happiness will find me leave the past behind me, today my life begins.” This was part of a Bruno Mars song rendered by graduates of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) technical vocational courses during the recent launching of “TESDA Specialista” program in the province. Wearing blue vests and upbeat with the turnover of health toolkits, a group of caregiver graduates rendered the so...
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20Jun2012ILOILO CITY, June 20 (PIA) -- The Commission on Higher Education (CHED-6) and an engineers’ association seeks to address course mismatch in tertiary education. The Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers (PSME) in Panay has advanced the idea that an undersubscribed course, like Mechanical Engineering, is in demand in the market but has few enrollees. Both CHED Education Program Specialist Dr. Rex Casiple and PSME-Panay Chapter President Engr. Lemie Leonida were guests in the weekly cable ...
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18Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 18 (PIA) -- Government agencies composed of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Provincial Government of Agusan del Norte, and Technical Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has signed a memorandum of agreement with EMCO Plywood Corporation and Equi-Parco Construction, Inc. in support to the public-private partnership (PPP) of the national government. The ceremonies, held recently at the covered court of the Agusan del Norte Provincial Capitol here, is one of the hi...
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16Jun2012BAGUIO CITY, June 16 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is currently offering training scholarships on various trades for those who want to learn employable technical-vocational (Tech-Voc) skills or those who want to upgrade their skills. TESDA-Cordillera Regional Director Yolanda Olano disclosed that the agency is currently offering scholarship slots under its Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) in partnership with several tech-voc training ins...
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16Jun2012ILOILO CITY, June 16 (PIA6) -- Parents will not regret the support they give to the government’s K to 12 program, since their children will reap the quality of education needed for competitive jobs later. For Education Program Specialist Dr. Rex Casiple of the Commission on Higher Education, having his own children immersed in the K to 12 now, is preparing them for professional growth with enhanced curriculum and extended years. “That is why, even we at CHED have committed to endorse...
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12Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 12 (PIA) -- In time with the opening of the 45th Araw ng Agusan del Norte celebration today, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) awarded some 300 scholarship certificates to qualified beneficiaries in the province. The program highlighted the celebration of the province’s charter day celebration, which is also in time with the celebration of the 114th Philippine Independence Day. TESDA-Agusan del Norte Provincial Director Florencio Sunico said t...
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07Jun2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, June 7 (PIA) -- In line with the celebration of the 111th Araw ng Lalawigan ng Rizal, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Rizal, in coordination with the Rizal Provincial Government, will be holding another Diskwento Caravan at the Ynares Center on June 11. The caravan is a program held to alleviate the rise in prices of basic commodities and school supplies. Products such as school supplies, shoes, bags uniforms, cooking oil, processed meat, bread, and seasoni...
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07Jun2012ILOILO CITY, June 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 6 and in partnership with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Iloilo Chapter will conduct a job fair dubbed “Kalayaan Job Fair” on June 12 to mark the 114th anniversary of Philippine Independence Day. Preparations for the activity were laid down at a multi-sectoral meeting held on June 5 at Sarabia Manor Hotel, this city. As of date, 60 companies have signified their intention to...
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06Jun2012TAGUIG CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- The Technological Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) treated some 1,000 elementary students to free hair cut last Sunday to prepare them for the opening of classes. The “Libreng Gupit Sa Mag-aaral Ngayong Pasukan Handog ng TESDA,” launched at the Tenement Elementary School in Taguig City is the agency’s contribution to the “Brigada Eskwela” program of the Department of Education (DepEd) for the new school year. During its launch, TESDA D...
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04Jun2012TAGUIG, June 4 (PIA) -- Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano today joins Education Secretary Armin Luistro and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Joel Villanueva in welcoming students back to school by giving them free haircut. Dubbed “Libreng Gupit sa Mag-Aaral Ngayong Pasukan Handog ng TESDA,” the program gives free haircut service to students of the Tenement Elementary School in West Bicutan, Taguig City. In a release, Cayetano expressed her suppor...
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24May2012SURIGAO CITY, May 24 (PIA) -– A total of five municipalities in Surigao del Norte will benefit from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) - Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Convergence Program on poverty alleviation. TESDA Provincial Director Rodrigo De Villa said the program brings together DOLE’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) and TESDA’s Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) which aims to provide trainings and employment op...
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23May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 and its partners, including Social Security System (SSS) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) recently signed a commitment of support for workers in the informal economy (WIE). Chairmaine Dawn Ladot-Sonsona, labor communications officer of DOLE 12, said the signing ceremony on May 18, was in line with the government’s advocacy to promote social protection of those ...
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23May2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 23 (PIA) -- A team from TESDA Central Visayas visited TESDA Samar to learn a thing or two in obtaining ISO certification. In a visit last week, Buenafe Sta. Rita, Assistant Regional Director and concurrent TESDA-Cebu provincial director said that they need to learn some kind of benchmarking how it is done to ensure that they pass the July auditing process. Benchmarking involves observing how others compete, learn how an organization’s policies, products, programs ...
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22May2012ILOILO CITY, May 22 (PIA) –- Iloilo province has 60 specialists in various technical vocational courses certified by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority-6 (TESDA). These specialistas, according to TESDA-6 Information Officer Bernadette Puertas are beneficiaries of the TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) which credits Tech-Voc graduates as licensed in their respective fields. The 60 have been trained in partnership with their local government units an...
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16May2012LUNGSOD NG DAGUPAN, Mayo 16 (PIA) -- Puspusang ikinakampanya ngayon ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority o TESDA ang programang ‘technopreneur’ o TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) na nagsimula nang rumatsada sa mga bayan noong nakaraang taon. Ayon kay Provincial Director Manuel Wong, layunin ng programa na mabigyan ng pagkakakitaan ang mga dating estudyante ng TESDA na kasalukuyang walang trabaho. Ang programa na inilunsad ni Secretary Joel Villanueva no...
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15May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 15 (PIA) –- To assist poor but deserving students to obtain technical education, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Caraga Region continues to implement scholarship program, offering the Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP). TESDA Agusan del Norte Provincial Director Dr. Florencio Sunico, Jr. said their office can only accommodate 400 slots and is open to high school graduates who are at least 18 years old. The official also said qualifi...
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15May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- As support to the Aquino administration’s Philippine Development Goals 2011-2016, the Department of Education (DepEd) Caraga is strengthening skills of teachers in the region to cope with the implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Program. Teachers for the basic education are currently undergoing simultaneous training on the program's curriculum, Conchita Ubay, elementary education chief, said during the 2nd Quarter Meeting of the Regional Development Coun...
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14May2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, May 14 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Quezon provincial office is calling all graduates of technology–vocational courses or national certificate holders (NC 2) to report to Rosie B. Lorenzo at the Lucena City Manpower Skills Training Center to form a group and register their names as TESDA specialista. Engineer Racy Gesmundo, supervising technical education skills development specialist of TESDA, Quezon, said the NC holders wil...
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13May2012NEGROS OCC., May 13 (PIA) -- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Sec. Joel Villanueva urged technical and vocational graduates in the country to take the competency assessment test to make them more competitive and prepared in the technical jobs they plan to pursue both in the local market and overseas. "I invite all technical-vocational graduates, skilled workers, and returning OFWs to take competency assessment, be certified, and qualified for higher...
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11May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 11 (PIA) -- Some 148 out-of-school youths in nearby Tampakan town recently completed a four-month skills training sponsored by the local government unit in partnership with the mining firm Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Of these, 15 completed training in carpentry, 15 in masonry, 45 in plumbing, 22 in electrical installation and maintenance, 28 in welding and 23...
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09May2012CEBU CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- Ang Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) maninguha sa pagpa-usbaw ug pagpalambo sa mga kababayen-ang mga organisasyon alang sa kalamboan sa tibuok nasud. Si TESDA director general Joel Villanueva mituo sa kabililhon sa mga kababayen-an sa pagpausbaw sa kalamboan sa nasud. Nagkanayon si Villanueva nga gikinahanglan sa mga kababayen-an nga mahatagan sa oportunidad ug luna aron sila makapasundayag sa ilang mga abilidad, kapasidad ug kahanas sa pa...
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08May2012CALAUAN, Laguna, May 8 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) scholarship program in this municipality got a much-needed boost with the allotment of P200,000 from Senator Pia Cayetano. Municipal Administrator Jayca Padrid said the amount will cover the expenses in the training program for dressmaking, welding, masonry, plumbing, electrical installation, and carpentry that will start on June 4. According to Padrid, the scholarship is expected to help selected ...
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08May2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) called on industrial workers and service providers over business issues in a forum at the DTI conference room here recently. The whole day meeting was attended by six proprietors and nine workers from the different repair shops in Catbalogan City. DTI discussed the provisions of Presidential Decree (PD) 1572 or The Regulation of Repair and Service Shops, Republic Act (RA) No. 7394 or The Consumer Act of the Phil...
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07May2012There were no klieg lights nor fireworks to herald Mr. Reynaldo Sajolga, pioneering President of the Cabadbaran Small Construction Workers Association, but the thought that his group is already on the intervention radar of both TESDA and the local government unit was enough to perk him to rise up to the challenge and deliver a heart-felt message of thanks and gratitude “for the tools and equipment you have given us” just recently at the People’s Hall, Government Center here. His group, ...
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06May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Caraga Region is urging job seekers to undergo skills trainings initiated by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to prepare them for any job fairs and job hunting This developed after the labor department observed the low percentage of applicants in Caraga who were hired during the conduct of Job Fest 2012, which the department spearheaded, in time with the celebration of Labor Day on May 1 D...
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06May2012ILOILO CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- There are training opportunities available at the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)–Iloilo Provincial Office for qualified beneficiaries who would like to boost their chances of getting a job and starting their own business. This was learned from TESDA 6 Information Officer Bernadette Puertas who manned the agency’s information desk at the one-stop-shop of government services during the May 1 Labor Day Job fair at SM City Mall in thi...
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06May2012CEBU CITY, May 6 (PIA) ---TESDA director general Joel Villanueva says that the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will contribute to the empowerment of women by being a conduit to several women organizations in the country . Villanueva said TESDA aims to promote women empowerment as it believes in the value and worth of women in promoting progress and development of a country. He added that women play a crucial role in the country’s development. "There is a need fo...
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06May2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, May 6 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will launch the TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) in Capiz on May 10 at the Provincial Capitol here. The TSTP is a new program of TESDA in support to the government’s stimulus program to push economic growth back on track by providing alternative job opportunities . The program produces Samahang TESDA SPECIALISTAs composed of community-based service aggrupations (a group or an ...
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06May2012CEBU CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is intensifying its goal to provide Filipinos with sufficient skills needed to become competitive skilled workers; it is now reaching out to rural areas in doing so. In Metro Cebu and neighboring Negros Oriental, TESDA widened its services by launching the "TESDA Park and Train Mobile Vans" intended to cater to the skills training needs of the people at the grassroots and in rural areas who cannot reac...
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06May2012SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Mayo 6 (PIA) -- May yara sang mga oportunidad sa paghanas sa Technical Education and Skills Development Authority - Iloilo Provincial Office para sa mga kwalipikado nga benepisyaryo nga luyag mapasangkad pa ang ila kahigayunan nga makakuha sang trabaho kag makasugod sang ila negosyo. Ini ang nahibaluan kay TESDA 6 Information Officer Bernadette Puertas nga nagtawo sa information desk sang ahensya sa one-stop- shop sang mga serbisyo sang gobyerno sa tion sang Mayo 1 nga Labo...
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06May2012SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Mayo 6 (PIA) -- Una, amo ang mga 1,344 ka aplikantes nga nakuha sa trabaho didto mismo, batuk sa 86 gid lamang sang nagligad nga tuig, kag, ikaduha, ang mga 11,468 ka aplikantes batuk sa 6,101 sang nagligad nga tuig. Sa sining 1, 344, mga 30 ang nakuha sa trabaho para luas didto mismo. Ang rekord nagapakita nga ang mga kompaniya sa service sector ang nakakuha sang laban sang mga aplikante, nga ginsundan sang business process outsourcing companies. Suno sa kay DOLE-6 di...
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03May2012MANILA, May 3 (PIA) -- Ang Presaidente Benigno Aquino III nagbisita sa ika-110 nga pagsaulog sa Labor Day ug perya sa panginabuhi sa World Trade Center sa Pasay City nga giorganisar sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa pagtinabangay sa uban nga ahensya sa gobyerno. Ang Presidente naglibot sa gipasundayagan sa DOLE, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) ug uban nga ahensya sa gobyerno. Ang Presidente Aquino usab misaksi sa pirmahay sa kontrata ug sa paghatag ...
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27Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- As the Philippine government continues its efforts to provide better opportunities to Filipinos to address poverty, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) launched its TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) on Thursday in Cabadbaran City. In his message, TESDA Deputy Director General Atty. Teodoro Pascua emphasized that with TESDA, everyone who wants to land a job has choices. “Through the skills trainings provided by TES...
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27Apr2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 27 (PIA) -- More help will soon be made available to out-of-school youths in Soccksargen Region as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) joined together two of their flagship programs. DOLE 12 Regional Director Chona Mantilla yesterday announced they will launch on Labor Day (May 1) in General Santos City the DOLE-TESDA Convergence Program on Poverty A...
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27Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, Abril 27 (PIA) –- Alang kang Senior Police Officer 1 Jean A. Virtudazo, 32 sa Surigao del Norte Provincial Police Office, ang “red alert” nga mensahe mura lang og regular nga bulohaton. Apan ang iyang bana, si Junie, nga nagtrabaho sa adlawan nga oras sa Department of Science and Technology – Surigao del Norte, makabati guihapon ug katulogon sa oras nga siya paga-maneho-an sa lugar kung diin nahitabo ang krimen aron mu-responde niini. Kini nga situwasyon naghatag kanila og...
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26Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- For Senior Police Officer 1 Jean A. Virtudazo, 32, of the Surigao del Norte Provincial Police Office, the “red alert” message seems already a regular routine. But her husband Junie, who works daytime at the Department of Science and Technology - Surigao del Norte, could still feel off at times for being tugged away from his sound sleep to drive her to the place of action or the scene of the crime. This situation motivated her more to learn the ropes of ba...
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22Apr2012PILI, CAMARINES SUR, April 22 (PIA) -- “TESDA conveys the vision of bringing its services to the highest degree of quality standard and it has pleased me to know that here in Camarines Sur, the youth are showing off their interest to promote Information Technology (IT) through their expertise in 2D and 3D animation.” These were the words of inspiration uttered by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Joel Villanueva during a press conference held th...
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17Apr2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through Regional Director Ofelia Domingo has already released the activities for the May 1 Labor Day celebration in Caraga Region. According to Teofila Rosales, Supervising Labor Employment Officer (LEO) and Field Office Head in Surigao del Sur, these include the Pre-Employment Seminar for Local Applicant (PESLA) on April 10 to 30, Pre-Overseas Employment Seminar (PEOS), and the Pre-Registration and P...
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15Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 15 (PIA) -- Twenty six specialists of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Specialistas in Negros Oriental were trained on marketing and Industrious, Systematic, Time conscious, Innovative value for work (ISTIV) Bayanihan Thursday in Dumaguete City. According to TESDA Information Officer Geraldine delos Reyes, the TESDA in coordination with the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) of Cebu City conducted the training. To equi...
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14Apr2012CABADBARAN, Agusan del Norte, April 14 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Provincial Office of Agusan del Norte spearheaded a two-day induction program for 87 trainees on April 11 and 13 at the Provincial Training Center here to give them the big picture on what to expect during their training and post-training undertakings and prepare them for the long haul. In terms of breakdown, 27 out of the 87 trainees will undergo the Commercial Cooking NC II skills...
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14Apr2012ANTIPOLO CITY, April 14 (PIA) -- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) - Rizal is anticipating up to 350 trainees to complete their courses this April. TESDA’s Cainta training center is expecting around 220 residents who will be receiving their NC-I (National Certificate I) in electrical installation and maintenance, refrigeration and air-conditioning servicing, dressmaking, domestic appliance servicing leading to consumer electronics servicing, consumer electronics ser...
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13Apr2012KALIBO, Aklan, April 13 (PIA) -- A team up between two government agencies here has been forged to make Aklan’s out-of-school youths (OSYs) skillful and productive. This team up is between the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Aklan, which came up with a training scheme to equip OSYs with skills which they could use for their livelihood activities. According to Vidiolo Salvacion, DOLE-Aklan OIC Provincial Hea...
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11Apr2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, April 11 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) – Rizal will be pushing for the expansion of its TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) in other municipalities within the province. To date, TESDA-Rizal has hairdressing, beauty and wellness and massage specialists in Taytay, Montalban, Antipolo I (upper vicinity) and Antipolo (lower vicinity) catering to residents of their respective districts for a fee. According to TESDA-R...
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11Apr2012SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Apr. 11 (PIA) -– Ang Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) sa Surigao del Norte gipresentar bag-ohay pa lamang ang pinaka-unang grupo nga migradwar didto sa Siargao Island sa usa ka simpleng commencement rites nga gipahigayon didto sa Women’s Center sa General Luna, ning maong probinsya. Ang unang grupo naglakip sa 24 ka mga gradwado sa security services, 12 sa housekeeping, 24 sa healthcare, 10 sa massage, ug unom sa bartending. Si Surigao del N...
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10Apr2012SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Apr. 10 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Surigao del Norte presented recently its first batch of graduates in Siargao Island in a simple commencement rites held at the Women’s Center in Gen. Luna, this province. The first batch include 24 for security services, 12 for housekeeping, 24 for healthcare, 10 for massage, and six for bartending with First District Congressman Francisco Matugas as the keynote speaker. The event carries...
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03Apr2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, April 3 (PIA) -- At least 116 trainees from different parts of Surigao del Sur graduated recently from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) provincial office here. According to Allan Millan, Supervising Technical Education Skills Development Specialist (TESDS), the new batch of graduates are as follows: personal computer operations – nine; consumer electronics services – 30; housekeeping – 23; bartending – 24; and, driving – 3...
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03Apr2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 3 (PIA) -- Barely three months from its launching, Region 12’s TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) has shown promise as a source of income among technical vocational education and training (TVET) graduates. A press release from the office Technical Education and Skills Development Authority regional direct Zeus Ampuyas on Monday said, 130 organized TSTP entrepreneurs in three provinces and one city have alr...
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31Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 31 (PIA) -- In response to the increasing unemployment, the regional office of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA-12) has intensified efforts to give their graduates better chances at earning income by becoming entrepreneurs. TESDA- 12 regional director Zeus Ampuyas said they are now implementing TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP), which aims to assist unemployed technical vocation...
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29Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 29 (PIA) -- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Joel Villanueva encouraged the youth to become entrepreneurs as a way out of poverty. Villanueva said this during his visit to Iloilo, March 27 to lead the distribution of tool kits to TESDA Specialistas in the province and city under the agency’s TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP). “Many will graduate this month. All will look...
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28Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 28 (PIA) - - Some 60 Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) training graduates received tool kits under the agency’s Specialista Technopreneursip Program (TSTP) in a ceremony led by TESDA Director General Secretary Joel Villanueva at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol on March 27. The said graduates from Iloilo City, Passi City and towns of Mina and Oton have completed the vocational training program of the agency. They were issued a certificate after pass...
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27Mar2012CEBU CITY, Mar 27 (PIA) -- The Talisay City Jail Management in Talisay City, Cebu is planning to establish a mini-park inside the jail compound where inmates and their families can spend time together. Deputy Warden, Jail Inspector Emilianito Enriquez bared this during the recent Cebu Association of Cities and Municipalities Information Officers (CAOCAMPIO) monthly meeting held in Talisay City. The Talisay City jail has 288 prisoners, of which more than 30 of are female. About 80 to 90 per...
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27Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 27 (PIA) --Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Joel Villanueva will personally lead the turn-over of tool kits to various groups of TESDA Specialistas at the Provincial Capitol today. TESDA Specialistas are tech-voc graduates, skilled workers and returning Overseas Filipino Workers who passed the competency assessment and certification program of TESDA. In order to get into productive activities to help themselves and the communi...
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26Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, Mar. 26 (PIA) --The "TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program" is now in place all over the province of Zamboanga del Norte. This developed after the Provincial Office of the Technical Educations and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Zamboanga del Norte has grouped all its trained and certified graduates based on their field of qualifications to start a new enterprise. The TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program , is created to provide employment opportunities to T...
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26Mar2012BACOLOD CITY, March 26 (PIA6) -- A follow up program for graduates of the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Negros Occidental will be launched in Kabankalan City on April 2. A memorandum of agreement will be signed for the turnover of toolkits to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) graduates, who are officially part of the TESDA Spesyalista Technopreneurship Program or Samahang Spesyalista ng TESDA in Automotive Services, a press release from TESD...
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24Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 24 (PIA) -- Women, who otherwise would have been economically and socially unproductive because they lacked or did not finish formal schooling, are now finding fulfilment through the technical-vocational trainings given to them by the Technical Institute of Iloilo City (TIIC). Eva H. Camaymayan of Bgy. Arguelles, Jaro, a college dropout and unemployed, enrolled in Beauty Care NC II at TIIC-Bo. Obrero Campus and upon graduating went to Saudi Arabia to work as a salon bea...
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23Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar 23 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skill Development Authority (TESDA) will hold mobile jobs bridging program in the different parts of the National Capital Region to reach out to TESDA Specialistas. Dubbed “Trabaho Para sa TESDA Specialista,” TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva said in a press release that the program launch for this year is very timely because it is graduation season. “Graduates can come to our jobs bridging venues and discover for themselve...
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20Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 20 (PIA) -- Twenty five job hunters were hired on-the-spot in a job fair held in General Santos City early this month. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA-12) noted that of those hired, 18 were for overseas employment. Ninety-one others qualified for the ...
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16Mar2012NAVAL, Biliran, March 15 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Biliran is calling on high school graduates here to avail of the various scholarship grants offered by their agency for the next school year opening in June 2012. The call was made by Loreta Banario, provincial director of TESDA-Biliran during the Kapihan sa PIA held on Thursday, March 15, live in Radyo Nation - Naval. The national scholarship include the Training ...
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14Mar2012If the people cannot come to government, then let the government come to the people, to rephrase a Middle Eastern proverb. This was what the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) of Caraga Region, in collaboration with Butuan, did when it ushered in the “RCC on wheels” in the service of the people on March 13 in Butuan under the slogan, “Serbisyong DOLE sa inyong tugkaran” which is translated in English as “DOLE services right at your doorsteps...
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13Mar2012BALER, Aurora, Mar. 13 (PIA) - Nagtapos mula sa skills training-workshop ang may 50 kababaihan kahapon, Lunes, bilang massage attendants at manikurista na inisponsor ng pamahalaang lungsod ng Balanga, sa Bataan. Ang pagtatapos sa nasabing pagsasanay ay bahagi ng pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng mga Kababaihan. Ayon kay Jose Enrique Garcia III, ang alkalde ng Lungsod, na mas marami pang kababaihan ang sasanayin sa iba’t-ibang uri ng kasanayan upang matulungan sila ...
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13Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) - -Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Joel Villanueva is now a certified barista. This, after the TESDA chief got a National Certificate III after completing a course on Food and Beverage Service. "I wanted to show that I am the number one believer of TESDA, and help make every graduate proud about taking technical-vocational courses," Villanueva said in a news release. Vil...
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12Mar2012BACOLOD CITY, March 12 (PIA6) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) met recently with 32 community training and employment coordinators (CTECs) of the local government units of Negros Occidental at the Masskara Hall, New Government Center, a press release from City Hall said. TESDA Neg. Occ. Provincial Director Lorena T. Yunque discussed with CTECs the guidelines on the upcoming 19th PANAAD Livelihood Skills Competition scheduled on April 11, 2012. &nbs...
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09Mar2012SAN JOSE, Antique Mar 9 (PIA) –-The audit team of Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) conducted a compliance audit of accredited Assessment Centers in Antique. The compliance audit according to Provincial Director Rick Abraham of TESDA Antique, endeavors to ensure that the assessment centers complied with the standards set or manual of operations and procedures of assessment of the industry being assessed. Antique, Abraham said has three assessmen...
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08Mar2012SAN JOSE, Antique, March 8 (PIA) -- Ang Asosasyon Sang Mangunguma Bisaya-Owa Mangunguman, Inc (AAMBIS-OWA), a partylist composed of small land owners/farmers recently awarded scholarship grants for 46 Antiquenos. Partylist representative Sharon S. Garin was in Antique on Monday to personally hand over cash vouchers for scholars who wish to take short term vocational courses accredited by Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Of the total am...
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07Mar2012CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- Continuous effort is being pursued by the provincial government of Northern Samar to minimize, if not eradicate, unemployment in the province. This is one priority program of Gov.Paul Daza through job skills matching. A meeting was called recently by the governor with the Education group to discuss employability of those taking technical vocational skills training program in Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (T...
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06Mar2012Those who continue to strive amid the trials in life are usually destined to succeed in the long run. Of those who got this winning attitude, Melojean A. Guilao is surely part of the club. Guilao was originally enrolled as an Environmental Management student at the Caraga University. However, she found out later that she was not cut out for it – for lack of monetary resources to fuel her dreams and because it was not her passion. She also got preg...
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06Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 6 (PIA6) -- Twenty-one regional line agencies and 11 state universities and colleges (SUCs) presented their budget proposals for 2013, for review and endorsement. The Executive Committee of the Regional Development Council (RDC-6) in Western Visayas said the budget consultation was in consonance with Budget Memorandum No.112 that calls for such. Moreover, NEDA-6 said the main purpose of the budget consultations is to ensure that the proponents’ prog...
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04Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 4 (PIA) -- The TESDA specialists trained on technical-vocational skills will also be taught the rudiments of business as they are now called Tesda Specialista Technopreneurs. “As we anticipate their blossoming into service providers, we will teach them how to maintain logbooks for clients, financial operations and budgeting, personality improvement, records keeping, and how to negotiate with clients,” said Imelda Calagos-TESDA nurturer. On ...
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04Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 4 (PIA) -- Hahag-irun hin hul-os ha natad han pag negosyo an mga TESDA specialistas nga gin training ha technical-vocational skills komo hira yana in mga TESDA Specialista Technopreneurs. “Nahingyap kami nga hira in magiging service providers, salit tutut-duan namon hira han pag andam hin logbooks para ha mga kliyente, financial operations, budgeting, personality improvement, records keeping ngan ano pakihampang ha mga kliyente,” segun...
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02Mar2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, March 2 (PIA) -- In its bid to produce quality and employable workforce that would respond to the needs of the different industries in the province, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Provincial Office recently conducted a province-wide Technical-Vocational Educational and Training (TVET) and Industry Forum According to TESDA Provincial Director Tarhata S. Mapandi, the forum was the first provincial TVET and Industr...
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29Feb2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 28 (PIA) --The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Samar received the International Standardization Organization (ISO) certificate last week at the central office. According to Cleta Omega, provincial director, they received the certificate during their management conference. “This is the product of a long and arduous process,” Omega told PIA. This means that TESDA Samar passed the international standard s...
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28Feb2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The decreasing number of farmers in the region led the Regional Development Council’s Agribusiness Sector (RDC-Agribusiness SeCom) to devise strategies to provide farmers with business skills to help them adjust and cope up with the changing times and technology. During the Sectoral Committee meeting held on February 21, representatives of member-agencies of the RDC-Agribusiness SeCom presented their programs to help turn farming ...
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27Feb2012SURIGAO DEL SUR, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The implementation of the Kasanayan para sa Kapayapaan at Kaunlaran (KKK), facilitated by the 29th Infantry Battalion under Col Henry Robinson, Jr. and in partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) led by Dir Rey Cueva, gains support from the Local officials here. KKK is a Bayanihan project conducted by the Philippine army under the Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) of the Aquino Administratio...
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24Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 24 -- A village in Quezon City that was swamped by flash floods nearly three years ago became the first stop of the Mobile Training Plus (Park and Train) bus of the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA). TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva led the ceremonial turn-over of the bus to the residents of Barangay Bagong Silangan in the city’s second district, Wednesday which will serve as the village’s new “school” for ...
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23Feb2012CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- A Sangguniang Panlalawigan member called on graduating high school students to stay away from popular college courses that may turn them jobless four or five years after. Board Member Anthony Umali said a lot of degree holders end with jobs that are not related from the course they took in college. By the definition of labor organizations, such status of employment is a job mismatch. Even opportunities abroad for graduates...
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22Feb2012BACOLOD CITY, February 22 (PIA6) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Negros Occidental. in collaboration with Brgy. Villamonte, launched the Samahang Spesyalista for beauty and wellness services. The group is composed of massage therapists, hairdressers and nail art technicians who are holders of TESDA National Competency (NC) II, a press release from TESDA said. A launching ceremony and turnover of tools and materials to TESDA Spesyalista was atte...
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21Feb2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, February 21 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Surigao del Sur headed by Provincial Director Rey Cueva has continued to do conduct more trainings here. According to Nancy De Guzman, TESDA Administrative Officer V, 12 trainings have already been started since the beginning of the year saying six of which were completed while the rest are still on-going. De Guzman certified that trainings bein...
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20Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 20 (PIA) -- At least 2,200 scholarship slots for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) are open in Soccsksargen Region this year, an official of TESDA-12 said. TESDA 12 Regional Director Zeus Ampuyas told members of the media here that 800 of these allocations are intended for the Priv...
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18Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 18 (PIA) -- Technical Education and Skill Development Authority (TESDA) Dir. Gen. Joel Villanueva, in behalf of the agency, received the International Standards Organization (ISO) Cerficate 9001:2008. In a simple rite at the TESDA Complex in Taguig City, Gen. Manager Jen Wen Chia of the TUV SUD PSB that audited the services of the agency handed the certificate to Villanueva. Accordingly, TESDA was given the prestigious quality branding be...
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17Feb2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has a P5 million scholarship fund for construction-related training to benefit the earthquake victims in badly hit areas in the first district of Negros Oriental. TESDA Provincial Director Toni June Tamayo said the program is intended to help fast track the rehabilitation and repair efforts of essential infrastructures damaged by the strong quake such as roads and bridges and even houses. ...
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17Feb2012BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occ., Feb. 16 (PIA6) -- Forty eight scholars under the Training for Work Scholarship Program of the Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC) are now working in call centers in Bacolod City, a press release from NOLITC said. The scholars coming from the various towns and cities in the province have completed the mandatory 100-hour training program initiated by the provincial government in collaboration with the Technical Education and...
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16Feb2012CATBALOGAN CITY. Samar, Feb 16 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) offers non stop-scholarship under the Private Education Students Financial Assistance (PESFA). TESDA has partner institutions nationwide that implement enterprise-based and community-based training programs. It also has a network of 125 TESDA Technology Institutes composed of schools and training centers it administers all over the country. Accor...
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15Feb2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and a multinational beverage company is set to push for the company’s campaign for the economic empowerment of women. TESDA, together with Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines Inc., dubbed this program as the National Convergence Program on Empowering Grassroots Women Entrepreneurs. This program will train women in basic entrepreneurial skills in accounting, merchandising, invent...
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15Feb2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 15 (PIA) -- There is the "guru," "the master," the "idol," now there is the "specialista." The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) launched TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) information center in Calbayog City on February 10, 2012. The specialista is a graduate of a TESDA technical-vocational course that specializes in any of the three groupings: food and beve...
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13Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- Ang Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) provincial office dinhi miagi na sa mga gikinahanglng proseso sa audit-qualifying body aron makapasar sa International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Sa unang mga interbyu kaniya sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA), si TESDA provincial director Rolando Juanillo misulti nga ang iyang opisina gipa-ilawom sa hugot nga pakisusi pagsuhid sa iyang mga quality services, in...
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12Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) provincial office here has undergone the necessary processes required by an audit-qualifying body for it to pass the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). In previous interviews with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), TESDA Provincial Director Rolando Juanillo has intimated that his office was subjected to a rigorous scrutiny assessing its quality ...
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10Feb2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 10 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will set up a TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) information center at Robinson’s Place in Dumaguete City. The center, according to TESDA Information Officer Geraldine Delos Reyes opens on February 11 to 25 to respond to queries from the public primarily Typhoon Sendong and earthquake victims who want to avail of the services of the TESDA &lsqu...
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10Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 10 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has turned seized logs into school chairs under the PNoy Bayanihan project. Some 22,000 units of school chairs were already produced by 117 workers trained by TESDA for the project since it started last year., The project involves turning confiscated logs into chairs to help solve the lack of the furniture for students in public schools. TESDA Dir. Gen. Joel Villanue...
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10Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 10 (PIA) -- In a bid to hasten the development and expansion of the tourism industry in the Province of Agusan del Norte, planning and tourism officers both from the municipal and provincial government units, including stakeholders from the Provincial Tourism Council, Department of Tourism and TESDA have had been converging for several intensive sessions to map out strategies for a workable and encompassing Provincial Tourism Master Plan. Daniel Calo, p...
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09Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 9 (PIA ) -- Ang mga interesado ug mga kwalipikado nga mga batan-on ning siyudad mahimong makapahimulos sa usa ka scholarship training program alang sa tulo ca vocational-technical nga mga kurso sa usa ka pribado nga tunghaan uban sa pag-abag sa Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Sa interbyu kaniya sa telepono kagahapon sa buntag, si TESDA Provincial Director Rolando Juanillo mitug-an sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA) ng...
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08Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- During the two-day sorty of TESDA Secretary Joel Villanueva here and in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, he met with the press and shared that the agency is vibrant with programs, projects and activities for the benefit and development of stakeholders, middle level clients, industry sectors and technical-vocational institutions. He shared that the multi-agency endeavor of TESDA, Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Environment an...
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07Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Caraga Region is set to conduct massive trainings of technical-vocational courses in public and private schools in Caraga Region this year. TESDA-Caraga Regional Director Edwin Gatinao recently said in a radio interview that they are focusing on giving trainings to personnel and faculty members in schools in the region as this can be of help to students who are enrolled in tech-voc courses...
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07Feb2012BACOLOD CITY, February 7 (PIA6) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Sugar Industry Foundation Inc. (SIFI) has been able to train a second batch of sugar worker dependents in therapy massage. Nineteen dependents completed the course, which aims to develop therapists in accordance with industry standards. The said course is a TESDA Tie-up Program available to sugar worker dependents fully subsidized by SIFI, a press release from SIFI said. &nb...
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06Feb2012DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Feb. 06 (PIA) -– The provincial government’s mobile training van recently produced its 4th batch of technical course graduates from the municipality of Matanao. Around 181 graduates of different vocational and technical courses received their certificates on February 3, after completing a three-month skills training for free under the Mobile Training Van Alay sa Barangay program. Of the certificate holders, 52 finished the Automotiv...
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05Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA) – Department of Education (DepEd)-Caraga Regional Director Dr. Gloria Benigno on Friday thanked all stakeholders of the PNoy Bayanihan project. In her parting statement during the ceremonial turnover of armchairs to schools in Caraga Region, Benigno said the collaborative efforts of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (...
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05Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- The 115 trainees who made the armchairs that were distributed to schools in Caraga Region on Friday under the PNoy Bayanihan Project will each receive certificate of competency. Secretary Emmanuel Joel Villanueva of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) announced on Friday during the ceremonial turnover of some 6,096 armchairs to ten schools in Caraga Region held at the covered court of Butuan Central Elementary S...
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04Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- Emmanuel Joel Villanueva of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) on Friday pointed out that the PNoy Bayanihan project is not only anti-corruption campaign of the Aquino administration but also a campaign for education. According to Villanueva, the project was conceptualized after Sec. Ramon Paje of the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) presented a report during a cabinet meeting in Malacañan Pal...
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03Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA) -- Amid threats of the passage of a bill in the United States that discourages firms from outsourcing overseas, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is enhancing its Training Regulations (TR) in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. This is to make potential call center and other BPO workers more competitive, efficient and attuned to the demands of the times. TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva said that while he b...
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03Feb2012TALISAY CITY, Negros Occidental, February 3 (PIA6) -- The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Talisay City government will launch the Samahang Speyalista Technoprenuership Program in House Repair and Maintenance Services on February 6 – 11, a TESDA press release said. The project aims to assist the initial group of 10 TESDA certified graduates in Plumbing NC II, Carpentry NC II and Electrical Maintenance and Installation NC II to form a group and start...
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02Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Dir. Gen. Joel Villanueva planes in today here and will proceed to Agusan del Sur School of Arts and Trades at Patin-ay, Agusan del Sur to officially witness at the ground level the production of armchairs, which is actually an output of the vaunted partnership and collaboration between and among the agencies of TESDA, Department of Education DepEd), Department of Environment and Natural Resou...
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02Feb2012MANILA, Feb. 2 -- Businesses operating within the Clark Freeport Zone have agreed to adopt the enterprise-based system of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in training and hiring workers. Under a memorandum of agreement, TESDA-Pampanga and Clark Development Corporation (CDC) said they will share information such as training and manpower requirements of the Clark Freeport locators, and available skills and manpower in the province. The agreement ...
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30Jan2012Lilia T. Alabat, married, with three children, and currently residing at the Holy Redeemer here did not realize nor dream enough for her tent to be extended. But her single step pushed her later to “a thousand miles” of opportunity in clinching a job of her dream. Lilia’s parents had no grand foresight of sending her beyond high school; they just contended that “anyway, you will just get married later, so a high school diploma would be fitting and enough...
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26Jan2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, Jan. 26 (PIA) – After a six-year break, the Central Luzon Regional Skills Competition (RSC) has set off yesterday with hundreds of technical and vocational students around the region witnessing the cutting of ceremonial gold chain at Bulacan Capitol Gym. Secretary Joel Villanueva of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Governor Wilhelmino Alvarado cut the ceremonial chain using a blow torch to officially opened the competition ...
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26Jan2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, Jan. 26 (PIA) -- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has allocated a total of P1.1 billion for its scholarship program which will initially give jobs to 45,500 trainees upon graduation. Speaking in the opening of the Central Luzon Regional Skills Competition yesterday here, TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva said P500 million was allotted to the training program on business process outsourcing where 65,000 trainees will be enrolled ...
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26Jan2012CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, Jan. 26 (PIA) -- Nueva Ecija is looking at Information Technology (IT) as another front of development next to agriculture. Governor Aurelio Umali said on Wednesday that the provincial council is deliberating on the creation of an IT hub at the Old Capitol Grounds in Cabanatuan City. As soon as the council completes the deliberations this February, Governor Umali is hoping the project will start this year. The Technical Education and Skill...
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25Jan2012CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- Want to learn new skills and get a job? See the Nueva Ecija Provincial Training Center here. The Provincial Training Center (PTC) aims to help the unemployed, the undergraduate and other unskilled people be trained in various vocational courses to boost their employment chances. PTC Training Department Head Samuel Mangusig said about 85 percent of their trainees got employed. PTC is working closely with the Technical Educa...
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17Jan2012BASCO, Batanes, January 17 (PIA) -- The Batanes State College (BSC) and Saint Dominic College(SDC) have accredited courses under the ladderized education program of the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA). Juanita Acacio, TESDA administrative officer said eight courses in BSC and two courses in SDC have been granted National Certificate (NC) Level II. The BSC offers food and beverage Services, automotive servicing, plumbing, consumer electronics,...
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12Jan2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Jan. 13 (PIA) -- Around 21 differently- abled trainees of DSWD-Area 1 Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC) in region 1 recently passed the National Competency Assessment -Level II (NC II) designed by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) as they proved their skills and potentials on dressmaking, commercial cooking and hairdressing in the competition. The activity was carried out to promote advancement in different vocational courses and t...
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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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05Dec2011Taguig, Dec.5 (PIA) -- In consonance with government’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program, the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) joined forces with the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) to boost the strength of the telecommunications workforce. The partnership will enable some 1,300 youths and workers to undergo a specialized training towards becoming certified telecommunications technicians. For this purpose, a memoran...
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28Nov2011DAVAO CITY, Nov. 28 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is mulling over visiting the industries in Mindanao next year in a bid to address the perennial concern on job mismatch. TESDA regional director Gaspar Gayona said the visit would firm up job opportunities for the technical and vocational graduates with the private companies from all the industries in the island. “Many available job seats were not filled up because the graduates of educat...
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25Sep2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept. 25 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) conducted a skills demo competition in masonry dubbed as “Regional Galing Mason 2011.” Eight masonry experts from all over the Zamboanga Peninsula region joined in the said competition to which two contenders came from Zamboanga City, three from Zamboanga Del Sur province, two from Zamboanga del Norte and lone contender from Zamboanga Sibugay province. During the competition, t...
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14Aug2011DAVAO CITY, Aug. 14 (PIA) -- What a way to go -- students determined to have a job by learning some skills did attend training courses, not in a school, but in a van! Some 471 students in Malalag, Davao del Sur finished vocational courses from the Mobile Training Van program of the provincial government. The students received their certificates in various vocational fields such as Welding, Plumbing, Automotive Servicing, Masonry, Carpentry, and Electrical. According to a press release ...
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06Aug2011DASMARINAS CITY, Cavite, August 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Cavite Provincial Office facilitated the 1st General Assembly of the Cavite Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (CTIPC) July 29 held at the Admin Bldg. of the FCIE in this city. With the theme, “Tripartite Empowerment Through Cultivating Triumphant and Innovative Programs in Cavite,” the general assembly was highlighted by the induction of new set of officers, ratification of the CTIPC&rsq...
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06Aug2011KORONADAL CITY, Aug 6 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority announced it has started the second run of its National Competency Assessment and Certification. Rolly Palencia, spokesperson of TESDA 12, said the activity which began last week will end in November this year. "Assessment and certification ensures that technical vocational education and training (TVET) graduates and workers have the necessary competence to perform the task...
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16Jul2011KORONADAL CITY, July 16 (PIA) -- Partylist group Youth Against Corruption and Poverty (YACAP) allocated P13.5M for education and hospitalization programs that would help South Cotabato’s indigent. YACAP Partylist Rep. Carol Jayne Lopez, who was here Wednesday for the opening ceremonies of the province’s 12th T’nalak Festival and 45th Foundation Anniversary, said their group has already released to the provincial government P3.5 million as augmentation fund for hos...
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30Jun2011KORONADAL CITY, June 30 (PIA) -- Residents in Cotabato City whose lives have repeatedly been disturbed by floods could soon earn from the water hyacinths that have caused them miseries. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority in Region 12 recently announced that TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva have mobilized the agency’s resources for the implementation of training programs in converting the water hyacinths to income-generating ...
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27May2011Manila, May 27 (PIA6) - Secretary Joel Villanueva of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) together with the Land Transportation office (LTO) is thinking of making as requirement for the issuance of a driver’s license a certificate of competency issued by TESDA. This is a certificate that states that the driver has trained with TESDA and has passed the assessment that is why the holder has been issued a National Certificate (NC) 2 or 3. Secretary Villan...
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26May2011QUEZON CITY, May 26 (PIA) --- With the increasing number of vehicular accidents involving public utility vehicles and oftentimes resulting in death and serious injuries, government seem to have no recourse but to implement more traffic rules and measures to avert such incidences – until now. The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) met recently with the Technical Education and Skills Authority (TESDA) to come up with a plausible solution. Both agencies have agreed...
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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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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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14Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 14 (PIA) – The nationwide search for the Most Outstanding Mason for 2011, a program honoring Filipino masons because of their great skills in building structures for the country, has kicked off yesterday in the region. Cement manufacturer Holcim Philippines, Inc. has announced that it’s starting to accept nominations for the "Galing Mason Award," following the launch of the third cycle search for Most Outstanding Mason held on Wednesday at the Marc...
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21Mar2011ILOLO CITY, Mar. 21 (PIA) -- Skilled workers and graduates and graduating students of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Western Visayas will benefit from the National TVET Competency Assessment and Certification (NatCAC) Week which will be conducted in Western Visayas from March 28 to April 1. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Regional Director Buen S. Mondejar said this marks the first time that TESDA is conducting the national assessment and cert...
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20Mar2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and the Rural Transit of Mindanao, Inc., Cagayan de Oro City Branch, will enter into a memorandum of agreement in line with the upcoming National TVET Competency Assessment and Certification (NatCAC). The MOA which will be signed by both parties, tomorrow, March 21, at the RTMI Conference Room, Yacapin Extension, this city, will subject RTMI to be an assessment venue for the Driving ...
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05Mar2011
TESDA encourages skilled workers and graduating students for competency assessment and certification
KORONADAL CITY, Mar. 5 (PIA 12) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority office in Region 12 (TESDA 12) based in this city are encouraging skilled workers and graduating individuals to get a certification for their competencies. A press release from TESDA 12 said that based on TESDA Circular No. 03 s. 2011 national technical vocational education and training (TVET) competency assessment and certification (NATCAC) will be conducted one week each month from March ...
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