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INFORMAL WORKERS ADOPT DOLE’S FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAM
Tuesday 21st of May 2013
KAWIT, Cavite, May 21 (PIA) -- Members of the federation of tricycle drivers association, considered as informal workers, have adopted the Family Welfare Program (FWP) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The program focuses on family health.
Cavite senior labor employment officer Edwin T. Hernandez said this is the first in Calabarzon, an initiative aimed at helping workers in the informal sector to have access on health services.
Prior to this, the federation members were oriented on family health program and participated in the one-day planning workshop facilitated by private sector mobilization for family health (PRISM2) l...
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16May2013QUEZON CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment-National Capital Region (DOLE-NCR) field office in the Northern Metro Manila has conducted a seminar-workshop on career employment coaching for guidance counselors. The activity was participated by guidance counsellors and public employment service officers (PESO) from cities of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela. During the workshop held at the Bulwagang Katipunan of the Caloocan City Hall, a review and thorough discussi...
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13May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 13 (PIA) -- Help continues for the recipients of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) even as they “graduate” from the national government’s conditional cash grant, government officials here assured. From December this year until April 2014, cash grants for almost 14,000 households under the CCT program’s Set 1 and 2 in Soccsksargen Region would cease as they complete the five-year duration as b...
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10May2013DAVAO CITY, May 10 -- With the goal of safeguarding the health and welfare of the Filipino worker and pursuant to the mandate of International Labor Organization, Department of Labor and Employment and its partners commemorated the “World Day of Safety and Health at Work” last Sunday, May 5, in the city. Over 100 nurses, safety practitioners, safety officers, occupational health doctors, professional organizations, trade unions and different industry workers participated in the activity ...
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09May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato May 9 (PIA) -- Katunga sang mga 5,000 ka mga nagpapangita sang obra sa rehiyon 12 nakasulod sa obra sa ginhiwat nga “job fairs’ nga ginhimo sang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 sang nagligad nga Mayo 1. Si Ofelia Domingo, DOLE rehiyon 12 director,nagsiling nga nakab-ot sang rehiyon ang 43 porsiyento nga grado sa kahamtang sa lima ka “job fairs” nga ginhimo sang ahensiya nanungod sa ika 110 ka tuig nga pagsaulog sang Adlaw sang Mamumugon sa...
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08May2013QUEZON CITY, May 8 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) has partnered with the Department of Agriculture (DA) to implement a program for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families who intend to pursue agribusiness as part of the National Reintegration Program for OFWs. To formalize the partnership, Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz and Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, recently signed a memorandum of agreement for the cooperation in promoting agribusiness...
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03May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 3 (PIA) -- Kabug-usan nga mga 1,588 ka mga nagapangita sang obra ang diretso nga nakasulod sa ulubrahan sa duha ka adlaw nga “job fairs” sa Siyudad sang General Santos nga ginhimo sang Department of Labor and Emoloyment (DOLE). Si Patricio Blanza, DOLE Sarangani-General Santos director, nagsiling nga ini nga numero nagasakup sang mga katunga sang nagpasakop nga mga 3,000 ka mga nagapangita sang obra nga nagpagsakop sa duha ka ”job fairs”, gintagaan p...
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03May2013MANILA, Mayo 3 (PIA6) -- Si Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz nagmandu nga pabaskugon pa gid ang paghiwat sang Labor Education for Graduating Students (LEGS) nga programa sa nakalain lain nga mga kolehiyo kag mga unibersidad sa bilog nga pungsod agud mapreparar ang mga manugtrabaho sa work ethics, ang kultura sang pagkapisan kag desente nga trabao kag iban pa nga mga paginawi sa ulobrahan. Ang programa nga LEGS gin desenyo sa pag-giya sang mga manugtrabaho sa ila kinama...
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03May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 is scoring another first. This time, the agency is bringing its labor advocacy where the incoming labor force are – in colleges, universities and technical vocational schools. As a highlight of the celebration of the 111th Labor Day celebration, DOLE 12 on May 1 signed a memorandum of agreement with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Depa...
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02May2013ILOILO CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The higher incidence of underemployment in the region may be attributed to the fact that the majority of its workforce are either in the agriculture or the fishery sector. Department of Labor and Employment region 6 Director Ponciano Ligutom said this is the sector which is not stable and where income can vary in several aspects. “Farmers and fishermen are dependent on the climate and the onslaught of natural disasters can gravely affect their produce or catch,”...
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02May2013ILOILO CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) region 6 appealed to companies and agencies taking part in the Labor Day jobs fair to hire qualified job seekers on the spot. DOLE 6 Regional Assistant Director Salome Siaton said these job fairs are conducted to lessen the unemployment rate in Western Visayas so it would help if employers immediately hire qualified applicants. “Let us not wait for the time that we will hire jobseekers qualified for the position in e...
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02May2013ILOILO CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- Jobseekers who were not hired on the spot at the Labor Day job fairs conducted in this city yesterday were told not to worry as employers will continue processing their applications. “Selecting job applicants is a very tough job for employers. They may need more time to review job applications, to go over details of your credentials and may need to conduct another set of interview,” said Pearl Janet Gorriceta, president of the Panay Service Exporters Association ...
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01May2013QUEZON CITY, May 1 (PIA) -- There are 171,532 local and overseas job opportunities from 760 employers available to job seekers at the 2013 Labor Day Job Fairs in the National Capital Region (NCR) today, May 1. The 2013 Labor Day with the theme, Manggagawang Pilipino: Handa sa Hamon ng Makabagong Panahon is being celebrated as a tribute to the nation’s workers, in recognition of their significant contribution to the country’s development, and to highlight their achievements as a major soci...
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30Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 30 (PIA) -- Nanawagan ang pamunuan ng Department of Labor and Employment na nakabase sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato sa mga mamamayan na samantalahin ang mangyayaring jobs fair sa lungsod ng Kidapawan bukas. Ayon kay DOLE-North Cotabato Field Office Labor Officer Edna Sales, katuwang nila sa aktibidad ang abot sa 17 mga lokal na kumpanya na maaaring pagtrabahuan ng mga aplikante mula sa nabanggit na lungsod at iba pang kalapit-bayan. Nabatid na malib...
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30Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 30 (PIA) -- Besides qualifications, honesty and attitude towards work are important boosters to an applicant’s chances to win his or her desired job, said Ofelia Domingo, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12. “During job interviews, do not try to be overly impressive. Be yourself. Be honest,” Domingo advised applicants when asked how job applicants should face interv...
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30Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 30 (PIA) -- Umabot sa 411 na indibidwal ang agad nagkaroon ng trabaho sa isinagawang pre-Labor Day jobs fair sa isang mall sa Koronadal City kamakailan. Sa ulat na inilabas ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 kahapon, inihayag ni DOLE 12 labor communications officer Charmaine Dawn Sonsona na 335 ang pasok sa trabaho sa mga lokal na kompanya samantalang 76 ang magkakapagtrabaho sa ib...
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30Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are urged to participate in the slated job fairs in the region in time for the observance of Labor Day on May 1 (Wednesday). Department of Labor and Employment regional director Joffrey Suyao assured that everyone is welcome, especially the PWDs to choose and apply from among the more than 30,000 jobs to be opened during the job fair events. Suyao said his office is coordinating with the officers of PWDs organizations to discuss on...
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30Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 30 (PIA) – It will be a field day for job seekers tomorrow as 18,000 job vacancies will be up for grabs in five jobs fairs in Cebu and Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental undertaken by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 7. DOLE-7 Regional Director Chona M. Mantilla during the forum of the Association of Government Information Officers (AGIO) 7 said there are 11,000 local job vacancies and 7,000 overseas employment opportunities to be offered tomorrow. “The conduct ...
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29Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 29 (PIA) -- Almost four in every 10 applicants during the job fair here Friday got employed, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) -12. Terminal report on the April 26 pre-Labor Day job fair at the Gaisano Grand Mall of Marbel indicates that 411 of the 1,068 registered applicants were hired-on-the spot (HOTS). “Of those hired, 335 landed local jobs while 76 got overseas employment,” DOLE 12 labor communicat...
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29Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 29 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment –National Capital Region (DOLE-NCR) is intensifying the conduct of Labor Education for Graduating Students (LEGS), a seminar program designed to guide “would-be workers” on their rights and responsibilities at work. DOLE-NCR Regional Director Allan Macaraya said about 2,000 students from various schools in Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela have attended the LEGS seminar conducted by the DOLE-NCR CAMANAVA field o...
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29Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 29 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) has issued pay rules for the Labor Day. This is based on Proclamation No. 459 on the Payment of Wages for the Regular Holidays, Special (Non-working) Days, and Special Holiday for the Year 2013. According to the DOLE guideline, if the holiday falls on an employee’s regular workday and the day is worked, the employee is entitled to 200 percent of his basic wage on the first eight (8) hours and, for work in excess of ...
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26Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) is set to hold 16 job fairs in the National Capital Region (NCR) on May 1, Labor Day. The job fairs highlight the celebration of the 2013 Labor Day with a theme, "Manggagawang Pilipino: Handa sa Hamon ng Makabagong Panahon". Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said that the celebration of Labor Day is a way to give tribute to the nation’s workers, in recognition of their significant contri...
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26Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- Job seekers in the region will be given opportunities for possible employment in local and overseas companies that will offer 30,893 vacancies in job fairs set on Labor Day. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-XI) will lead three simultaneous job fair events at SM City Davao and Gaisano Mall in Davao City and at Gaisano Mall in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, in celebration of Labor Day on May 1. DOLE-XI regional director Atty. Joffrey Suyao bared that about...
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25Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-6) will showcase livelihood programs in the May 1 jobs fair. DOLE-6 Regional Assistant Director Salome Siaton said the May 1 event will also provide a venue to feature the products of the livelihood programs that DOLE-6 has provided for the informal sector workers for self-employment. “This will be an opportunity for these DOLE livelihood beneficiaries who have become self-employed to promote and market their prod...
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23Apr2013DUMAGUETE CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) of Negros Oriental has initiated a “Town Hall” type of consultations on the proposed Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Kasambahay Bill. TIPC Vice Chairperson for the management section, Derek Erames, said this type of consultation encourages people to partake on their advocacy of providing rights and privileges to helpers who are employed and are working w...
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18Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 18 (PIA) -- The new regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment in Soccsksargen region has set her sight on firming up the DOLE’s field offices in the region. Ofelia B. Domingo assumed office as the regional director of the DOLE 12 Wednesday. She replaced director Chona Mantilla, who has been transferred to head DOLE 7 (Central Visayas). The turn-over ceremony was held at Cinco Niñas in Barangay Mor...
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18Apr2013KALIBO, Aklan, April 18 (PIA) -- The 765 students in Aklan who have been hired for 20 or more working days under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) have started rendering duties, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here. DOLE-Aklan Provincial Head Vidiolo Salvacion said the students were deployed to different local government units and colleges in Aklan. For this year’s SPES implementation, 15 local government units including the Provincial Gover...
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17Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 17 (PIA) -- May bagong director na ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12. Alas dos y media ngayong hapon, nakatakdang isalin ni Director Chona Mantilla ang pamamahala sa DOLE 12 sa bagong regional director na si Ofelia Domingo. Gagawin ang turn over ceremony sa Cinco Ninas, Barangay Morales, Koronadal City. Bago ang assignment bilang regional director ng DOLE 12, si Domingo ay nagsilbi...
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16Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 16 (PIA6) -- Job seekers are invited to the job fairs that will be conducted in the city and province of Iloilo and Guimaras this month of April. DOLE Iloilo and Guimaras Field Office Head Melissa Navarra said there are four job fairs lined up for the month of April in the two provinces including the Labor Day job fair on May 1. The job fairs will be held on the following dates and venues: April 16 at the Guimaras Provincial Gym in line with the province’s Ma...
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11Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 11 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) has ordered the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to include a module on Filipino values and history on the Pre-Departure Orinetation Seminar (PDOS) of overseas Filipino workers. “I have instructed OWWA Administrator Carmelita Dimzon to immediately come up with such a module in consultation with the Department of Foreign Affairs. Once the module is finished, we will request the assistance of the DFA in train...
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08Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 8 (PIA)--The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has started soliciting comments and recommendations from the netizens on the implementing rules and regulations of the Republic Act 10361, or “An Act Instituting Policies for the Protection and Welfare of Domestic Workers”. The DOLE has posted the draft IRR of Kasambahay Law at the agency’s official website, www.dole.gov.ph “We have posted the IRR of the Kasambahay Law online to provide the Filipino netizens a...
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04Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 4 (PIA)--The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) bared that the government job portal, the Phil-Job.net now offers improved access to employment opportunities after it underwent re-engineering to cover not just job matching but also labor market information dissemination. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said the government job portal is now capable of housing the critical supply and demand database systems, such as the DOLE Data Warehou...
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03Apr2013QUEZON CITY, APRIL 3 (PIA)--The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) advises new graduates and jobseekers participate in the agency organize job fairs. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said the job fairs are open to all unemployed, skilled and unskilled workers, fresh college graduates, graduates of training institutions, displaced workers, and employees seeking advancement to rise in the career ladder. The labor chief also advised jobseekers to have the ne...
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02Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 2 (PIA6) -- The regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Western Visayas is gearing up for the annual Labor Month celebration in May. DOLE 6 OIC Assistant Regional Director Salome Siaton said various activities have already been lined up including two major job fairs which will be held in the cities of Iloilo and Bacolod on May 1 which is also Labor Day. As part of the preparation, Siaton said a meeting with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce...
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31Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 31(PIA6) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Western Visayas OIC Regional Director Salome Siaton advised fresh college graduates who are looking for work to visit or log on to PHIL-JobNet or their agency’s website which is www.dole.gov.ph as the first crucial step in their quest to enter the world of work. By doing so, Siaton said a jobseeker can register as a job applicant and then have his or her skills matched with available jobs. This happens when a registere...
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31Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has granted decorticating machine worth P760,000 to Barangay Liptong Small Coconut Farmers’ Association (BLISCOFA) which it launched in Valencia town recently. With its farming assistance program, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) also proposed to DOLE a processing machine for mass production of virgin coconut oil (VCO) that the farmer organization can use. DAR Information Officer Gherelene Rafols said DAR ...
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26Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 26 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) reminded private sector employers to abide by the proper pay rules for their employees who will work on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Black Saturday. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said, the DOLE had earlier issued a labor advisory promulgating the implementing guidelines, specifically on the pay rules, that shall apply as mandated by Proclamation No. 459 on the Payment of Wages for th...
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26Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- Labor Assistant Secretary Gloria Tango said much needs to be done to eradicate child labor in the region, even as Central Visayas dropped a notch lower from 4th to 5th rank among regions in the country beset by the problem. “Though it is welcome news that from fourth placer previously, Central Visayas has now been ranked number five among regions with the most number of child laborers, the major problem lies with the volume of child laborers in the country and in ...
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26Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 26 (PIA) -- At 500 “poor but deserving “ students are getting summer jobs courtesy of the provincial government of South Cotabato and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12. Provincial Public Employment Service Officer Zenaida Duron said the provincial government has allotted at P1.085 million for the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). The amount is intended to pay for the P162...
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26Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- The office of the Department of Labor and Employment here in Western Visayas launched a training program that would further upgrade the capabilities of its intermediaries in the region as well as strengthen its partnership with them. Dubbed “DOLE Intermediaries Academy,” the program was launched with DOLE 6 Director Ponciano Ligutom turning over the modules of the training courses to Jean Genosa of the Contractor and Sub Contractors Group on behalf of the inte...
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25Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 25 (PIA) -- Limang daang mahihirap na kabataan ang inaasahang makikinabang sa Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at pamahalaang panlalawigan ng South Cotabato. Aabot sa mahigit P1.085 milyon ang pondong inilaan ang South Cotabato LGU para sa SPES ngayong taon. Pambayad ang naturang pondo sa 60 porsiyento sa arawang sahod ng mga SPES beneficiaries ...
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19Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar. 19 (PIA) -- More than 5,000 job vacancies under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) in the Ilocos Region are waiting to be filled up this summer. Arly Sta. Ana Valdez, Department of Labor and Employment information officer, said the program seeks to help poor but deserving students pursue their education by giving them work during off-school season to earn an income. The recruitment of applicants started early this year and will end last ...
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18Mar2013PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, March 18 - Typhoon Pablo victims received another donation from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) . Regional Director Ofelia Domingo of DOLE Caraga handed over recently to Governor Adolph Edward Plaza a check worth P577, 000 as livelihood assistance at the Provincial Governor’s Office here. Domingo said the amount is intended for Trento, Sta. Josefa, Veruela and Loreto towns as they were identified as the worst-affected municipalities in the province...
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15Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 15 (PIA) -- Wala nang atrasan sa pagpapatupad ng Republic Act 10361 o “Domestic Worker Act” o “Batas Kasambahay” ayon sa Department of Labor ang Employment (DOLE) – 12. Sa isang panayam, inihayag ni DOLE 12 regional director Chona Mantilla na bagama’t may kahirapan ang pagpapatupad ng Batas Kasambahay, aasahan na ang implementasyon nito ngayong taon. Maliban sa matagal na itong hinihintay ng mga...
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15Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 15 (PIA) -- Implementing Republic Act 10361, otherwise known as the “Domestic Workers Act” or “Batas Kasambahay” would be challenging, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-12) regional office here admitted. “But it is a law and a law must be implemented,” DOLE 12 regional director Chona Mantilla emphasized in an interview with members of the media here. President Benigno S. Aquino III ...
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14Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) is now going beyond livelihood formation in the execution of nationwide livelihood programs and projects as they shift towards sustainable employment creation and productivity in the regions. In a statement, Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the agency is now moving to provide more worker-groups with productivity improvement services to enhance the enterprises’ competitiveness thru the implementation...
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08Mar2013MARIVELES, Bataan, March 8 (PIA) -- Empowering Filipinas this International Women’s Month, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has forever changed the life of a former factory worker exposed to toxic chemicals into a sound mother with a stable Nego-Kart. Juliet Abad, 35, mother of two, recalled her struggles almost a year ago before DOLE, led by Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz and Region III Director Raymundo Agravante, gave her a Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) being one of the...
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05Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, March 5 - Pangasinenses seeking for employment abroad need not go to the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) regional office in La Union to process their documents. Emmanuel Diaz, overseas workers and welfare officer for Region 1, said that his office has five satellite offices in Pangasinan where job seekers can process their documents. These offices are located at the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) offices in Dagupan City, Alaminos City, Rosales and a...
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04Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 4 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) readies its job and livelihood assistance for overseas Filipino workers who may be displaced in view of the brewing tension in Sabah. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has ordered the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) regional offices to coordinate with the local authorities to establish a profile and documentation of the OFW returnees...
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01Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- As the government anticipates the thousands of high school students about to graduate this school year, the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) urges them to take courses that best suit jobs that are in-demand. “I urge our students to consult the latest information on current labor market trends and be guided on what jobs and industries are in-demand today,” Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said. She told students to refrai...
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01Mar2013MANILA, Marso 1 (PIA6) -- Ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) nagsiling nga pagarespetuhon nila ang pagpa-untat sang pagpadala sang mga manug-trabaho sa Hongkong. Suno sa kay Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldozto ang DOLE maga-respeto sang pribado kag boluntaryo nga desisyon sa negosyo sang mga myembro sang Society of Hong Kong Accredited Recruiters of the Philippines (SHARP) sa pag-untat sang pagpadala sang mga Household Service Workers (HSWs) padulong sa Hongkong. Ang SHARP i...
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01Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 1 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 10 has released a livelihood financial assistance of P298,000 to Balite 2 SEAK Women’s Consumers Cooperative (BSWCC) under the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP). The DILP is DOLE’s contribution to the Aquino administration’s agenda of reducing poverty through the promotion of livelihood and entrepreneurship and transforming them into community enterprises through convergence of ser...
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28Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA)--The government has created four convergent programs to address the job-skills mismatch in the country. The four convergent programs are K-12 Program, the Philippine National Qualifications Framework (PNQF), the Career Guidance Advocacy Program (CGAP), and the Enhanced Phil-Job.net. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz in a statement said, “With the continuous improvement of the country’s business climate and further strengthening of industrial relations, the govern...
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28Feb2013PARAÑAQUE CITY, Feb 28 (PIA) -- Parañaque will again open its Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) this summer season. SPES is an annual program that allows students aged 17-25 to have an “on-the-job training” in city government offices. “Yearly, we sponsor SPES to give students an ‘off campus’ learning experience in public service work. Apart from getting to know the facets of the job, they also get to develop work values, ethics, discipline and other good trait...
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27Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-6) is targeting 8,443 youths in Western Visayas to take part in the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) this year. The SPES, mandated under Republic Act No. 9547, aims to help poor but deserving students pursue college education by providing income or augmenting their income by having them employed during summer and Christmas vacation. Under the SPES, student-beneficiaries are assigned to work in SPES-reg...
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27Feb2013MARIVELES, Bataan, Feb 27 (PIA) -- Companies in the Freeport Area of Bataan underwent an orientation on labor standards from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to make the sprawling industrial complex the country’s first labor standard compliant freeport zone. About 50 different companies, together with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, PhilHealth, Social Security System, and local government units, joined in the orientation which aims to promote voluntary c...
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27Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE), together with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), have instituted various training programs designed to help students, out-of-school youths (OSY), occupationally disabled workers (ODWs) and unemployed develop their skills and competencies to further enhance their employability. Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said, the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns off...
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26Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) offers scholarship grants to underprivileged students and jobseekers who want to undergo training and further studies to hone their skills and increase their chances of landing a better job. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz cited two of these scholarship programs as the Training-for-Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) and the Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA) offered by the Technical Education and Skills...
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26Feb2013SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Peb. 26 (PIA6) -- Ang Department of Labor and Employment 6 magadala sang iya “Career Extravaganza” sa probinsya sang Guimaras subong nga adlaw, Pebrero 26. Ang duha ka adlaw nga career coaching magasugod sa San Lorenzo covered gym sa banwa sang San Lorenzo kag magapadulong sa Jordan covered gym sa banwa sang Jordan sa masunod nga adlaw. Duha ka mga buluthuan ang magapasakup sa aktibidad sa San Lorenzo samtang 10 naman ka mga buluthuan nagikan sa banwa sang Jordan kag ...
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20Feb2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Peb. 20 (PIA) -- Patuloy na itinataguyod ngayon ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato ang kanilang kampanya upang matigil ang problema sa child trafficking at child labor. Kaugnay nito, walang puknat ang pagbibigay ng ahensya ng mga symposium at seminar patungkol sa mga problemang nabanggit. Ayon kay DOLE North Cotabato Field Office Head Edna Sales, mahalaga ito upang mapalakas ang kampanya laban sa pang-aabuso sa mg...
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18Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 18 (PIA) -- Students needing jobs for the summer vacation can now apply for a spot in the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza in a statement said, the provincial government is now accepting applications from interested individuals who would like to work at any of the provincial government offices for 20 to 22 days. Gov. Mendoza said, the job is open for...
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15Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb. 15 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) XI hopes to address the job mismatch problem in the Philippines through the conduct of the Regional Career Congress in Davao City on May 31, 2013. “We are inviting guidance counselors to join us during the Career Congress because they are in the best position to help us correct the job mismatch,” DOLE XI Senior Labor and Employment Officer Lariele P. Arce said. Arce said they are expecting up to 250 ...
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15Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb. 15 (PIA) --Southern Mindanao has topped the number of jobs posted at Philjobnet with 450,000 jobs posted online from January to December 2012 even as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) XI urged establishments to register their companies with the jobs portal. Philjobnet, the official jobs portal of the government of the Philippines, was specifically mentioned by President Benigno Aquino III when he visited Davao City February 5, because of its role in...
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14Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb 14 (PIA) --The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) urges employers to implement the agency’s Family Welfare Program (FWP) in their workplaces to promote workers’ quality of life a and improve productivity. The DOLE’s FWP seeks to introduce the concept of promoting the welfare of workers and their families as key to workplace productivity and improved worker-management relations. In a statement, Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said, the FWP is one of t...
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14Feb2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Isabela City has turned-over more than half-a-million-worth of Kabuhayan Starter Kits to some 70 beneficiaries of Isabela. In a ceremony at the city hall lobby Tuesday, some 70 beneficiaries received their individual livelihood showcases from DOLE-Isabela OIC Head Wesley Tan and City Mayor Cherrylyn Santos-Akbar. Tan explained that this project is part of the strategic mechanism program or pro-poor progr...
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13Feb2013CITY OF BALANGA, Bataan, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has conducted a Continuous Labor Education Seminar (CLES) in Limay town to ensure that only legitimate subcontracting companies will farm out quality services in the province. The orientation, part of the campaign of DOLE Region 3 in promoting industrial peace in Central Luzon, sought to explain DOLE Department Order 18-A or the rules governing the implementation of contracting and subcontracting arrangement...
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07Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Feb. 7 -- The municipality of San Isidro in Davao del Norte’s poverty alleviation efforts is set to move forward with the release of P2.9 million subject to certain conditions. “This is in response to the request of the local government unit to the National Anti-Poverty Council (NAPC) but which will be implemented by DOLE,” Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Davao del Norte Provincial Director Milagros Gutierrez said. Gutierrez said San Isidro is one of the 605 focused...
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07Feb2013TAGUM CITY, Feb. 7 -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is encouraging all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to register and become OWWA members no matter where in the world they may be working. “While we provide assistance to all OFWs, it is only the members who can enjoy most of the benefits provided by our office,” OWWA XI Regional Director Ma. Elvira Arcilla Ador said during Monday’s Convocation held at the Provincial Capitol. However, she said, OWWA does not receive ...
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07Feb2013TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- Twenty-eight laborers belonging to the Tacurong Cart Services Association (TACASA) and five sapateros (shoe repairmen) were recently granted opportunities to improve their livelihood. The laborers were the recipients of kabuhayan starter kits courtesy of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the city government of Tacurong. The kits, which were distributed on Monday, February 4, comprised of 14 brand n...
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07Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment-National Capital Region (DOLE-NCR) will hold a series of job fair especially intended for graduates of technical-vocational courses. DOLE Regional Director for NCR, Atty. Alan Macaraya, in a statement said, the holding of special job fairs dubbed as “Hanapbuhay para sa TESDA Specialistas” is a convergent project with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority-NCR (TESDA-NCR), Philippine Overseas Employment A...
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04Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 4 (PIA) -- DOLE’s Single Entry Approach (SENA) has recently saved a tuna company and one of its employee from a lengthy court proceeding. On January 29, Ruel Bandojo, an employee of the Tuna Exporters Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Tempco) based in General Santos City for four years, filed a request for intervention from the regional office of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB-12). Bandojo alleged that he was unduly suspended by Tempco ...
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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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01Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 1 (PIA) --Students and out-of-school youths wanting to earn income that they may use for their studies next year may now apply for jobs at the city government of Koronadal. Judith Marmonejo, manager of the city’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO) announced that the city LGU is in need of 180 student-workers to be hired under the Special Program for Employment of Children (SPES). High school, college and technical vocat...
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24Jan2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Jan 24 (PIA) --At least 290 indigent residents and diplaced workers in Lebak town, Sultan Kudarat are now earning income from livelihood assistance, through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12. Some 132 of them were indigents who received starter kits and nego-karts worth of P562,124 that the agency gave through its Integrated Livelihood Program distributed in December 18 last year. Nego-Kart or Negosyo sa K...
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21Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan. 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) lauded the effort of the Joint Manning Group and SM Supermalls for coming together to pool their expertise and resources to establish the Center for Filipino seafarers. During the Seafarer Center’s launch, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said its establishment is a tangible example of corporate social responsibility that other companies can emulate. “It is always noble to give back to the society,” Baldoz said. T...
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17Jan2013ILOILO CITY, Jan 17 (PIA6) - - Jobseekers can grab the opportunities that will be provided by the job fair organized by the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of Iloilo City on January 24. PESO-Iloilo City Manager Maria Elena Benitez said that her office has invited around 80 overseas and local companies to participate in the job fair dubbed “Trabaho sa Dinagyang 2013.” The event, held in line with this city’s annual celebration of Dinagyang Festival, will be conducted at Gaisano C...
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16Jan2013MANILA, Jan 16 (PIA) -- Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz announces the conduct of more job fairs this year in the country’s different regions. Meanwhile, she advises job seekers to stay in their respective regions. “It would be better if job seekers stay put and look for jobs in their respective regions because job opportunities are coming to them through the job fairs of the Department of Labor and Employment,” Baldoz said. "Jobs are available to job seekers raring to work this year...
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16Jan2013CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Jan. 16 (PIA) -- The Negokart project of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has helped a beneficiary to increase his income from P300-P500 to as high as P1,500 daily. Edgar V. Almarez, 33, of Lipa City, Batangas was determined to provide his family with a more comfortable living. He left his daily-earning job as a cook in one of the hotel-restaurants in the city to look for a better source of income. Armed with a passion for cooking, Edgar and his wife Rochell...
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15Jan2013CAVITE CITY, Cavite, Jan. 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment Cavite Provincial Office (DOLE-CPO) with the city government of Cavite distributed negokarts, starter kits and checks to 25 recipients at the the US Narfe Hall in Samonte Park last January 8. Five negokarts were distributed to ambulant vendors while 10 starter kits were turned over to persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the city. Checks were also released to 10 government internship program (GIP) beneficiaries. The ...
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11Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) has approved the guidelines for the certification program for “child labor-free establishments.” Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said the guidelines shall govern the procedure on the grant of Child-Labor Free Establishment/Zone Seal which aims to promote compliant and socially responsible business practices. “Child Labor Free Establishment (CLFE) certificate serves as a badge of ho...
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10Jan2013LUNGSOD NG HENERAL SANTOS, Enero 10 (PIA) -- Isang libreng surgical mission ang isasagawa ng Dole Philippines Inc. (Dolefil) para sa mga mahihirap na pasyente ng Rehiyon 12 ngayong Enero 13-19 sa Howard Hubbard Memorial Hospital sa Polomolok, South Cotabato. Ayon kay Atty. Melquiades Hernandez III, ang Human Resource Manager ng Dolefil ilang Pilipinong doctor, nars at medical staff mula sa Philippine Medical Society of Florida (PMSF) ang boluntaryong magbibigay ng libreng serbisyong medikal par...
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09Jan2013KALIBO, Aklan, Jan. 9 (PIA6) -- Thirteen Aklanon Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) availed recently of a total of P14.150 million loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) Kalibo Branch through its Iloilo Lending Center. Approval of the loans for Aklan’s OFWs, according to Landbank-Kalibo, is a result of a forged partnership between LBP and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to provide sustainable livelihood opportunities for affected and returning OFWs whose working ...
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09Jan2013GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Jan. 9 (PIA) -- The Dole Philippines Inc. (Dolefil) is encouraging indigent patients of Region 12 who are in need of surgery to take advantage of its free surgical mission on January 13-19 at Howard Hubbard Memorial Hospital in Polomolok, South Cotabato. Dolefil Human Resource Director, Atty. Melquiades Hernandez III said this is one rare opportunity where volunteer surgeons, nurses and medical staff from the Philippine Medical Society of Florida (PMSF) will be coming over...
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07Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan 7 (PIA) --The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) is set to roll out its convergence program using a synchronized strategies to effectively address the problem of child labor in the country. The program called “H.E.L.P.M.E.”, is community-based approach against child labor and has a proposed budget of P9 billion to be implemented in four years, or from 2013 to 2016. H.E.L.P. stands for health, education, livelihood, and prevention, protection, and prosecution, while M....
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04Jan2013QUEZON CITY, JAN 4 (PIA) --The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) announced the initial schedule of the job fairs for the year which will be conducted in the country’s National Capital Region (NCR). Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said that some 106 job fairs has already been scheduled in Metro Manila for 2013 but there will be many more, especially in the other regions nationwide. Baldoz said that DOLE conducted a total of 1,553 jobs fair all over the cou...
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03Jan2013ILOILO CITY, Jan. 3 (PIA6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now conducting an intensive career and guidance matching campaign. According to DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz in a radio interview, they have come up with career guides, which provide basic information on the occupations identified in the labor market. As of now, Baldoz said they have 120 career guides, which contains information on what courses should be chosen which are in demand in the market. This would also...
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02Jan2013QUEZON CITY, Jan. 2 (PIA) -- Overstaying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the United Arab Emirates were encouraged by the Department of Labor of Employment (DOLE) to avail of the amnesty being offered by the Abu Dhabi government. Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said, illegal UAE residents who had overstayed their visas can obtain exit passes and leave the country without penalties, or regularize their visas after payment of fines until February 3, 2013. Baldoz...
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29Dec2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union Dec .29 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment - Regional Coordinating Council (DOLE-RCC) member-agencies gathered recently for the celebration of DOLE 1’s 79th Foundation Anniversary. The celebration has its theme “79 taon ng matapat na serbisyo, hatid sa bawat Pilipino” (79 years of honest public service provided to each and every Filipino) held at the Philippine Navy Gymnasium, Poro Point, this city. Amapola Z. Villar, Labor Communications Officer II...
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24Dec2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Dec 24 (PIA) -- It was a pleasant surprise, the unexpected kind of a Christmas cash gift for 26 security guards of Mandaue City-based Probe Security Agency, Inc. serving at Metro-Hyper, this city. On Thursday, December 20, more than half of these guards received more than P12,000 in individual checks paid by Probe corresponding to payment of regular and special holidays and overtime pay, from July 5 to October 31 of this year. The ceremonial awarding was made righ...
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22Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 22 (PIA) -- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) 12 explained that as of December 1, 2012, minimum wage rate of workers in the non-agriculture sector in Soccsksargen Region remains at P270 a day. The amount, according to an RTWPB 12 advisory, consists separately of P260 basic wage and P10 cost of living allowance (COLA). RTWPB 12, chaired by Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 director Chon...
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21Dec2012TAGUM CITY, Dec. 21 -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) secretary Rosalinda Baldoz witnessed the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in the city Wednesday that will provide P660,000 worth of livelihood projects to three labor unions in Compostela Valley affected by the wrath of Typhoon Pablo. “The amount is DOLE’s support to workers who are part of the three unions, which are accredited partners as seed capital for their livelihood projects,” Baldoz said. The amount is st...
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18Dec2012MANILA, Dec 18 (PIA) -- Remaining overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Syria are urged to come home as situation in the area is expected to worsen. Vice President and Presidential Adviser on OFW Concerns Jejomar C. Binay called on OFWs who are still in Syria to immediately leave the area. He also appealed to their relatives here in the Philippines to help the government convince their loved ones to return. Binay also assured that government is exerting efforts to ensure the safety of OFWs as...
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14Dec2012MARIKINA CITY, Dec 14 (PIA) -- The city government of Marikina will soon open a help desk center for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). This is after the city council recently passed Ordinance No. 71 of 2012 or “Ordinance establishing the OFW and the Family Circle Help Desk Center under the Labor Relations and Public Employment Service Office (LRPESO) in the City of Marikina.” Marikina City Mayor Del De Guzman said that help desk center is a small help to OFWs in recognition of their noble...
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13Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA) -- Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapiliz-Baldoz congratulated the DOLE Caraga Region as it has achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification for its quality management system as planned. Remarkably completed within 10 months, Baldoz said that with the ISO certification of QMS, we have transparency in governance, and that we ensure quality management system in government as it meets international standards in terms of meeting the requirements of our clients as wel...
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12Dec2012QUEZON CITY, DEC. 12 (PIA)--Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has advised overseas Filipino workers in Lebanon to take the necessary precautions as threat to a possible resumption of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah looms. In a statement, Baldoz said that a communication was sent to her by Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario informing her that the ganecy has raised crisis alert level 1 for Lebanon. Baldoz advised OFWs in Lebanon to be watchful, limit unnecessary movemen...
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11Dec2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Dec. 11 (PIA) -- As part of its 79th Anniversary celebration, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Southern Leyte Provincial Office has coordinated with Saint Joseph College (SJC) for a one- day jobs fair in Maasin City on Friday, December 14. The job fair to be held at SJC covered expected at least 50 local establishments and overseas recruitment agencies to participate in the SJC-sposnored acticvty in coordination with the Provincial Government of Sout...
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11Dec2012VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental, Dec. 11 -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz conferred to energy firm STEAG State Power Inc. (SPI) the DOLE Secretary Award of Distinction for its meritorious achievements in promoting and implementing safety, health and environment programs. The award was received by SPI President and CEO Dr. Bodo Goerlich during the 8th Gawad Kaligtasan at Kalusugan (GKK) ceremonies on December 5, at the OHSC Center in Quezon City. GKK is a n...
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07Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dis. 7 (PIA) -- Patuloy ang panghihikayat ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) – 12 sa mga residente ng Koronadal City at mga karatig na lugar na samantalahin ang pagkakataong makahanap ng trabaho sa isinasagawang jobs fair. Ani Charmaine Dawn Ladot-Sonsona, labor communications officer ng DOLE 12, daan-daang trabaho sa loob at labas ng bansa ang maari pa rin aplayan ngayong araw sa jobs fair ng ahens...
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06Dec2012CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Dec. 6 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 4A has awarded a livelihood starter kit to a single parent from San Pedro. DOLE Laguna provincial director Ignacio S. Sanqui Jr. handed the livelihood starter kit consisting of a foot spa machine, manicure set, hair blower, hair iron, hair brush, scissors, cape and other supplies to Julie Ann Solis. Sanqui said the livelihood starter kit can be availed by workers in the formal and informal sector, low and minimu...
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04Dec2012KALIBO, Aklan, Dis 4 (PIA6) -- Indi eon kinahangean ro pag-usoy it mga menor de edad agud magtapas it tubo, suno sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Suno kay DOLE-Aklan OIC Provincial Head Vidiolo Salvacion, raya hay bangud owa eon nagabaton ro mga nagatanum it tubo sa Luzon it mga menor de edad nga sacada. Rayang pinakaulihi nga balita hay resulta it andang pag koordinar sa mga taeamnan it tubo sa Luzon, ro eaban nga aeadtunan it mga sacada nga halin sa Aklan. Ginpasayud ni Sal...
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03Dec2012QUEZON CITY, DEC. 3 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) is taking an active role in The Outstanding Workers of the Republic (TOWER) Awards 2013. TOWER Awards is a nationawide search for skilled blue-collar workers who are worthy of recognition and emulation. During its launch, Baldoz cited the Rotary Club of Manila (RCM), Metrobank Foundation, Inc., and People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) for their unrelenting commitment to honor skilled blue-collar workers w...
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29Nov2012KALIBO, Aklan, Nov 29 (PIA) -- A reorientation and pledging session for the government’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) was held here recently by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at the DOLE-Aklan office. The re-orientation and pledging session aim to get the support and commitment of Aklan’s local government units, educational institutions, and other sectors for the program’s implementation in 2013. For next year’s implementation of SPES and in su...
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28Nov2012By Gideon Gapayao ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, November 28 (PIA)— Department of Labor and Employment-Rizal distributed 20 Nego Karts and start up materials to local beneficiaries in order to aid their livelihood. DOLE together with the Rizal Provincial Government held the awarding of Nego Karts during the flag raising ceremony at the Provincial Capitol, Antipolo City, Rizal last November 26. According to DOLE-Rizal Senior Labor and Employment Officer Vicky Natanauan, the distribution of carts is a...
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28Nov2012QUEZON CITY, NOV. 28 (PIA)-- Carpenters are among the occupations identified as one of the in-demand jobs or viable careers in the next five to ten years based on a latest market signaling study conducted by the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE). DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said although most carpenters are self-employed, wage employment opportunities for carpenters here and abroad are abundant for those who have the most training and skills. In the Philippines, a ca...
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28Nov2012ILOILO CITY, Nov. 28 (PIA) -- A mega job fair will be one of the highlights of the celebration of the 79th Foundation Anniversary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 6. The job fair aims to generate an array of opportunities for job seekers and provides a venue for employers to facilitate employment of hundreds of job applicants in the region. In a media release, DOLE Region 6 Director Ponciano M. Ligutom said there will be thousands of local and overseas job vacancies to be of...
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27Nov2012CEBU CITY Nov. 27 (PIA) -- The first Regional Forum on Migration held outside Metro Manila was conducted in Cebu on Nov. 23, 2012 at the Pag-Ibig Auditorium with the theme: “Reintegration and Development: Partnership and Challenges." The forum marked the celebration of the Month of Overseas Filipinos and International Migrants Day with the nationwide theme “Strengthening the Partnership between Overseas Filipinos and LGUs Towards Sustainable Development of Communities.” The same forum ...
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27Nov2012TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, Nov. 27 (PIA) -- The provincial office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-Cavite) in partnership with Cavite Public Employment Service Office (PESO) will host the two-day Region 4A annual PESO Year-End Planning and Assessment (YEPA) conference Wednesday until Friday at the Hotel Dominique in Tagaytay City. The event will bring together Region 4A PESO managers, officials, and employment focal persons of the DOLE 4-A regional office to formulate plans and...
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23Nov2012ILOILO CITY, Nov. 24 (PIA6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has allotted P20.5 million for the implementation of the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) in Western Visayas for calendar year 2013. DOLE 6 said the total budget has been allocated for the six (6) provinces in the region based on their population with Negros Occidental getting the biggest share with P8,596,329 followed by Iloilo with P6, 322,226, Capiz with P2,101, 821, Antique with P1,543,466, Akla...
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23Nov2012QUEZON CITY, Nov. 23 (PIA)--A labor official expressed hope that President Benigno S. Aquino III will sign into law the final enrolled version of the Kasambahay Bill next week. “It will be the most fitting, early Christmas gift the Congress and the President of the Philippines can give to our domestic workers,” Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said in a statement. Earlier this week Congress of the Philippines’s Bicameral Conference Committee approved the joint version of the...
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23Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 23 (PIA) -- Some 2,481 youths from several schools in North Cotabato have undergone an orientation on adolescent health and related topics sponsored by the provincial government. A report from the Information and Development Communication Division (IDCD) of the Office of Gov. Emmylou Mendoza sent to Philippine Information Agency 12 today, said 17 orientation activities on Adolescent Health and Youth Development Program (AHYDP) were...
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22Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 22 (PIA) -- Campaigns and consultations regarding the proposed two-tiered wage system has been intensified since May this year, labor and employment officials here confirmed. Chona Mantilla, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 said their advocacy strategies to clarify this ground-breaking scheme and gather reactions from both the management and labor sectors include seminars, orientati...
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22Nov2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Nob 22 (PIA) -- Nagpapatuloy ang mga gawain ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 para ipaliwanag sa lahat ng stakeholders ang isinusulong ng kagawaran na bagong sistema ng pagbibigay ng sahod sa pribadong sektor, ang two-tiered wage system. Paliwanag ni DOLE 12 regional director Chona Mantilla, ang two-tiered wage system ay kinabibilangan ng isang “floor wage” o minimum wage na katulad ng isinasaad ng kasaluk...
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22Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov 22 (PIA) -- Eight in every ten enterprises in Soccsksargen Region have complied with Wage Order No. RB XII-17, labor and employment officials here reported. “As of October 2012, per report from DOLE-12’s inspectorate team on the establishments they have covered in the routine inspection, Region 12 has at least 82 percent compliance rate of the wage order, "Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTPB) 12 ...
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22Nov2012SOUTHERN LEYTE, Nov. 22 (PIA) -- Fifteen ambulant vendors from Barangay Sta. Cruz, Macrohon, this province received their vending carts from the Department of Labor and Employment during the launching and turn-over ceremony held Wednesday at the Brgy. Hall Compound of Sta. Cruz. In a press statement, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Provincial Head Fe Norma D. Valuis reported that P224,996.00 livelihood assistance was granted to the “Fish and Food Vending Project of Ambulant Vend...
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21Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov 21 -- Workers in agriculture and retail service sectors in Soccsksargen Region will receive P4 to P6 per day additional cost of living allowance (COLA) beginning December 1. Jesse dela Cruz, secretary of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) 12, said the increase comprises the second tranche of the COLA mandated in the Wage Order No. RB XII-17 that became effective on April 18 this year. Workers in the pl...
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20Nov2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Nob 20 (PIA) -- Simula sa Disyembre 1 matatanggap na ng mga manggagawa sa pribadong sektor sa Soccsksargen Region o Rehiyon 12 ang ikalawang bugso ng karagdagang cost-of-living allowance (COLA) na ipinag-utos ng Wage Order No. RBXII-17. Nagkakahalaga ang ikalawang tranche ng COLA ng P4 bawat araw ng mga manggagawa sa plantation agriculture sector, P6 sa non-plantation agriculture sector, P4 sa mga retail establishment na may higit sa 10 mang...
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19Nov2012QUEZON CITY, Nov. 19 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) issued an advisory to ensure the correct payment of the workers 13th month bonuses. Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz issued Department Advisory No. 02 reiterating Section 8 of Presidential Decree No. 851 which requires private sector employers to pay their employees their 13th month pay on or before December 24 of every year. In a statement, Baldoz said that this early, workers are already expecting the paymen...
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14Nov2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Nob. 14 (PIA) -- Ilang mga tauhan ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) ang mag-iikot sa mga piling paaralan sa rehiyon para sa kanilang kampanya hinggil sa anti-illegal recruitment at trafficking in person. Gagawin ang seminar sa Notre Dame University sa Cotabato City 10 n.u hanggang 12 ng tanghali at sa Notre Dame of Tacurong alas 2 n.h. hanggang alas 4 n.h. sa Huwebes. Gaganapin din ito sa Notre Dame of Dadiangas University sa Gens...
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14Nov2012Koronadal City, Nov14 (PIA) – The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) recognized the efforts of Kidapawan City partnering with government agencies in its relentless campaign against illegal recruitment and anti-human trafficking. Kidapawan City mayor Rodolfo Y. Gantuanco received a citation for being the first local government unit in Region 12 to answer the call of POEA and other partner agencies to step up the campaign in his turf. A Memorandum of Understanding for the con...
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14Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 14 (PIA) -- Personnel of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) are visiting select schools across Soccsksargen Region beginning today as part of their on-going campaign on anti-illegal recruitment, trafficking in persons, and illegal migration (CAIRTIM) here. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 regional director Chona Mantilla said the campus visits and seminars is aimed at reaching graduating students who are...
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13Nov2012MANILA, Nov 13 (PIA) -- Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz yesterday called on students to consider a career in aviation since the need for local and international commercial airline pilots are increasing. Citing the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) Career Guide, the labor chief said that a commercial airline first officer receives an average monthly salary of P175,000 while a captain’s monthly salary is estimated at around P275,000, not including the benefits airline com...
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13Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 13 (PIA) -- More than 200 law enforces, media personnel, staff, students and local officials are currently undergoing capability-building seminars on anti-illegal recruitment (AIR) and trafficking in person (TIP). Director Chona Mantilla of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 said personnel of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) have arrived here for a series of seminars to help reinforce our ca...
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12Nov2012MANILA, Nov. 12 (PIA) - The government’s official job portal, the Phil-JobNet posted a record high job vacancies in October. In a news release, Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said that 180,190 job vacancies were uploaded and made available by employers both in the local and overseas labor market in October. Baldoz credited the upsurge in the number of vacancies posted in the Phil-JobNet facility to the continuing campaign of the DOLE and its regional offices and the country...
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12Nov2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Nob. 12 (PIA) -- Modelo ang Soccksargen Region o Rehiyon Dose kung ang pag-uusapan ay ang pananatili ng kapayapaan sa pagitan ng mga mangagawa at pamunuan ng mga kompanya at industriya, ayon kay DOLE Undersecretary for Labor Relations Rebecca Chato. Ayon pa kay Chato ang Rehiyon Dose ang nagpasimuno ng mga estratehiya sa paglutas ng mga sigalot na hindi na kailangan pang umabot sa mga korte at pagkamit ng tinatawag na industria...
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10Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov 10 (PIA) -- When it’s about engaging sectors to promote industrial peace, the entire country could take Soccksargen Region as a model, DOLE Labor Undersecretary Rebecca Chato said. Chato said DOLE 12’s strategy of engaging the tripartite (labor, management and government) sectors in resolving disputes has become the country’s pattern. Even in international labor gatherings, she said, DOLE presents Region 12’s tripartite...
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09Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 9 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-12) here with other government agencies, has sought partnership with local government units in the Campaign Against Illegal Recruitment, Trafficking in persons and Irregular Migration (CAIRTIM). Other agencies involved in the advocacy are the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), and the Commission on...
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05Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 5 (PIA) -- Safety and health of workers will take center stage in a a gathering slated on November 21 – 22 in General Santos City. Jimmy Tolimao, president of the Occupational Safety and Health Network (OSHNet)-12, said the 4th Mindanao Occupational Safety and Health Summit that will be held at the KCC Convention Center is geared toward improving the OHS landscape in the entire island of Mindanao. “The summit aims to promote and ...
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05Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 5 (PIA) -- Representatives of labor, management and government sectors across Soccsksargen will meet here on Friday to showcase prevailing peace in workplaces in the region. DOLE 12 Regional Director Chona Mantilla said, the event, the 5th Regional Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (RTIPC) convention, is also geared toward boosting Region 12’s attractiveness to investors by increasing further competitiveness and p...
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02Nov2012MANILA, NOV. 2 (PIA)--Foreign household service workers in Hong Kong will get an increase in their monthly minimum allowable wage and monthly minimum food allowance. This, after Hong Kong Labor Department’s announcement that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is increasing the monthly minimum allowable wage (MAW) of foreign household service workers by HK$180, or 4.8 percent, from HK$3,740 to HK$3,920, and the monthly food allowance by HK$100, or 12.9 percent, from HK$775 to HK$875...
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30Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct. 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) warns overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) going to Australia not to bring pornographic materials in any form even on their laptops or cellphones as it constitute a serious offense under the Australian federal and state criminal law. Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz issued the warning after receiving reports from Labor Attache in Australia Jalilo dela Torre saying that three OFWs had already been arrested with...
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17Oct2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Okt. 17 (PIA) -- Inamin ni DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz na hindi magiging epektibo ang kanilang kampanya laban sa mga child labor kung walang tulong mula sa mga barangay. Binigyang-diin ni Sec. Baldoz na kailangan ang ayuda ang mga opisyal ng barangay sa pagsisigurong walang mga bata mula 5 hanggang 15 taong gulang ang magtatrabaho upang kumita ng pera para sa kanilang pamilya gaano man kahirap ang kalagayan. Wala r...
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17Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct 17 (PIA) -- Passengers of public transport utilities and pedestrians in Soccsksargen Region will benefit from the enforcement of two laws related to the well-being of drivers, conductors, and in the long term, passengers. These are DOLE Department Order 118-12 and DOTC Department Order 2011 – 25 said Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. D.O. 118 – 12 pertains to the rules and regulations governing the employment and working conditions of drivers ...
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17Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is bringing the battle to free child laborers to the villages. Labor and employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz came to General Santos City Monday to launch the Child Labor-Free Barangay program in Soccsksargen Region or Region 12. “We recognize that the most effective way to fight child labor in the country is to bring the program down to the level of barangays,...
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16Oct2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Okt 16 (PIA) -- Pormal nang inilunsad kahapon ang “Child Labor-Free Barangay” program ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa Soccsksargen Region. Mismong si Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz kasama ang pamunuan ng pamunuan ni regional director Chona Mantilla ang naglunsad ng naturang programa sa Bula gymnasium sa Bula, General Santos City. Layon ng programa na palayain ang mga kabataan mula sa pagtatrabaho para sa pangkabuhayan n...
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16Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) warns overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) against using commercial visas in going to Kuwait for work to avoid being placed in precarious and dangerous situation. Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz issued the warning after reports of unpaid salaries, unissued residence/work visas, maltreatment/harassment, and other work-related complaints from OFWs in Kuwait reached her office. Baldoz has instructed the Philippine Overseas...
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15Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct. 15 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment secretary Rosalinda Baldoz arrives in General Santos City today for the launching of the department's Child Labor-Free Barangay Program in Soccsksargen Region. DOLE 12 regional director Chona Mantilla said, the event is in line with their efforts to eliminate to child labor as mandated in Republic Act 9231 or Anti Child Labor Law. At the launching at Barangay Bula gymnasium, Baldo...
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15Oct2012ILOILO CITY, Oct. 15 (PIA6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment-6 has approved 2,578 livelihood projects worth P17.6 million in Western Visayas, as of September this year. The projects will benefit 3,448 students, senior citizens, out-of school youths, rebel returnees, women, people’s organizations, disadvantaged workers and those in the informal sector. DOLE 6 Information Officer Amalia Judicpa said some of these projects were already implemented while there are other projects w...
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12Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct. 12 (PIA) -- The government's strengthened anti-illegal recruitment (AIR) drive has recently received a strong boost after the country's biggest group of manning companies pledged its support to the campaign. Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a news release, said that the Joint Manning Group (JMG) composed of the Filipino Association for Mariners' Employment, Inc. (FAME),Filipino Shipowners' Association, Inc. (FSA), International Maritime Association of the Phil...
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09Oct2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Oct. 9 (PIA) -- Nine Systems Technology Instititue (STI)-Tanay students have been given stipends for teaching computer illiterate out of school youth and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology inmates basic computer skills through the Kabataan: Information Technology Opportunities Program. Department of Labor and Employment – Rizal OIC Engr. Mercedes Delgado together with Provincial Public Employment Service Officer Cecile Diaz, Tanay PESO Sheryl Custodio and STI staff d...
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04Oct2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Oct. 4 (PIA) -- Almost P 700,000 in livelihood funds were turned over by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to the towns of Saint Bernard and Pintuyan, this province, to be used as capital for its entrepreneur-oriented informal sector constituents. The checks were given on Monday, October 1 at Robinson’s Tacloban by DOLE Assistant Regional Director Cyril Ticao as one of the highlights in the opening of the National Statistics Month celebration. Accor...
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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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03Oct2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Oct 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced that President Aquino instructed several national line agencies to intensify the campaign on child labor-free barangay. The said agencies are the following: of Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). DOLE Undersecretary Lourdes Transmonte during her visit in ...
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01Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct. 1 (PIA)--The Philippines and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have agreed to a new Standard Employment Contract (SEC) that contains stronger guarantees for the welfare and protection for Filipino household service workers (HSWs). Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement, said that she is optimistic Filipino HSWs in Saudi Arabia will be amply protected after both countries reached an agreement for the resumption of the HSW contract verification and authentication which...
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01Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-2) has awarded 65 units of "Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Karts)" to unemployed individuals in the region. The project, amounting to P975,000 benefited 65 ambulant vendors of native products, fruits, vegetables, meats and fishes. Thirty were given to beneficiaries from Tumauini, 20 in Roxas, and 15 in Alicia, all in Isabela province. DOLE-2 Director Sixto Rodriguez Jr. said the projects enable the beneficiaries to increase...
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01Oct2012CLAVERIA, Cagayan, Oct 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 2 is the newest addition to the list of government agencies who are into newsletter production to communicate with their clients. This was decided after the agency subjected 13 of its staff to a three-day journalism workshop last week at the El Dia Resort this municipality. Labor Director Sixto Rodriguez said information dissemination has always been a priority of his administration after he was assigned in ...
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01Oct2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct 1 (PIA) -- Personnel from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Western Misamis Oriental Provincial Office took respite from work over the weekend and planted trees in support of the National Greening Program of the Aquino administration. The DOLE-MisOr West personnel planted around 150 mahogany and narra seedlings along the main road in Barangay Lumbia, here. The tree planting cum tree-growing activity is the latest effort of the DOLE provincial office in doin...
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27Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept. 27 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) reminded licensed recruitment agencies that they are obliged to ensure protection of workers, especially domestic workers they deployed overseas. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz who is also the chairman of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) governing board, in a statement said that the obligation of a recruitment agency to its hired overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) does not end upon their deployment ...
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27Sep2012QUEZON CITY, SEPT. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) created an administrative complaints committee to serve as a deterrent from graft and corruption after the results of the Social Weather Stations’ 2012 Survey of Enterprises which noted the much improved progress of the fight against corruption since 2009. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz signed Administrative Order No. 313, Series of 2012, creating an Administrative Complaints Committee (ACC) which will initially eval...
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25Sep2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Sept 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will be hosting a joint Provincial Networking Meeting geared towards enhancing labor-management relations with the tripartite bodies on October 4 at Candy’s Function Hall, this city. Fe Norma Valuis, DOLE provincial head, disclosed that the activity is in relation to the “primary goal of President Aquino in his 22-point agenda to invest in our country’s top resource, the human resource to make us m...
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25Sep2012DAVAO CITY, Sept. 25 -- The Department of Labor and Employment in Davao Region is expanding its delivery of services to stakeholders as it reaches out to more disadvantaged workers in far-flung communities in need of assistance. Steered by Regional Director, Atty. Joffrey Suyao, DOLE-XI joins the roster of national government agencies (NGAs) in bringing a convergence of services directly to the beneficiaries through the “Serbisyo Caravan,” a banner project of the Association of Regiona...
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25Sep2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Sept 25 (PIA) -- The Local Government of Cardona, in cooperation with the Department of Trade and Industry-Rizal Provincial Office and the Department of Labor and Employment-Rizal Provincial Office, will be conducting a three-day Skills Upgrading Training on Water Hyacinth cum Product Development on September 26-28 at the Cardona Municipal Hall, Cardona, Rizal. This activity is part of the continuing assistance package for water hyacinth. The assistance aims to establish...
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23Sep2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Sept 23 (PIA) -- President Aquino wants all establishments to follow the Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS), as he opened additional 370 positions on labor laws compliance officers (LLCO) to be added to the existing 250 LLCO who will serve as labor safety inspectors, according to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-8) Regional Director Exequiel Sarcauga. DOLE has the power to delegate some enforcement powers like technical safety inspections to other go...
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18Sep2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Sept. 18 (PIA) -- Besides being a primary producer of organic rice, Surallah town in South Cotabato could soon be a major source of herbal medicine products courtesy of a cooperative assisted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 12). From its original three products, namely: turmeric, sambong, and avocado granules, the Centrala Alternative Medicine Producers Cooperative (CAMPC) in Surallah’s Barangay Centrala have expanded to incl...
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13Sep2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Sept. 13 (PIA) -- At least 27 unemployed individuals in North Cotabato have been given assistance that would provide them with opportunities to earn a living. Through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Kabuhayan Project, 14 ambulant vendors were given Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) while 13 were provided with DOLE Kabuhayan (DK) starter kits. Information from DOLE 12 said the livelihood assistance were distributed ...
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11Sep2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Sept 11 (PIA) -- Twelve Antipolo residents given emergency employment by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Rizal and Antipolo Public Employment Services Office (PESO) received their pay last September 7 at the Antipolo City Hall. Vicky Natanauan from DOLE Rizal said the beneficiaries from Antipolo were tasked to clean their respective sitios for minimum wages from August 20-31. “This service offered by DOLE and the local PESO is a cash-for-work program where...
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07Sep2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept 7 (PIA) -- About 130 grantees of the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) received their checks in a simple turn-over activity held at Sitio Quibranza, Barangay Kahayagan, this municipality. The students were hired during the summer vacation to earn for their tuition and education needs. Totaling P324,000 in checks, the grantees are now assured of paying their first and second semester tuition fees for...
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06Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept. 6 (PIA )-- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced the agency’s job fairs schedule for the month of September with the aim of bringing employment opportunities closer to more job seekers. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a news release said that the year-round job fairs are one of the DOLE’s significant employment facilitation machinery that provide continuous opportunities for job seekers to find jobs and assistance for employers to fin...
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05Sep2012ALAMINOS CITY, Sept 5 (PIA) -- Hotel and restaurant owners in western Pangasinan yesterday pledged before the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to practice fair labor practices in their businesses. A total of 15 business owners signed the Voluntary Code of Good Practices (VCGP) to formally forge their commitment to establish good labor-management relationship with their workers. The signatories included seven business owners from this city, five from the town of Bolinao, two from Ling...
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30Aug2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Aug 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-1) has released a total of P474,705 livelihood assistance to Saint Louis College Educators Association (SLCEA). “The DOLE 1 is giving this assistance to the SLCEA as part of its continuing commitment of advancing not only the constitutional rights of workers, but also their economic welfare,” DOLE 1 regional director Grace Y. Ursua said. Labor Communication Officer Arly S. Valdez of DOLE 1 said the d...
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28Aug2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Agosto 28 (PIA) -- Liyu kanu Kalamansig, kabpanganganayan nilan kanu kainggay sa galabaken su mga biktima a lalan kanu kinagkadalem sa dalapa nu Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, tigin nu Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 . Pantag kanu impormasyun ataw ka tudtulan a ganat sa DOLE 12, kapanganganayan kanu kainggay nu DOLE Central Office sa pundo a para sa emergency employment program sa Lebak a mapakinabangan kanu masiken a magatus enggo limapulongo walo a mga re...
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27Aug2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Aug 27 (PIA) -- At least 327 residents in Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat have already started work under the emergency employment program of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) – 12. Information released by the DOLE 12 today said, the employment beneficiaries were victims of the June 11 flash flood and storm surge that affected 15 barangays in the area. Charmaine Dawn Ladot-Sonsona, DOLE 12’s labor communications officer said ...
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26Aug2012MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Aug 26 (PIA) -- Mikabat sa 105 ka mga batang trabahante sa tubo nga kasamtangan usab nga nag-eskwela ang nalipay pag-ayo sa dihang midangat si Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz bag-ohay pa lamang diha sa barangay San Jose, Quezon, Bukidnon, dala ang proyekto sa departamento nga ginganlan ug “Project Angel Tree.” Kauban sa mga dagkong opisyales sa local nga kagamhanan, pribadong kompaniya, negosyante, edukasyon, ug mga pribadong grupo, gipangunahan ni Baldoz ang pag-pang...
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21Aug2012OLONGAPO CITY, Aug 21 (PIA) -- An interpreter who was dismissed a mining company in Zambales, received benefits due him after conciliations done under the government’s Single Entry Approach (SENA) Program. Benito Bautista, an interpreter at the Degao Mineral Resources, Inc., a mining company operating in Lipay Dingin, Iba, Zambales, was terminated by the company for no apparent reason in May 2012. He had been working in mining company for a year when dismissed. He sought assistance of the DO...
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17Aug2012DAGUPAN CITY, Aug 17 (PIA) -- It will be a long weekend for the public as Malacanang declared August 20 and 21 as non-working holidays. As per Proclamation No. 295 issued on November 2011 and Proclamation No. 455 issued on August 13, 2012, the Eidl Fit’r which falls on August 20, a Monday, is declared a regular holiday while August 21, Tuesday, known as Ninoy Aquino Day, is a special non-working day. The week after, August 27, Monday, is the National Heroes Day and is also considered a regu...
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14Aug2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Aug 14 (PIA) -- Several stakeholders led by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) - 1 met recently to lay out plans and organize Regional Network of Guidance Counselors and Coaches (RNGCC) at the Sea and Sky Hotel Restaurant, this city, to help more students in the region build a better and secured career. According to National Statistics Office, there are 7.2 percent unemployed and 18.8 percent underemployed graduates this year. Although it decreased from l...
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08Aug2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, August 8 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment Region 1 continues to help indigenous people by giving livelihood assistance during the launching and awarding of livelihood projects to different groups in Bagulin town recently. According to DOLE Information officer Jeri Dee Orate, 130 indigenous peoples were given livelihood assistance in the form of kit, which contains tools for them to start a living and certificates after finishing a training administer...
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07Aug2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Aug 7 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) - Quezon provincial office is set to distribute 20 negokart to 20 impoverished persons in Quezon province from August to December 2012. Raymond Ramos, labor officer III of DOLE-Quezon, said negokart or ‘negosyo kariton’ project aims to help ambulant vendors, unemployed or disadvantaged workers by giving them livelihood that will give them income at par with minimum wage earners. Ramos said beneficiaries wil...
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05Aug2012ANGELES CITY, Aug 5 (PIA) -- The remaining 40 percent counterpart of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the salary of 252 beneficiaries of the city’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) was recently released. “The 60 percent of their allowance were already given by our local government in June. What we are distributing now are the remaining 40 percent from DOLE,” said Adelina Deocales PESO (Public Employment Service Office) manager as the student-grantees recei...
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03Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment-National Capital Region (DOLE-NCR) has forged a memorandum of agreement with the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for the joint implementation of the MMDA Pocket Tiangge Project. DOLE and MMDA, in cooperation with Smart Communications, Inc., conceptualized the Pocket Tiangge Project to assist ambulant vendors along priority sidewalks, footbridges, and other public places to do their business in a legal manner without fe...
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01Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 1 (PIA) -- Livelihood assistance package awaits overseas Filipino workers who were sent home from strife-torn Syria recently. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a press statement said, she has instructed Overseas Workers Welfare Administrator (OWWA) Carmelita Dimzon to ensure that the homecoming of the OFWs from Syria is hassle-free and that they get the appropriate assistance under the National Reintegration Program of government. "If needed, the OWWA can also provide the ...
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31Jul2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, July 31 (PIA) -- Compliance to Wage Order No. RBXII - 17 of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWB) – 12 has reached 82 percent, a labor official here confirmed. RTWPB-12 board secretary Jessie dela Cruz said, “ 82 percent of the companies and establishments in Region that have been covered in the routine inspections by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 inspectorate have been found to ha...
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29Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 29 (PIA) -- Government agencies and stakeholders in Caraga Region are set to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to promote the welfare of the local seafarers. In a statement, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Caraga Regional Director Ofelia Domingo said the activity will be presented and consequently signed during the Forum on the Working Conditions of Filipino Seafarers in the Domestic Shipping Industry on Monday, July 30, 2012. Dir. Domingo also said the MOA will ...
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24Jul2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, July 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment–1 (DOLE 1), through its DOLE Integrated Livelihood Programs, funded five livelihood projects worth P1,174,854 to support poverty alleviation programs of the government. Grace Y. Ursua, DOLE 1 regional director, said the agency’s aims to go beyond the provision of financial assistance to the beneficiaries. It also aims to make people see the value of developing income-generating and job-creating business a...
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17Jul2012QUEZON CITY, Hukyo 17 (PIA) -- Mipahigayon ug forum ang Department of Labor & Employment’s Institute of Labor Studies (DOLE-ILS) kabahin sa turismo sa kultura aron mapalambo ang turismo sa maong sector, makadani ug daghang mga turista ug mamumuhunan, ug makahatag ug trabaho alang sa mga kabataang Filipino. Ang forum nga gipahigayon sa Ortigas Foundation Library sa Pasig City, adunay tema nga, "It’s More Fun in the Philippines: Potentials of Cultural Heritage as a Driver for Economic Op...
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17Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 17 (PIA) -- A group of fishers in Amlan received a P625,000 grant from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) under their DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program. The Tandayag Fisherfolks Association, composed of 34 marginal fishermen, received the check from Labor Sec. Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz in a turnover ceremony held Monday along the coastline of Brgy. Tandayag in Amlan, Negros Oriental. Virgilio Aviso, head of the Tandayag fisherfolks group, said they intend to ...
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12Jul2012ILOILO CITY, July 12 (PIA) -- Various concerns including employment and business opportunities of Persons with Disabilities in the city and province of Iloilo will be discussed during the “Forum: Trabaho o Negosyo Para sa PWDs”, which will be held on July 20 in this city. “The focus of this half-day activity is in accordance with the theme of this year’s National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week which is “Mainstreaming Persons with Disabilities in Economic Development,...
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06Jul2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Hulyo 6 (PIA) -- Pinuri ni Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 Regional Director Chona Mantilla ang Yellow Bus Line Inc., sa mas maaga nitong pagsunod sa Department Order 118 – 12 na nag-uutos ng pagbibigay ng tiyak na arawang sahod sa mga drayber ng bus sa halip na commission-based ang pasahod. Noong Miyerkules, isinumite ng YBL sa pangunguna ni Human Resource Manager Norlan Yap at YBL Employees Union Presid...
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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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27Jun2012DAGUPAN CITY, June 22 (PIA) -- A total of 150 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) recipients qualified as scholars for the Students Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGPPA), the Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 1 reported. Information Officer Allan Lulu said that SGPPA is a program which provides scholarship assistance to 4Ps recipients. In partnership with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), it ai...
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25Jun2012SYUDAD SA HENERAL SANTOS, Hunyo 25 (PIA) --Mokabat sa kapin usa ka gatos nga wheelchair ang nadawat kabag-ohay lamang sa mga gitawag Persons With Disabilities kon PWDs sa munisipyo sa Tupi, South Cotabato. Sumala pa sa taho gikan sa information center sa lokal nga panggamhanan nadawat sa mga hingtungdan ang nasampit nga mga kagamitan sa paglakaw gikan sa Mahintana Foundation Inc. (MFI) pinaagi sa tabang sa Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) nga maoy nag-ila sa mga benepisar...
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25Jun2012QUEZON CITY, JUNE 25 (PIA)--The Bureau of Immigration gave its full support in the investigation of the alleged involvement of immigration officers in human trafficking of Filipinos to strife-torn Syria. In a news release, Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said his office is cooperating with the probe being carried out by the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) which could lead to criminal charges or dismissal from government service. “We assure the public that this b...
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21Jun2012SAN JOSE,Antique, June 21 (PIA) -- The Province of Antique joins the rest of the country and the whole world in observing the 2012 World Day Against Child Labor. In an interview with the new DOLE Provincial Director Mary Agnes Capigon, she said that since the launching of the first World Day Against Child Labor in 2002 by the International Labor Organization, the Philippines has joined its yearly observance to raise awareness on the plight of child laborers and to demonstrate solidarity in the ...
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19Jun2012LUNGSOD NG QUEZON, Hunyo 19 (PIA) --“Huwag magpunta sa Syria!” Ito ang muling babala ni Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz ng Department of Labor and employment (DOLE) sa mga Pilipinong nais magpunta at magtrabaho sa Syria. Nagpayo din ang kalihim na huwag ng ituloy ng mga Pilipinong nagbabalak magpunta sa Syria ang kanilang plano, gayundin, huwag maniwala sa mga “recruiters” na nagsasabing mayroong matatag na trabaho sa bansang balot ng sigalot. Ayon sa kalihim, kasalakuyang ipinatutupad ang “...
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19Jun2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, June 19 (PIA) -- A round 76 farmers of the Llano Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative will benefit from a P400,000 grant from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) with the assistance of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-Rizal. The ceremonial turnover of the check was held yesterday morning, June 18 at the Jalajala Municipal Hall. DOLE-Rizal OIC Engr. Mercedes Delgado awarded the check in the presence of Mayor Elionor Pillas, DAR-Rizal Chief Agrarian Reform Progr...
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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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12Jun2012ILOILO CITY, June 12 (PIA6) - - Just like the one held on the May 1 Labor Day, the 2012 Kalayaan Job Fair today, June 12 here has lured hundreds of jobseekers from the city and province of Iloilo. Just hours after the job fair opened at 9 a.m., the Department of Labor and Employment 6 reported that 1,078 applicants have already registered for the Kalayaan job fair conducted at the Mary Mart Mall. DOLE-6 reported further that as of 11 a.m., 35 applicants successfully hurdled the hiring proces...
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11Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, Hunyo 11 (PIA) -- Ang Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) technical working group ay nagtipon para gumawa ng action plan, matapos ang 20 araw buhat ng mapirmahan ang memorandum of agreement (MOA) kaagapay ang mga pribado at publikong ahensya. Sa isang press statement, sinabi ni Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Caraga Regional Director Ofelia Domingo na maliban sa action plan, layunin din ng aktibidad na bumuo ng grupo na mag-paplano, mag-e-evaluate, at mag-re-review sa im...
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11Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 11 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Regional Director Ofelia Domingo has urged private and public stakeholders to support occupational safety and health (OSH). During Friday’s meeting with the technical working group member-agencies composed of national government agencies, the local government unit in this city, and the Butuan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), Domingo emphasized that through the creation of OSH convergence, the public will be...
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11Jun2012MANILA, JUNE 11 (PIA) --The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) is set to enhance the govrenment’s job portal, Phil-Job Net for better delivery of employment facilitation services. The PJN is an online job board where jobseekers are matched with the current available vacancies in the labor market. It also provides timely, relevant, and readily accessible information on job vacancies and job applicants at no cost to both jobseekers and employers registered in the system. In a news relea...
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10Jun2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO , Pampanga, June 10 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 3 recently led the forging of a Memorandum of Agreement and Joint Administrative Order (MOA-JAO) on Construction Safety held at the DOLE Regional Office 3 Conference Room, Regional Government Center, here in a bid to ensure safety and health of workers in the construction industry in Central Luzon. “The implementation of the inter-agency MOA-JAO on Construction Safety, inked by the DOL...
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09Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 9 (PIA) -- A livelihood training center that will benefit sugar workers and their families in Negros Oriental is set to be built in Dumaguete City. This after the city government of Dumaguete, led by Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria, on Wednesday inked an agreement with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for the construction of the Negros Oriental Sugar Workers’ Livelihood Training Center. DOLE Region 7 Director Atty. Ma. Gloria Tango signed the agreement in behalf ...
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09Jun2012MANILA, JUNE 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is all set for Independence Day job fair on Tuesday. Dubbed as Kalayaan 2012 Job Fair, it will be conducted at the Lagoon Area, Rizal Park, Manila from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. In a news release, DOLE-NCR Regional Director Alan M. Macaraya said a total of 48,516 job vacancies both local and overseas await applicants. The Philippine National Police will also be hiring 3,000 new police personnel and will be screening applicants...
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08Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 10 Office, led by Regional Director Atty. Johnson G. Cañete, held a green summer program at the Midway Beach Resort in Initao, Misamis Oriental last June 1. Cañete said creating awareness and active consciousness among DOLE officials and employees on the principles of green productivity in the workplace is one of the objectives of the green summer project. He said the project will help the employees bet...
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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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06Jun2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, May 6 (PIA) -- Various labor-related concerns and problems can be accommodated for appropriate action through “I-TEXT MO” access service. The service was launched by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Western Visayas to fast track the conciliation – mediation process. The campaign has the slogan “Problema mo .... I-text Mo, Sabton Ko” (Text your problems, We respond). "In our effort to serve our clients better and to make our offices more accessible...
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06Jun2012KALIBO, Aklan, Hunyo 6 (PIA) -- Nagtao kurundaya eamang it may kabilugan nga P571,150 ro Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa banwa it Malinao para sa ana kara ng proyekto nga “Enhanced Pre-Treated Bamboo Slats and Bamboocraft Production.” Suno sa DOLE-Aklan, may mayad nga potensyal ro banwa it Malinao para sa mga muebles nga himo sa botong ag sa pangkabilugan nga industriya sa botong nangud raya hay sambilog sa tatlong mga banwa sa Aklan nga maeapad ro kabotongan. Base sa listah...
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01Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 1 (PIA) -- The Jog/Walk for Industrial Peace in Basilan drew strong public and private support in a collective effort to maintain peace in the workplace and strengthening labor-management relations. Basilan, in partnership with the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council of Isabela City and Joint Task Force Basilan, spearheaded the three-kilometer jog/walk for Industrial Peace last May 13 at the Plaza Rizal, this city. The multi-sectoral movement was participated by a...
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30May2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 30 (PIA) -- Daghang nagkalainlaing asosasyon ang nagpakita sa ilang livelihood products atul sa pasundayag nga giorganisar sa Department of Labor and Employment sa Mayo 28. Si DOLE acting information officer Virgilio A. Doroja nagkanayon nga ang tiangge sa Dole diin kasamtangan nga gihimo sa DOLE Compound sa Tacloban City, nagpakita sa nagkadaiyang mga produktong panginabuhian sa lainlaing grupo kinsa nakatagamtam sa hinabang nga gihatag kanila sa DOLE. Si DOLE-8 Dire...
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30May2012ILOILO CITY, May 30 (PIA6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment recently exhorted business and workers groups, DOLE-attached and other government agencies, and stakeholders in Western Visayas to pursue empowerment of Filipino workforce. “Let us continue with our commitment to give the best of our abilities in strengthening the Filipino workforce by intensifying our programs and services for workers’ development and to provide decent jobs paving the way towards a dynamic and progressi...
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29May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 29 (PIA) -- Twenty-one beneficiaries in Sarangani and South Cotabato are set to receive assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment in Soccsksargen Region for their entrepreneurial projects. DOLE-12’s Regional Project Monitoring Team (RPMT) approved on May 24 livelihood assistance for 20 informal sector workers earlier enrolled by the Sarangani-General Santos City Field Office and an income-generating project ...
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29May2012ILOILO CITY, May 28 (PIA) -- A total of 420 beneficiaries of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in this city took part in a mangrove tree planting and river clean-up as their part in making for a sustainable environment. Both activities were held at the Brgy. Sinikway, Tabucan, Mandurriao on May 28. “The Mangrove Tree Planting and the river clean-up are part of the culminating activities of our SPES beneficiaries in su...
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29May2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 29 (PIA) -- Families affected by the fire that gutted the whole of Barangay 90-A in Tacloban City last May 20, 2012 received a livelihood fund assistance in the amount of P926,000 from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office No. 8 and the An Waray Partylist. DOLE Acting Information Officer Virgilio A. Doroja, Jr. informed that the fund assistance, which was taken from DOLE’s Integrated Livelihood Program through its Starter Kit Project, was pers...
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29May2012QUEZON CITY, MAY 29 (PIA) -- In preparation for the nationwide implementation of the two-tier wage system for the bus transport sector in July, the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) recently conducts occupational safety and health (OSH) orientation for the workers in the bus transport industry. Drivers, conductors, dispatchers, administrative staff, and managers of 26 bus companies attended the orientation which was aimed at helping bus o...
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28May2012QUEZON CITY, MAY 28, (PIA)--Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has instructed concerned offices of the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) to fast-track the hiring process of additional 372 labor compliance officers to ensure workers’ protection through the efficient and effective enforcement of all labor laws. In a news release, the labor chief said that it is no less than President Benigno Aquino III that said in his 2012 labor day message that he is adding he is adding 372 n...
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26May2012PARAÑAQUE, May 26 (PIA) -- The City Government of Parañaque in cooperation with the Department of Labor and Employment – MUNTIPARLAS (Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Las Piñas) and the Duty-Free Philippines Employees' Association recently sponsored a seminar on job contracting and sub-contracting held at the Executive Lounge of Duty-Free Philippines in Parañaque. Parañaque City Mayor Jun Bernabe expressed his support to the programs of the Department of Labor and Employment. “The protection ...
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25May2012QUEZON CITY, MAY 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment in cooperation with its partner agencies under the umbrella of Cabinet-level Human Development and Poverty Reduction cluster hold a two-day National Career Advocacy Congress (NCAC) that started yesterday at the Diamond Hotel in Manila. The gathering, aimed at formulating concrete measures to address the lingering issue on jobs and skills mismatch and further strengthening youth employability in the country is being attended by cl...
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25May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 25 (PIA) -- Five hundred more public utility vehicles (PUVs) in the city were posted with Philjobnet stickers last April, and a memorandum of agreement (MOA) was forged on Labor Day between the Caraga regional heads of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of Education (DepEd), to intensify the public’s awareness of DOLE’s online job matching facility, the Philjobnet system. About a week before Labor Day, a follow-up operation was conducted nea...
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25May2012ILOILO CITY, May 25 (PIA6) - - Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz and Kapamilya actor Paul Salas are among the personalities expected to join the officers and representatives of government, management and labor groups in Western Visayas during the event dubbed, “Fiesta sa Mayo para sa Mga Obreros” this Saturday, May 26 along Delgado –Valeria Streets, IloiloCity. This was learned from Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. – Iloilo President Joemarie “Joeboy” Agriam who i...
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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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24May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 24 (PIA) -- Some 86 barangay officials of the city were recently inducted as Barangay Employment Service Officers (BESOs) in one of the private schools here. In a simple ceremony, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Regional Director Ofelia B. Domingo gladly welcomed the newly inducted barangay employment officers. "It is a great honor to welcome you all as part of the DOLE family... This is your chance to serve your constituents in your own barangay and to help...
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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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23May2012ILOILO CITY, May 23 (PIA6) -- About 110 children aged 10-15 years old from various places in Regions 6, 7 and 8 are gathered now in Iloilo City for a Visayas-wide Congress that underscores the need to develop children’s capacity to participate in activities. Convened by World Vision, the activities aim to enhance their knowledge on the proper use of social media, health and nutrition and community participation. The congress carries the theme “Batang taga Visayas, hawak natin ang pagbabag...
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23May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 23 (PIA) -- Officials of gold-rich Barangay Kematu have banned children from working in mining tunnels in their village. Information from the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here said, Brgy. Kematu’s council led by chairman Mansueto dela Peña, Jr., passed on May 14 Resolution No. 8, series of 2012, “Eliminating and Prohibiting the Deployment of Minor and Underage Children (Young Individuals) within the mining site of Bara...
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22May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 22 (PIA) -- Stakeholders of occupational safety and health from various government, non-government, and private sectors convened recently to forge a memorandum of agreement in what could be considered a milestone in the region’s history of occupational safety and health practice. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Asst. Regional Dir. Joel M. Gonzales explained that the agreement is the result of a Focus Group Discussion on Safety and Health Issues and Concerns, ...
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22May2012QUEZON CITY, MAY 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment has issued guidelines on handling cases on trafficking in persons, illegal recruitment, and child labor to achieve an organized and effective management of such. In a news release, Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said she has issued Department Circular No. 02, Series of 2012 also known as the Manual of Procedures in Handling Complaints on Trafficking in Persons, Illegal Recruitment and Child Labor. Baldoz said the ...
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21May2012QUEZON CITY, MAY 21 (PIA) --The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) on Friday launched the simultaneous kick-off of the child labor-free barangay campaign at the national and regional level that will further strengthen the implementation of the DOLE Child Labor Prevention and Elimination Program (DOLE-CLPEP) and contribute to the prevention and progressive elimination of child labor in the country. At the National Capital Region, the launching was held at the Ichikawa Hall of the Occupation...
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20May2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, May 20 (PIA) -- With more research and relevant information at hand, small entrepreneurs and workers in the informal sector can become bigger players in the local business sector. Officials from the Department of Labor and Employment, (DOLE) Pampanga Office, shared with the audience these cardinal rules for a sustainable business endeavor. It also includes honesty in dealings and keeping communication lines among those involved in the business; good quality of product or ...
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20May2012QUEZON CITY, Mayo 20 (PIA) -- Ipinahayag ni Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis Baldoz na inaprubahan kahapon ng Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board ng National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) ang bagong pagtataas ng suweldo sa rehiyon. Ang desisyon ay ibinaba matapos isagawa ang maraming konsultasyon at public hearing sa petisyong inakyat ng Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) para sa P90 kada araw na pagtataas ng sahod ng mga minimum wag...
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18May2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 18 (PIA) -- The Commission on Population (POPCOM) in Eastern Visayas is set to launch in July this year a full-length movie designed to educate the youth on adolescent health and youth development program (AHYDP). The movie, “Crossroads,” will focus on students and the out-of-school youth as target audience. Leo Rama, POPCOM regional director, informed that copies of the movie will be reproduced to the cities and provinces across the region for showing to young pe...
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18May2012QUEZON CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will spearhead today’s nationwide launching of the campaign for “Child Labor Free Barangays.” The activity aims to encourage local government units (LGUs) especially barangays to help in ensuring that children are enjoying their rights and not wasting their selves working. More than 500 people are expected to join the activity which will be held at the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) in Quezon City....
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18May2012QUEZON CITY, MAY 18 (PIA) --The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) honored the 17 million informal sector workers during a separate Labor Day celebration for informal workers. The celebration was held May 15 at the Inchikawa Hall of the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) in Diliman, Quezon City with the theme: "Jobs and Social Protection for All: Making the President's Social Contract with the Filipino People Work for the Workers in the Informal Economy.” In a news release, La...
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17May2012QUEZON CITY, May 17 (PIA) - - Government is set on uplifting the country’s workers in the informal economy. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz announced that the department is converging with other government agencies to ensure that informal sector workers will have access to strengthened social protection: general labor, safety and health standards, and social dialogue. “We are implementing the government’s intervention in four identified are...
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17May2012BUTUAN CITY, Mayo 17 (PIA) –- Ipahigayon ang pagpinirmahay sa Memorandum of Agreement tali sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Caraga Regional Office ug pipila sa mga ahensya sa panggamhanan ug ingon man mga organisasyon alang sa Occupational Safety and Heath (OSH). Sa usa ka pahayag, gibutyag ni DOLE-Caraga regional director Ofelia Domingo na ang pagpinirmahay sa MOA adunay tumong kung unsaon paglikay sa mga katalagman pinaagi sa pagmugna og kasabutan sa mga ahensya ug organisasyon ...
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16May2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, May 15 (PIA) -- About 1,500 unemployed college degree holders and undergraduates applied for new jobs at the recent Job Fair 2012 held last May 1, Labor at SM City Masinag. The program was held in coordination with the Antipolo Public Employment Service Office (PESO) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in order to generate more jobs for local citizens. Forty five companies including those from SM Supermalls offered several job openings during the whole day event....
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14May2012BANGUED, Abra, May 14 (PIA) -- The local government unit here launched the second round of 'Summer Visitation to the Barangays'. Mayor Ryan S. Luna, in an interview, said this is more innovative than the first visitation last year, as this is focused on far flung barangays that are in dire need of basic social services. Municipal staff will go around barangays to look into the needs of the people. In his initial visits, Luna witnessed the problems often encountered by the barangay folks on ...
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14May2012LEGAZPI CITY, May 14 (PIA) --A total of 609 job seekers were “hired-on-the-spot” (HOTS) by local and overseas companies during the Labor Day’s Mega Jobs Fair held May 1 at SM City mall in Naga City, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office here. DOLE V assistant regional director Exequiel Ronnie A. Guzman observed more than 6,000 hopefuls from all over the region braved the summer heat and mammoth crowd just to take the opportunity to land in their long d...
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13May2012ANGELES CITY, May 13 (PIA) -- Ambulant vendors in this city are set to receive Nego-karts from the city’s Public Employment Services Office (PESO) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). This developed after the city government received Nego-karts livelihood funding assistance from DOLE during last week's Labor Day Job Fair at the SM City Clark Events Center. Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan received the check amounting P350,000 from DOLE Assistant Regional Director (Central Luzon) Geraldi...
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11May2012SURIGAO DEL NORTE, May 11 (PIA) –- To promote occupational safety in the mining sector, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here opened recently its Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) in Surigao City. The OSCH Surigao branch is temporary located at the 4F, Yuipco-Lim Bldg, Borromeo Street. The event is a milestone in DOLE-OSHC initiatives to strengthen the Zero Accident Program (ZAP) in both construction and mining sectors in the province. DOLE-OSHC will be available t...
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11May2012SIQUIJOR, May 11 (PIA) -- At least five diocesan schools in Siquijor received P638,000 from the alternative livelihood program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The program will benefit some 105 members of the faculty and staff of the five schools namely Assisi High School of Siquijor town, St. Vincent Academy of Larena, Ave Maria Academy of Maria, St. Isidore High School of Lazi, and St. John High School of San Juan, town. DOLE-Siquijor information officer Jerome Alam said, e...
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10May2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 10 (PIA) -- The provincial field office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here has set aside over P 2.6 million worth of livelihood projects intended for individual small-scale businesses in the so-called informal sector. The amount was already moving in various stages of implementation as coursed through DOLE’s accredited co-partner (ACP) consisting of five municipalities and one city, involving 251 individual beneficiaries, said Fe Norma Val...
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10May2012LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO, La Union, Mayo 10 (PIA) -- Sa temang “Tatlong dekada ng serbisyong tapat at nararapat," agarang serbisyo at maagap na benepisyo ang hatid ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) sa mga OFW's at sa kanilang mga pamilya . Ito ang binigyang diin ni Officer-in-Charge OWWA-Human Resource Management and Development Division Atty. Alex O. Vallespin, mula sa pinaabot na mensahe ng kanilang Administrator na si Carmelita S. Dimzon hinggil sa pagdiriwang ng OWWA ng kan...
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10May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 10 (PIA) -- In line with its advocacy to promote industrial peace in the entire Soccsksargen Region, the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-12) pushes for more voluntary compliance by companies and establishments to labor laws and standards. Charmaine Dawn Ladot-Sonsona, labor communications officer of DOLE 12, said through the Incentivizing Compliance Program (ICP), they are encouraging establishments...
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07May2012ILOILO CITY, May 7 (PIA6) – Local legislation are needed to eliminate worst forms child labor at the barangay level. This is because there are no corresponding local ordinances in the barangays to give teeth to Republic Act 9231 or the act providing for elimination of the worst forms of child labor, said Director Ponciano Ligutom of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-6) The 2010 record of the International Labor Organization (ILO)-Philippines showed that there over 300,000 working ch...
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07May2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) awarded on Labor Day a total of P1.9 million livelihood grants to around 1,200 groups and individuals in Aurora and Pampanga. The ceremonial awarding was held in SM City Pampanga wherein P1 million was given to Aurora residents while the remaining P900,000 to Kapampangans. DOLE regional information officer Jerry Borja disclosed that the recipients, consisting of union members, ambulant vendors and pers...
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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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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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06May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- A hundred and sixty-nine applicants are scheduled for final interview while two were hired on the spot at Robinsons Place-Dumaguete during the May 1 Labor Day jobs fair in Dumaguete City. The Department of Labor (DOLE) in Negros Oriental reported that 138 jobseekers may be hired for local employment and 29 for overseas. There were a total of 1,326 applicants that day. In his message during the opening program, Governor Roel Degamo lauded the organizers for pro...
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04May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 4 (PIA) -- Full compliance of all business establishments and companies in Soccsksargen Region or Region 12 to Wage Order RB XII No. 17 may be difficult, if not impossible to achieve, DOLE 12 Regional Director Chona Mantilla said. Director Mantilla, however, assured that despite limited resources, they could achieve higher percentage of management implementing the provision of the new wage order. “While we aim good implementation, we do not claim 100 ...
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04May2012LOILO CITY, May 4 (PIA6) -- The Labor Day job fair held last May 1 was more successful than the one held last year. First, 1,344 applicants were hired on-the-spot, as against last year’s 86 only, and second, there were 11,468 applicants interviewed over last year’s 6,101. Of the 1,344, 30 were hired on the spot for overseas employment. Records show that companies in the service sector absorbed most of the hired applicants followed by the business process outsourcing companies. De...
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04May2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, May 4 (PIA) -- The Commission on Population (PopCom) Regional Population Office – 6 awarded the Capiz Provincial Population Office (PPO) – Capiz for its outstanding performance in the implementation of Adolescent Health Youth and Development Program (AHYDP) in the province last April 24 at the Governor’s Mansion in Barangay Lanot here. The Best Practice award was received by PPO – Capiz Officer-In-Charge Yolanda E. Francisco from PopCom – 6 director Vicente Molejon...
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04May2012ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, May 4 (PIA) -- The city recently received a check worth P350,000 for a Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) livelihood funding assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Angeles City Public Employment Services Office (PESO) Manager Adelina Deocales said the funds will be given to 24 beneficiaries in this city, who will each receive a Nego-Kart. “Aside from those, the recipients will also be given an additional capital of P3,000,” she added. For his pa...
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03May2012BANGUED, Abra, May 3 (PIA) -- This year’s Labor Day Jobs Fair in Abra registered a total of 521 job applicants of whom 43 were hired on the spot (HOTS). Of the total applicants, 440 applied for local employment and 81 for overseas. Hired on the spot are 43, 17 of them are domestic helpers to be deployed to Hongkong, Singapore, Malaysia and the Middle East. Eight nurses and seven skilled workers will also be deployed soon in various Asian countries. For the 11 locally hired, Chowking-Bangued ...
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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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03May2012LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS, Bulacan, Mayo 3 (PIA) -- Libo-libong katatapos lamang mag-aral at naghahanap ng trabaho ang lumahok sa isinagawang job fair sa Bulacan kaalinsabay sa pagdiriwang ng Araw ng Paggawa o Labor Day na may temang “ Pagtutulungan, Pagbabago, Disenteng Trabaho” na ginanap sa Event Center ng SM City Baliuag at Marilao nitong Martes. Ayon kay Deparment of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Bulacan provincial director Leilani Reynoso, 114 na kumpanya ang nakiisa sa isinagawang job fair sa...
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02May2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 2 (PIA) -- At least 139 Eastern Visayans were hired on the spot (HOTS) during the Labor Day jobs fair sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). DOLE 8 Regional Director Exequiel Sarcauga informed that there were about a thousand jobseekers, 904 to be exact, from all over the Region who trooped at the Tacloban City Convention Center on May 1. About 15 percent or 139 were able to land a job as of 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon of May 1, Ms. Thess Vi...
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02May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- Over a thousand job seekers trooped to the Western Mindanao State University yesterday for the Labor Day Job Fair spearheaded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Data from DOLE-9 reveals there were 1,242 individuals who registered for the activity in Zamboanga City alone. These job hunters were also interviewed by participating recruitment agencies and local establishments here. Ms. Sheryl Joaquin, Labor and Employment III of DOLE-9, said the figure...
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02May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 2 -- Partial tally of the Department of Labor and Employment-12 showed that over 500 applicants were hired on-the-spot (HOTS) during the April 30 and May 1 Labor Day job fairs in Soccsksargen Region. Charmaine Dawn Ladot-Sonsona, labor communications officer of DOLE 12, said as of 6:30 yesterday afternoon they have already monitored at least 555 HOTS from among an initial tally of 1,148 qualified applicants. The nu...
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02May2012ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, May 2 (PIA) -- As the nation celebrated Labor day yesterday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 3 conducted a Job and Livelihood Fair in SM Clark, this city, and it was expected to employ 3,489 hopefuls. With over 46 local companies and eight overseas firms participating in the said job fair, DOLE confirmed that more than 1,800 job seekers went to the jobs fair that started from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Participating companies mostly came from the Busin...
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01May2012NEGROS OCC., Bacolod City, May 1 (PIA6)--About 7,000 jobs are up for grabs today, May 1, at SM City Bacolod in the province’ biggest job fair that is expected to draw more than 4,000 jobseekers. In an interview with Senior Labor Employment Officer Evangeline Indon of DOLE, she said available jobs for abroad alone already account to 4,000 while about 2,500 jobs will come from local companies. A total of 65 companies including five overseas will interview pre-registered applicants as well as w...
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01May2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment in Eastern Visayas has accomplished the feat of zero labor strike in the region for an unprecedented nine years. This was announced by the labor department days before the Labor Day. DOLE-8 regional director Exequil Sacauga also said the labor department had commended the management of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. Tacloban Plant and its two labor unions for its peaceful working environment in the region. Sarca...
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01May2012SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Mayo 1 (PIA6) -- Ang Department of Labor and Employment 6 nagkilala sang nagapanguna nga 10 ka mga bakante nga posisyon para sa mga Ilonggo nga nagapangita sang trabaho sa duha ka mga Labor Day job fair nga pagahiwaton buwas, Mayo 1. Si DOLE 6 Information Officer Amalia Judicpa nagsiling nga nagpanguna sa listahan amo ang Customer Service Associates nga may 800 ka mga bakante nga posisyon, ginasundan sang call center agents may 500, nars may 200, marketing representatives m...
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01May2012SYUDAD SANG ILOILO, Mayo 1 (PIA) -- Ang selebrasyon sang Labor Day sa syudad kag probinsya sang Iloilo buas, Mayo 1 indi lamang pagapun-an sang dululungan nga job fair apang subong man sang one-stop-shop sang nanuhaytuhay nga serbisyo sang nagkalain-lain nga ahensya sang gobyerno. Kapin sa pito ka mga ahensya sang gobyerno ang nagkumpirmar sa Department of Labor and Employment 6 sang ila pagpasakup sa one-stop shop agud buligan ang mga nagapangita sang trabaho kag mamumugon sa ila kinahanglano...
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01May2012ILOILO CITY, May 1 (PIA6) - - The Department of Labor and Employment has identified the top ten vacancies available for Ilonggo jobseekers in the Labor Day job fairs, today May 1. DOLE 6 Information Officer Amalia Judicpa said topping the list is Customer Service Associates with 800, followed by call center agents with 500, nurses with 200, marketing representatives with 200, food handlers with 100, drivers with 86, service crews with 80, sales associates with 52, merchandiser with 41, and ac...
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01May2012ILOILO CITY, May 1 (PIA6) - - The Labor Day celebration in the city and province of Iloilo today, May 1, will not only be marked with simultaneous job fairs but also a one-stop-shop of various services of different government agencies. Around seven government agencies have confirmed to the Department of Labor and Employment 6 to put up desks at the one-stop shop to assist jobseekers and workers in their pre-employment needs and inquiries on matters related to labor and employment at the job fa...
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30Apr2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, April 30 (PIA) -- In line with this year’s celebration of Labor Day on May 1, 2012, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in partnership with the Provincial Government of Bulacan headed by Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado will hold a job fair intended for fresh graduates and job hopefuls. Alvarado said Bulakenos will have better employment opportunities through the conduct of Job fair. This will be held at SM Event’s Center in Baliwag and Marilao. Accordi...
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30Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is setting up a one-stop-shop Jobs Fair on Labor Day to make it easy for job seekers to find jobs and access employment services. On May 1 at the 2012 Labor Day Job and Livelihood Fair at the World Trade in Pasay City, DOLE will be bringing an array of employment facilitation services for free. DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said, “These employment facilitation services, such as application support docume...
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30Apr2012MANILA, APRIL 30 (PIA) -- As the country commemorates Labor Day on May 1, the Department of Labor & Employment urged all employers in the private sector to promote the welfare and protection of workers by observing pay rules and other general labor standards for the regular holiday. Tomorrow is a regular holiday all over the country by virtue of Proclamation No. 295, signed and issued by President Benigno Aquino III on November 24, 2011, “Declaring the Regular Holidays, Special (Non-Working D...
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28Apr2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 28 (PIA) -- Soccsksargen Region’s Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 12) is set to conduct a wage clinic on Tuesday during the 2012 Labor Day celebration. DOST 12 Regional Director Chona Mantilla said, “the wage clinic is an information and awareness drive where we invite all stakeholders for a thorough discussion of Wage Order No. 17, which became effective on April 18, 2012.” The wage clinic will be held in the afterno...
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28Apr2012BONTOC, Mt. Province, April 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) launched on Thursday the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program towards Community Enterprise Development (DILP - CED) with four organization-beneficiaries receiving a total of P938, 247.57 worth of projects. DOLE Assistant Regional Director Teodoro Delson, assisted by Mt. Province Congressman Maximo Dalog, Sr. Governor Leonard Mayaen and DOLE Provincial Head Miguela Limmayog handed the checks and equipments to t...
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28Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 28 (PIA) -- Some 181 local companies and overseas recruitment agencies offering 39,234 jobs will join in the simultaneous job fairs that will be held in the cities of Iloilo and Bacolod for the Labor Day on May 1. Data obtained from Department of Labor and Employment 6 showed that of the 181 participating agencies, 135 are local companies and 46 are overseas recruitment and manning agencies. As of April 27, DOLE 6 data indicated that the 135 participating local companies c...
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27Apr2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, April 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through its Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in the different municipal local government units here are accepting applications for the scholarship program of the dependents of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) for School Year (SY) 2012-2013, leading to any baccalaureate course or associate degree. DOLE Ifugao Field Office head Alex Gumabol, said the program will provide a maximum of P20,000.00 educational assi...
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27Apr2012SAN JOSE, Antique, April 27 (PIA6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here conducted a briefing on the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council among businessmen, workers, management and government stakeholders in San Jose, Antique last Tuesday. Ms. Salome Siaton, Chief, Technical Support Services Division of DOLE 6, said that the legal bases in creating the TIPC are contained in several executive orders and memorandas among which are EO 403 of 1990 establishing the TIPC, DOLE departme...
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27Apr2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, April 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Kalinga Field Office will be launching two livelihood projects in the province tomorrow to benefit at least 91 individuals. DOLE Kalinga Chief Dr. Avelina Manganip identified the projects as the ‘Kalinga Beads Production and Promotion’ which will benefit some 56 individuals from Barangay Dangoy of Lubuagan, and the ‘Kalinga Kalan Production and Promotion’ to benefit at least 35 individuals from Casigaya...
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27Apr2012MANILA, April 27 (PIA)--The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) cited the local government units and the national government agencies who supported the DOLE's major youth employment intervention program, a department statement said. Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz lauded the local government of Caloocan for hiring 1,190 poor but deserving students under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) that will work for the City as field enumerators. Earlier, the City Government of P...
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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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27Apr2012MANILA, APRIL 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) announced the venues of the nationwide jobs and livelihood fair on May 1. “As its way of commemorating the 110th Labor Day in the country, DOLE will bring together employers who are looking for applicants to fill vacancies in their companies and jobseekers who are looking for the right job that matches their skills and talents. This is not confined in one area because we are making sure that every Filipino willing to work w...
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26Apr2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 26 (PIA) -- At least 13,767 jobs are up for grabs in Labor Day job fairs in Soccsksargen Region, Director Chona Mantilla of the Department of Labor and Employment – 12 announced this morning. Director Mantilla said that on May 1 job fairs will be held simultaneously at Southseas Mall in Cotabato City, at the city gymnasium in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato and at KCC Mall in General Santos City. “Another job fair will be hel...
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26Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 26 (PIA) –- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Surigao del Norte Field Office is set to release coco coir livelihood grant to members of the Claver Coconut Farmers Multi-purpose Cooperative (CLACOFARMCO) on Friday at the multi-purpose hall of Taganito Mining Corporation in Claver, Surigao del Norte. In a phone-patch interview with PIA, Gloria Varquez, DOLE-Surigao del Norte field office head said this is the second release of the said cooperative after they have rece...
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26Apr2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, April 26 (PIA) -- In line with the thrust of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 to continue facilitating employment of Cagayanos, a two-day job fair is slated today, Thursday and Friday, April 26-27 at the Municipal Gymnasium of Sta. Ana, Cagayan. The activity is the second job fair to be conducted since the successful launching in 2011 of the Skills Registry System (SRS) Project of the DOLE in the said municipality. The first job fair, which was conduc...
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26Apr2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 25 (PIA) -- Twelve bus operators from the six provinces in Eastern Visayas attended an orientation last April 12 at the Ritz Tower de Leyte on the Department Order 118-12 series of 2012. The department order outlines the rules and regulation on employment and working conditions of bus drivers and conductors. Accordingly, the orientation was undertaken to inform and let operators understand the order to fully comply with it. Department of Labor and Employment re...
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25Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 25 (PIA6) -- Jobseekers in Western Visayas who want to participate in the Labor Day Job Fair are advised to pre-register prior to the event on May 1 to prevent overcrowding in the registration area and facilitate easier job-matching. Department of Labor and Employment 6 Director Ponciano Ligutom said job applicants may pre-register online with PhilJobnet at www.phil-job.net or log on at www.dole.gov.ph. They may also go to the nearest Public Employment Service Office or a...
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25Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) of Negros Oriental is expected to offer more than 6,000 job positions in local and overseas companies during the simultaneous jobs fair on May 1, in celebration of the 110th Labor Day at 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Robinson’s Place Dumaguete. Dumaguete City is one of the 200 jobs fair venues conducted nationwide organized by TIPC and PESO in cooperation with private sector employers and local government units. Dumaguet...
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24Apr2012MANILA, APRIL 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment clarified that only the Kurdistan Region in Iraq is open for deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). The department stressed that the deployment ban is still in effect in other regions of Iraq. Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR) was excluded in the total deployment ban of OFWs to Iraq under Governing Board Resolution No. 03 Series of 2012 of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration...
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23Apr2012DUMAGUET CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) released P1.5 million recently for victims of the 6.9-earthquake that hit Negros Oriental on February this year. The cash assistance is through DOLE’s Tulong-Pangkabuhayan sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) program under the Comprehensive Emergency Employment program for rural workers in the municipalities of Ayungon, La Libertad, Jimalalud, Tayasan and the city of Guihulngan in the first district. The emplo...
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23Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- In celebration of Labor Day, the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) of Negros Oriental will hold a local and overseas job fair on May 1, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Robinson’s Place, Dumaguete City. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has advised jobseekers to pre-register with the Public Employment Services Office (PESO) in their areas and bring with them the following documents: resume or biodata, photo copies of transcript records, hig...
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23Apr2012MANILA, APRIL 23 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment gears up for the holding of nationwide Labor Day Job and Livelihood Fair to be held on May at World Trade Center, Pasay City. In Metro Manila, some 100,000 jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities will be offered by nearly 300 employers. In a news release, Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the activity is open to all jobseekers, new graduates, returning and displaced OFWs, and other interested Filipinos. Baldoz said t...
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23Apr2012MANILA, April 23 (PIA) -- Ang Malakanyang nag-imbita sa mga estudyante, graduwado sa kolehiyo, graduwado sa mga vocational nga kurso og out-of-school youths, sa pag-apply sa summer jobs ubos sa Expanded Government Internship Program (GIP), matud sa usa ka opisyal sa Palasyo. Si Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte mipahayag sa usa ka interview nga gipahayag diha sa mga gidumala sa gobierno nga estasyon sa radio dzRB Radyo ng Bayan kaniadtong Sabado mipahayag nga ang GIP nagtumong s...
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21Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 21 (PIA6) -- Thousands of job oppoprtunities are up for grabs for Ilonggo jobseekers at the Job Fair on May 1 which will kick-off the Labor Month celebration in the city and province of Iloilo. As of April 20, there are already 69 local and international employment companies that have confirmed their participation in the one-day event. This was learned during the recent meeting of the Department of Labor and Employment 6 with other government agencies and private partn...
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21Apr2012MANILA, APRIL 21 (PIA) --The Philippines was overwhelmingly chosen by participating countries in the Abu Dhabi Dialogue to chair the meeting in the next two years. During the 2nd Ministerial Meeting on the last day of the three-day Abu Dhabi Dialogue II (ADD II) recently held at the Sofitel Hotel in Manila, United Arab Emirates Labor Minister Saqr Ghobash, the current chair of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue turned over the gavel, the symbol of the chairman's authority, to labor & Employment Secretary R...
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21Apr2012MANILA, April 21 (PIA) -- Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz announced Friday that the Philippines had successfully presented significant inputs to the regional framework of cooperation in the Abu Dhabi Dialogue II at the Sofitel Hotel in Manila. "I am happy to announce that the Philippine position on key issues in managing labor migration and maximizing the mutual benefits from labor mobility in the Asian region have been incorporated in the Framework on Regional Coopera...
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19Apr2012LEGAZPI CITY, April 19 (PIA) -– Workers from the private sectors in the Bicol region can finally receive their anticipated wage increase as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sets off its new Wage Law effective April 7 this year. DOLE-Bicol Regional Director Nathaniel Lacambra confirmed the full implementation of the Wage Order No. RBV – 15 approved by DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on February 24. It took effect 15 days after publication in a newspaper and circulated in the reg...
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19Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) pinaagi ni Regional Director Ofelia Domingo ngapagawas og mga aktibidad nga nakahan-ay alang sa sleberasyon sa May 1 Labor Day sa Caraga Region. Sigon ni Teofila Rosales, Supervising Labor Employment Officer (LEO) uG Field Office Head sa Surigao del Sur, lakip niini ang Pre-employment Seminar for Local Applicant (PESLA) sa Abril 10 hangtud 30, Pre-Overseas Employment Seminar (PEOS), ug ang Pre-Registration ug Press Con...
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18Apr2012QUEZON CITY, APRIL 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has identified Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machinist as a mission-critical skill (MCS). A CNC machinist is specially trained to program, operate, and maintain CNC equipment. He or she uses expert knowledge to set up machines that are capable of cutting, bending, forming, and polishing raw metal into finished parts and tools. To retain workers with such skill, Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz recent...
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18Apr2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, April 18 (PIA) -- More than 900 students in Capiz will get employed this summer. Information Officer William Dungog of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Capiz said 910 students will get jobs in this year’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) of their agency in partnership with the various schools and local government units in the province. For the program this summer, Dungog revealed that DOLE has set aside P1,872,660, representing 40 perce...
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17Apr2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, April 17 (PIA) -- Forty three students hired by the local government and the Department of Labor and Employment under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) will be deployed to the municipal nursery and major streets here for the clean and green program. Delia Basilio, civil registrar and the designated Public Employment and Service officer (PESO), said this will not only provide temporary employment to the indigent students this summer but will also inculcat...
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17Apr2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 17 (PIA) -- The National Conciliation and Mediation Board of the Department of Labor and Employment in Eastern Visayas is calling on companies and labor unions with existing collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) due to expire this year to call for early negotiations. Record from the NCMB lists 17 out of the 36 existing CBAs signed by both management and workers groups will expire in various dates this year. Juanito Geonzon, NCMB regional branch director, said thei...
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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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17Apr2012SAN FERNANDO, La Union, Abril 17 (PIA) -- Agarup nga P15.8 a milyon a pondo para iti Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) iti ited ti Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ti datoy a tawen. Datoy a programa ket matulonganna dagiti marigrigat nga estudyante tapno agpursige da nga agadal kada bakasyon kas ti Paskua wenno summer nga annuruten ti Republic Act 9547 wenno SPES. Idi April 2, nakapalista iti DOLE ti agarup 5,000 nga estudyante ken out-of-school-youth nga agtrabaho...
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17Apr2012MANILA, April 17 (PIA) -- Si Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz nag-anusyo sa hinapos nga bahin sa semana sa mga ang-ang sa proseso unsaon sa pag pre-register alang sa Job and Livelihood Fair sa DOLE karong Mayo 1 diha sa iyang panawagan sa mga interesado nga mga mimiriling ug trabaho sa pag pre-register. “Kita nag-awhag sa tanang mga mamiriling ug trabaho, mga bag-ong gradwado, mibalik ug nawad-an ug trabaho nga mga OFWs ug uban pang mga intereado nga mga Pilipinhon ki...
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16Apr2012MANILA, April 16 (PIA) -- The Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) announced its initial 13 graduates of its online Basic OSH course (e-BOSH). In a statement posted on its website (www.oshc.dole.gov.ph), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said that those who finished the course are Frances Dominguez, Renato Mateo, Ruel Teves, Anabel Punzalan, Lester Marqueses, Anthony Hermogino, Abelardo delos Santos, Timothy Manos, Elmar Godino, Noel Benitez...
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15Apr2012MANILA, April 15 (PIA) -- Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz announced over the weekend the step-by-step process on how to pre-register for the DOLE’s Job and Livelihood Fair on May 1, Labor Day, as she called on interested job seekers to pre-register. "We encourage all jobseekers, new graduates, returning and displaced OFWs, and other interested Filipinos who are interested to go to the event to pre-register," she said in a statement. “Pre-registration will make it ...
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14Apr2012LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS, Bulacan, Abril 14 (PIA) -- Mayroon ng nakalaang trabaho para sa mga kabataang Bulakenyo matapos na mapirmahan ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at McDonald’s Philippines ang Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) sa ilalim ng programang Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) kamakailan. Ang pagtanggap sa mga mapipiling magtatrabaho sa nasabing kumpanya ay bukas sa mga nag-aaral sa kasalukuyan sa lalawigan at maging sa mga out of school youth o OSY. Sila a...
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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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13Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here gave checks amounting to a total of P624,000 to four barangays in Tanjay City as monetary aid for sugar workers hit by Typhoon Sendong. A total of 150 sugar workers in four villages benefited from the aid given under DOLE’s Tulong-Pangkabuhayan sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) program. The checks were handed over by DOLE officer-in-charge Vivencio Lagahid to the four village chiefs during a turnover ...
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12Apr2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, April 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment 1(DOLE 1) has allocated a P15.8-million budget for its Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) this year. The program aims to help poor but deserving students pursue their education by providing or augmenting their income by encouraging them to have their employment during summer or Christmas vacation, pursuant to Republic Act 9547 known as SPES. As of April 2, DOLE reported that 5,006 students and ...
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12Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 12 (PIA) -- Security personnel at the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) here rescued five minors from illegal recruitment at the Dumaguete City port on March 29, 2012. The minors aged 14 to 16 years old were about to board the Manila-bound Superferry vessel when they were intercepted by guards from Lockheed Security group, a security agency contracted by the PPA. The port police stopped the minors, one of whom is a deaf-mute, from boarding the ship after they noticed tha...
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12Apr2012KALIBO, Aklan, April 12 (PIA6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has allotted 738 slots for this year’s implementation of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) in the province of Aklan. Implemented for years already, SPES, also known as “summer job program” for students, will be participated this year in the province by 11 local government units, provincial government of Aklan, three private schools and 3 business establishments, according to Vidiolo C....
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11Apr2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, April 11 (PIA6) -- Six new Bachelor of Arts major in Mass Communications graduates of Colegio dela Purisima Concepcion (CPC) here will start their work as call center employees in Iloilo City this April. They were among the lucky applicants who benefited from the jobs fair held in 7 schools last March by the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) – Roxas City and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Aside from CPC, the jobs fair was also conducted at Filamer Chr...
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11Apr2012LAOAG CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment-Ilocos Norte Field Office (DOLE- INFO), together with the city government of Batac and Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) conducted recently a jobs fair for the university's newly graduates. More than 1,200 new graduates joined the fair held at the University’s Function Hall in Batac City last March 21. Available slots opened in the fair include marketing specialist, accounting, cooperative agents, hotel and restaurant...
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09Apr2012BAGUIO CITY, April 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in its continuous effort to provide prompt, timely and efficient delivery of employment facilitation services to the poor, unemployed, new entrants to the labor force, and other related groups, is preparing for the conduct of the nationwide Grand Jobs Fair for the coming May 1, Labor Day celebration. In the Cordillera Administrative Region, DOLE-CAR Regional Director Henry John Jalbuena disclosed that in partnership ...
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08Apr2012MANILA, APRIL 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) encouraged high school graduates to consider enrolling in short-term or collegiate entrepreneurial courses, which will equip them with formal business management training that they could use to build and establish viable and rewarding careers. “The Philippines is a good venue for business; and it would be a waste if we do not produce well-versed entrepreneurs who will strongly promote trade and create more wealth in the coun...
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08Apr2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 8 (PIA) -- Female inmates of the North Cotabato Provincial Jail were recently trained in making ladies’ accessories to help them earn some income. In a press release sent to the Philippine Information Agency 12 this week, Charmaine Ladot-Sonsona, information officer of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12, said the training held on March 22 was spearheaded by the DOLE North Cotabato Field Office in partnership with the Provincial Social Welfa...
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06Apr2012MANILA, APRIL 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) reminds Filipino jobseekers both here and abroad to be cautious when dealing with recruitment agencies so as not to fall in the lairs of illegal recruiters. In a news release, Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz calls on jobseekers, especially to those who would want to pursue a career abroad, to be vigilant and alert in their dealings with recruitment firms. “It would also help if they familiarize themselves with...
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04Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 4 (PIA6) - - More than 8,000 poor but deserving students in Western Visayas will have a productive summer this year as they earn and at the same time gain work experience through the Special Program for Employment of Students of the Department of Labor and Employment. Data obtained from DOLE 6 indicated that some 8,443 students are expected to be hired by private and government employers who signified their intention to participate in the program this year. ...
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04Apr2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 4 (PIA) –- After complying with the 15-day regulation publication, the new wage order for Soccsksargen Region’s private sector workforce will be effective April 18, the Department of Labor and Employment – 12 announced this morning. DOLE 12 regional Director Chona Mantilla and chairperson of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-12 said that Wage Order RBXII-17 was issued on March 28, 2012. Official pub...
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03Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment reiterated its call to public sector employers to observe appropriate pay rules during the holidays. In a news release, Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz urged all private sector employers in the country to bear in mind the welfare of their workers by observing the applicable pay rules and other core labor standards during the nationwide holidays. A long vacation awaits Filiupino workers beginning next weekend due t...
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02Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 2 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reiterated its position that the proposed across-the-board P125 daily wage increase is not feasible at the moment. In a news release, DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said that while the agency cannot support the proposed across-the-board P125 daily wage increase because it will weigh down heavily on the economy through higher prices, loss of jobs, and slower overall economic growth. In July 2010, a group of Congressmen ...
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31Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 31 (PIA6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), through its Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) has completed the setting-up of 16 regional Career Guidance Counselors Network (CGCN) in the country. This was revealed by BLE Officer In-Charge Evelyn O. Dacumos during a recent media interaction with tri-media practitioners in the province. Dacumos, a Capiceña and CGCN advocate, stressed that the network plays an important role in guiding students, parents, teach...
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31Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 31 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment Region 8 Director Exequiel R. Sarcauga encouraged this year’s graduates to seek the assistance of the department as they graduate from the academic life to the real world of work. Sarcauga made the call before the graduating students at the Eastern Samar State University- Salcedo Campus and Naval State University-Biliran campus, as commencement speaker on March 26 and 27, respectively. "After graduation from college,...
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28Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 28 (PIA) -- A new wage rate for laborers in the private sector in Soccsksargen Region could be implemented soon, a labor official here said. Labor and employment regional director Chona Mantilla confirmed in a radio interview yesterday that the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) – 12 has decided to recommend “increase in the minimum wage ranging from P10 to P14 daily.” “If this is approved (by the Nat...
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28Mar2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, March 28 (PIA) -- This summer vacation, 1,159 poor but deserving students are going to benefit under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) in Surigao del Sur. According to Teofila Rosales, chief of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) field office here, their pledge of commitment targeted up to 1,165, but benefactors came up short of six students. In the entire province, nine municipalities and two cities are taking part in the SPES implem...
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27Mar2012QUEZON CITY, Mar. 27 (PIA) -- Dili na kinanahanglang mopauli pa sa Pilipinas ang mga Filipino workers nga nakabase sa gawas sa nasud aron lamang mokuha ug board licensure examinations tungod kay gitugotan na Professional Regulations Commission (PRC), attached agency sa Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE), ug giisyuhan na sa resolusyon nga nag-usab sa implementing rules and guidelines pa pagpahigayon sa Special Professional Licensure Board Examinations (SPLBE) alang sa mga overseas Filipino...
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26Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- Filipino workers who are based overseas and want to take their board licensure examinations can now do so without returning to the Philippines. The Professional Regulations Commission (PRC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE), has approved and issued a Resolution, revising the implementing guidelines on the conduct of Special Professional Licensure Board Examinations (SPLBE) for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). “The new guideline...
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23Mar2012TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat, March 23 (PIA) -- Officials of all the 20 barangays of Tacurong, led by their respective chairpersons attended the one-day Skills Registration System orientation conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office 12 last February 28. It is a nationwide manpower skills registration system which provides adequate and available supply of labor. DOLE is implementing the program in partnership with Public Employment Service Offices (PESO) of Local G...
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23Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment – Caraga posted 29,743 job vacancies at the PHIL-JOBNET system from Nov. 1, 2010 to Nov. 30, 2011. The figure ranked them second, next to top poster, National Capital Region. PHIL-JOBNET is a free and secured internet-based strategic job search system of DOLE. It is accessible 24 hours a day at seven days a week. On their part, DOLE Caraga employed various innovative strategies to encourage employers to use the system t...
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23Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 23 (PIA) -- Seventy-five members of the Igbaras Mango Growers and Producers Association (IMPGA) received P 558,000 in livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment-6 (DOLE). DOLE-6 Director Ponciano Ligutom said the assistance given came from the agency’s Integrated Livelihood Program-Community Enterprise Development. Ligutom said it will be used to purchase a rotary fruit dryer and cooker with a load capacity of 80-100 kilograms and 40 liters ...
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22Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 22 (PIA) -- For the next three months, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will be holding job fairs nationwide in time with the graduation of the students. In a news release, DOLE Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz said the agency has more than 200 job fairs to be conducted for just the first quarter by the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) network, in cooperation with private and government sector employers. The job fairs will be held in conven...
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21Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 21 (PIA6) -- Parents of child laborers in the town of San Enrique received more than P397,000 from the Department of Labor and Employment-6 (DOLE) for livelihood projects. DOLE-6 Director Ponciano M. Ligutom said about 52 parents from Barangays Mapili and Dumiles, in San Enrique will benefit from the assistance which is DOLE’s initiative to help eliminate child labor. DOLE-Iloilo/Guimaras Field Office has joined hands with the Iloilo State College...
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21Mar2012LAOAG CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The Laoag City government is set to employ at least 200 high school and college students under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) this summer. Vilma Rances, Community Affairs Division (CAD), said student-employees will start working in various city government offices from May 2 to 29 or equivalent to 20 working days. “They are entitled to receive a daily wage that is equivalent to the minimum pay of a city hall employ...
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20Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, Mar. 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment in region IX has recently handed over P490,000.00 assistance to the alliance of the Dipolog-Dapitan, Polanco, Katipunan, Roxas and Manukan (DDPKaROMA) Development Council chaired by Zamboanga del Norte Governor Rolando E. Yebes. The ceremonial turn-over of the financial assistance was personally done by DOLE-IX Regional Director Sisinio Cano during the Forum on Collaboration for Local Economic Development a...
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20Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 20 (PIA)—The Health Department’s program on Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement And Local Service (RN HEALS) addresses the necessary number of midwives and nurses in the Rural Health Units (RHUs) especially for the families in the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCTs) areas. This was pronounced in a meeting on March 19, Monday attended by the representatives from the partner agencies of Department of Health (DOH...
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20Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment - National Capital Region (DOLE-NCR) announced the nationwide hiring of 3,900 out of school and in-school youths aged 17-20 years old under its Summer Program for the Employment of Students (SPES). They will be employed by the Golden Arches Development Corporation, the company behind McDonald’s fast-food chain. 1,931 out of the 3, 900 available slots will be deployed to 103 Mc Donald&rs...
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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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18Mar2012DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Mar. 18 (PIA) -- Summer jobs await 100 deserving students in the municipality of Malalag, Davao del Sur, in an effort by the local government to help the poor pursue their education. The local government unit of Malalag is set to provide jobs for students from poor families this summer through the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Municipal Public Employment Service Office (PESO)...
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18Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato , March 18 (PIA) -- Mamimigay ng daan-daang wheelchair ang pamahalaang panlalawigan ng South Cotabato at ang Mahintana Foundation Inc., ng Dole Philippines, Inc. Inihayag ni Rudy Jimenea,executive assistant ni Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr., sa programang pangradyo ng provincial LGU kahapon, na aabot sa 900 na wheelchair an...
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17Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 17 (PIA) -- The surge of nursing graduates amid declining demand for them here and abroad led the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to come up a project dubbed EntrepreNurse project. “EntrepreNurse is an initiative of DOLE, in collaboration with Professional Regulations Commission – Board of Nursing, Philippine Nurses Association, and other government agencies and academic institutions to promote nurse entrepreneurship by introducing a h...
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16Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is bolstering its programs on the prevention and elimination of child labor. DOLE is now focusing on the Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC) to help them transform barangays with high incidence of child labor into child-labor free barangays. “We will aim for 80 barangays this year,” DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said. The Secretary has tasked the...
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15Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment-Regional Coordinating Council, in coordination with the Butuan City local government unit, conducted the “RCC On Wheels Caravan.” Dubbed as “Serbisyong DOLE Sa Inyong Tugkaran Kalambo-an sa Butuan City (DOLE’s Services Right At Your Backyard, A Progress for Butuan City),” it was held at Brgy. Rajah Humabon Covered Court area Tuesday morning. The caravan aimed to serv...
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15Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- Anticipating petitions for wage hike as Labor Day draws near, the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) embarked on area based-workshops nationwide to assist the Regional Wage Boards in the implementation of the Two-Tiered Wage System (2TWS). DOLE’s national Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) completed the rounds of area-based orientation workshops on 2TWS last week. In a press conference held at DOLE&rsquo...
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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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13Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) -- Mahatagan na ug oportunidad ang mga bag-ong migradwar sa kolehiyo ug mga nangita ug trabaho dinhi sa Eastern Visayas tungod kay naglaan na ug pipila ka mga job fairs sa nagkalain-laing dapit sa rehiyon ang regional office sa Department of Labor and Employment uban sa koordinasyon sa mga local government units (LGUs), sumala pa ni Labor Department regional director Exequiel Sarcauga. Si Director Sarcauga miingon nga kabahin sa departamento ang pagtab...
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13Mar2012CEBU CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- The Mandaue City Government through its Public Employment Service Office (PESO) is conducting “employment coaching” to graduating students of public national high schools in the city to prepare them for employment in case they cannot proceed to college due to lack of money. Last week, 374 graduating students including 53 from night school of Canduman National High School, gathered at the school’s open court for the “employment coach...
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13Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) --The Department of Labor & Employment is waging an all-out war against child labor this year by rolling-out series of programs and activities to boost its campaign for the prevention and elimination of child labor. In a news release, Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said that for 2012 they will be focusing on the country side in an effort to eradicate child labor, adding that they target 80 barangays to become chil...
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12Mar2012BACOLOD CITY, March 12 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 6 is opening two satellite offices this month in the cities of Sagay and Himamaylan, Negros Occidental. Labor regional director Ponciano M. Ligutom announced this during the meeting of the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council held in this city. The Sagay satellite office will be attending clients from Victorias City up to San Carlos City, while the office in Himamaylan City will cat...
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12Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- In recognition of the role that husbands assume when their wives choose to work abroad, the Department of Labor & Employment holds a forum on “house husbands." The Institute of Labor Studies (ILS), the policy research and advocacy arm of the DOLE held a forum dubbed “Men Left Behind: The Social Costs of Feminized Labor migration in the Philippines”. The forum is about Filipino men left behind by the...
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09Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 9, (PIA) -- The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has warned overseas job seekers not to use visit or tourist visa to work in countries with existing deployment bans. In a news release, POEA administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said that the use of a visit or tourist visa to work in countries where there is an existing deployment ban is dangerous and risky. Cacdac bared reports received by his office regarding illegal recruiters us...
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09Mar2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Mar 9 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment, Regional Office IX (DOLE-IX) has released livelihood assistance anew to 37 residents under the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) Kabuhayan Starter Kits in a simple awarding ceremony held last Feb 22 at the City Hall lobby in Isabela. City Information Officer Faisal Sadalani said that ABC President Reybert P. Santos spoke on behalf of Mayor Cherrylyn Akbar. Reading the message of the mayo...
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09Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 9 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Agusan del Sur, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), launched the Datu Lipus Makapandong Youth Employment and Migrant Center on February 24, 2012. It received overwhelming support from various government agencies, NGOs, faith-based organizations, youth and migrant organizations, and private sector. The ceremonial cutting of ribbon was spearheaded by Agusan del ...
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08Mar2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, March 8 (PIA)-- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-12 recently conducted a 40-hour Basic Occupational Safety and Health (BOSH) training for 53 frontline workers from different companies here. The BOSH training aims to equip participants with the knowledge on the basic concepts and principles of occupational safety and health for them to improve workplace condition. It also aims to increase worker's productivity and promote a healthy and ha...
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07Mar2012BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and in coordination with the Eastern Visayas Child Labor Committee (EV-CLC), is conducting a two-day Capacity Building Training on Child Labor and Trafficking in Persons. The training is held today until tomorrow at the Provincial Governor’s Office, Conference Hall, Capitol Building, Borongan City, Eastern Samar. Some 50 ...
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07Mar2012NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, March 7 (PIA6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment Field Office in Negros Occidental recently released a total of P737,470 for livelihood projects in two barangays of La Castellana, this province. The amount is earmarked to various projects for beneficiaries of Dama Farmers and Workers Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association (DAFWARBA) in Barangay Cabacungan, and Kanla-on Green Brigade-Alay sa Kalikasan Organization, Inc. (KGB-AKO) in Barangay Biak na Bato, ...
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06Mar2012Legazpi City, March 6 (PIA) -- Sorsogueños are looking forward to better employability and career path in the coming years after the field office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here led the Capability Training in Career Coaching for stakeholders held last week. DOLE V was able to train 18 managers of Public Employment Services Office and 11 guidance counselors from Sorsogon province; they will eventually guide graduating students in deciding what career path to ...
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06Mar2012Legazpi City, Mar 6 (PIA) -- Contractual workers across Bicol region need not worry losing their jobs hastily, intimidated, and anxious of unpromising future upon completion of their contract of employment. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office here has assured contractual workers of ‘security of tenure’ by virtue of Department Order No. 18-A providing that contractual workers cannot be terminated without due cause and due process and shall enj...
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06Mar2012SYUDAD SANG ROXAS, Capiz, Marso 6 (PIA6) -- Kapin sa 20 ka mga myembro kag benepisyaryo sang Sicap Multipurpose Cooperative sa bawa sang Sigma, Capiz ang nakabaton sang Kabuhayan Starter Kit sang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Suno kay DOLE Capiz Information Officer William Dungog nga sang nagligad nga bulan sang Pebrero, natigayon nga matugyan na sang ila talatapan pinaagi kay Assistant Regional Director Dax Villaruel ang Kabuhayn Starter Kits sa mga katapu sang amo nga k...
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05Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- Go out-of-the-box and check other healthcare careers, Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz advised nursing graduates yesterday stressing that jobs are aplenty in the healthcare industry. The labor chief also pointed out to licensed nurses, and other jobseekers with healthcare backgrounds, the array of non-clinical, yet, medical-related job opportunities as alternate careers available in the healthcare industry. “...
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05Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 5 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently issued the operating guidelines on the new compensation scheme for drivers and conductors of public utility buses in Metro Manila. Through the National Wages and Productivity Commission’s (NWPC) Guidelines No. 1, the Labor department laid out the operational guidelines for Department Order (DO) 118-12, or the "Rules and Regulations Governing the Employment and Working Condition...
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03Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 3 (PIA6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) – Capiz Field Office has tentatively set a strategic planning on March 29 to 30 here to strengthen the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) in the province. The upcoming activity is in line with the directive of DOLE 6 regional director Ponciano M. Ligutom who was in Capiz last month to conduct consultation with program partners. “I want your TIPC strengthened and functional,&...
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02Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 2, (PIA) -- To further enhance the skills and work attitude of the workers, the City Tourism Office here in collaboration with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga jointly spearheaded the “Error-Free, Service Quality Workshop” held Friday in one of the local convention centers here. Participants of said forum are Human Resource and Management (HRM) students from Saint Joseph Institute and Technology (SJIT), representatives fro...
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02Mar2012QUEZON CITY, March 2 (PIA)--The Department of Labor estimates that more than a million jobs will be generated by the government’s Community-Based Employment Program this year. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said in a news release that the government is spending between P263 billion to P832 in public infrastructure projects this year, adding that more than half of the projects will be implemented by the national government while others are submitted f...
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01Mar2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 1 (PIA6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has been helping students in choosing their courses that would have higher chances in landing a job. Capiz DOLE Information Officer William Dungog said that they have been visiting different secondary schools in the province to conduct counseling, particularly for graduating students, on the course that will later provide them employment. Dungog explained that the career guidance aims to equip and guid...
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29Feb2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 29 (PIA 6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Western Visayas has earmarked more than P2 million to provide livelihood projects in Capiz this year. Regional director Ponciano M. Ligutom said that the assistance will come in the form of livelihood starter kits, which will be made available to informal workers like farmers and fisherfolks, youth and persons with disabilities (PDWs), among others. In 2011, the DOLE released 100 sets...
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29Feb2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- Six sessions on career and employment coaching for graduating high school and college students are set to be held in Negros Oriental in March. The activities, coordinated by the Provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO), aim to assist high school students choose the collegiate course that matches their skills, while helping steer the graduating college students towards the right career path. The sessions will kick off at Santi...
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29Feb2012SYUDAD SANG ROXAS, Capiz, Pebrero 29 (PIA6) -- Ginpahayag ni Ponciano M. Ligutom nga regional direktor sang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa Western Visayas nga may masobra duha ka milyon ka pesos nga pundo ang DOLE para sa palangabuhian nga proyekto sang mga Capiznon. Gindugang pa ni Ligutom nga ang “livelihood starter kits” ang sarang makuha sang mga pamatan-on, mga indibidwal nga may kasablagan sa lawas, mangunguma, mangingisda kag iban pa. &nbs...
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28Feb2012LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here has been allotted P13 million this year to implement livelihood projects to create employment in the region. The amount will be disbursed in the form of livelihood grants under the DOLE’s Kabuhayan-Starter Kit (DK-SK) “Trabaho sa Bag” program for impoverished Bicolano families, according to DOLE regional director Nathaniel Lacambra on Monday. As of February...
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28Feb2012PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in cooperation with the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) spearheaded a Conciliation and Mediation Training for PESO Managers and Guidance Counselors on Monday at the DOLE Provincial Office, Alano Street, this city. DOLE Assistant Regional Director Virginia L. Bonbon welcomed the 32 participants and expressed her grateful appreciation to their warm response and eagerness to attend the training....
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28Feb2012SAN JOSE, Antique Feb 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment met recently with Public Employment Service Officers (PESO) and guidance counselors in Antique recently to discuss career choices of students. “PES Officers are a big help to us especially in seeking ways to generate employment at the local level at the same time preparing project proposals for livelihood programs for the recipients in the municipality concerned,” said Laura ...
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28Feb2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- To address the concerns of the Contractors/Subcontractors in the region, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has given more teeth to a department order that aims to protect workers by curbing abuses of contracting and subcontracting arrangements. The Department Order No. 18-A Rules Implementing Articles 106 to 109 of the Labor Code, an amendment to Department Order 18, now has provisions that would strengthen security of tenure of workers. &nb...
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26Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 26 (PIA) -- More health services are coming to indigent residents of South Cotabato with another partnership forged between the provincial government and non government organization. According to the provincial government’s official website, Mahintana Foundation Inc., a foundation funded by the Dole Philippines, has&nbs...
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25Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) region 2 has set March 1 to accept applications for the Special Program for Employment of Student (SPES) for this school year. Grace Pomar, focal person on the employment of students, said this year’s budget amounting to P15.25 million was already released and it will serve 9,000 student beneficiaries all over the region. Pomar stated SPES is a pro-poor program of the present adm...
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24Feb2012LEGAZPI CITY, February 24 (PIA) – To promote health and safety in the construction industry, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) V and the Association of Safety Practitioners in the Philippines Incorporated (ASPI) conducted a training tutorial last February 7 – 11 where they provided 60 construction hard hats to participants for free, Exequiel Ronnie A. Guzman, DOLE V assistant regional director said. Some 58 health officers, practitioners, engine...
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22Feb2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, 22 Feb. (PIA 9) - - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office 9 has increased to P5 million its counterpart allocation for this year’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) also known as summer job program of the city government. This was announced by DOLE-9 officer-in-charge Director Sisinio B. Cano when he paid Mayor Celso Lobregat a courtesy visit yesterday morning in City Hall. Director Cano, who was regional directo...
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22Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 22 (PIA) -- At least 34 job fairs have been scheduled by the Department of Labor and Employment-12 (DOLE-12) and its partners for calendar year 2012. DOLE-12’s partners include private and public colleges and universities, Public Employment Service Offices (PESO), and local government unit...
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22Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 22 (PIA) -- In line with its direction to strengthen protection of the labor sector, the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-12) today gathered in this city all its inspectors and heads of field offices. Charmaine Dawn Ladot-Sonsona, information officer of DOLE 12 said the meeting inte...
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21Feb2012SAN JOSE, Antique, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will distribute livelihood starter kits to migrant sugar workers in the three towns of Antique. According to DOLE Provincial Director Laura Villarico, a total of 145 sugar migrant workers or popularly known as ‘sakadas’ in the towns of Laua-an, Bugasong and Culasi will receive livelihood starter kits under the Integrated Services for Sugar Migrant Workers (I-serve sakada) project of DOLE. &nbs...
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20Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb. 20 (PIA6) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Western Visayas aims to make its field office personnel skilled in managing finances to strengthen agency operations. DOLE-6 Information Officer Amy Judicpa said when the agency created field offices and deployed field personnel there in 2008, some major programs and projects including collection and disbursement functions were not devolved. Judicpa said that when the new regional director Ponci...
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18Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 18 (PIA) -- After more than a year of negotiations, pineapple giant Dole Philippines, Inc. (Dolefil) recently awarded to members of the labor union their unpaid benefits. Report from the Department of Labor and Employment 12 (DOLE 12) said Atty, Rene Almero who represented Dolefil handed to Jose Teruel, leader of AK-NAFLU–KMU (AMADO Kadena NAFLU -KMU), on February 10 a check amounting to P1,113,363.34, as part of the reso...
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17Feb2012CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Mimaropa, has organized the advocacy activity against child labor dubbed ‘Suportahan, Iangat, Gabayan Ang Welfare ng Kabataan (SIGAW Kabataan)’ in the municipality of Bulalacao recently. Eighty-two participants from various sectors actively joined the SIGAW Kabataan advocacy of DOLE. According to Director Zen Angara of DOLE Mimaropa, the advocacy project on child labor int...
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17Feb2012MANILA, Peb. 17 -- Sa iyang pahinumdum sa tanan nga DOLE nga opisyales nga ang ilang tinooray nga mga “agalon” mao ang mga katawhang Pilipino sumala sa pagdeklara ni Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III, matud ni Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz kagahapon sa iyang pagpanguna sa tanan nga mga DOLE nga opisyales diha sa pagpakigsaad alang sa maayo og padayon nga paghatud sa tinooray nga serbisyo publiko ngadto sa mga katawhan pinaagi sa mas maayo nga pagpatuman sa iyang gi-...
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16Feb2012NAVAL, Biliran, Feb 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here in Biliran province called on all government agencies including the private establishments to hire students who are under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). The employment program is mandated under Republic Act No. 73323 to help poor but deserving student pursue their education by ensuring that they are employed during summer or during Christmas vacation. Under this program, employe...
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15Feb2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- The provincial office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Surigao del Sur is set to conduct a Career Guidance and Employment Coaching here on February 17, 2012. According to DOLE Provincial Officer Teofila Rosales, said activity aims to impart knowledge and additional information on career guidance and employment to guidance counselors and Public Employment Service Office (PESO) managers in the province. ...
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15Feb2012TARLAC CITY, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has sealed an agreement with the provincial government of Tarlac for the establishment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Migrant desks in the province. DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis - Baldoz on Friday graced the inaugural Philippine Global Family Summit and Caravan at the Tarlac Provincial Capitol. Baldoz led the oath taking of the national officers of Global Workers and Family Federation Inc. (GWFFI), a ...
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15Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 15 (PIA) -- Consider courses that will lead to a career in banking and finance. This was the advice given by Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz as part of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) efforts at raising awareness on in-demand occupations and aimed at helping students to make wise career choices. According to Baldoz, workers in the banking and finance services sector earn as much as P15,000 to P40,000 per m...
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15Feb2012ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- Mipadayag na sa panaad ang mga sugar planters sa Ormoc-Kananga Sugar District sa pagtapos sa child labor practice diha sa industriya sa asukar. Mibutyag sila OIC regional director Exequiel Sarcauga ug Virgilio Doroja Jr., information officer designate sa DOLE-8 nga usa ka resolusyo ang gipasa sa mga miyembro sa Ormoc–Kananga Mill District Development Council Foundation, Inc. (MDDCFI), diin kini misaad paghatag ug hi...
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11Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 aims to implement eight Community Enterprise Projects (CEP) this year in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino. DOLE 2 director Atty. Sixto T. Rodriquez Jr. said that under the program, P500,000 will be provided by the labor department to each of the projects to be determined by the different field offices. Director Rodriguez said the fund that comes from the DOLE will be us...
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10Feb2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Feb. 10 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Quezon provincial office has awarded checks amounting to P2,213,918 to seven local government units and a computer school in Quezon for the Special Program of the Employment of Students (SPES). DOLE-Quezon provincial office head Virgilio Magsino, said the amount is 40 percent of the salary of SPES program beneficiaries while the remaining 60 percent is from the partner local government units in this progr...
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08Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Director Leopoldo de Jesus and Governor Lilia G. Pineda turned over a P1-million livelihood grant to 216 qualified micro-entrepreneurs from 10 barangays of Pampanga. The governor, in fitting ceremonies held at the Benigno Aquino Memorial Hall at the capitol, lauded the DOLE officials for their continuous support to the employment and livelihood program of the provincial government. ...
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08Feb2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Feb. 8 (PIA) – Newly-installed Department Of Labor and Employment 1 Director and new Chair of DOLE–Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC) Grace Y. Ursua convened their family of agencies for the first time since her oath of office on February 1, and urged the members to ensure oneness in the implementation of programs and activities to achieve better quality of outputs and more effective service delivery to intended clients. “This mea...
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07Feb2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- The talents of former child laborers were recently showcased thru poster, slogan and comic strip-making contests. The project was led by the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE), Philippine Program Against Child Labor, and the Eliminating Child Labor in the Tobacco Industry (ECLTI) Project in cooperation with its network of social partners. The context aims to help achieve a child-labor free Phi...
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07Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb 7 (PIA) -- As the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) prepares to intensify its career advocacy program for the next school year, Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz is encouraging young high school graduates to take training courses related to construction. DOLE and stakeholders has cited the construction industry as having a tremendous job-generating potential. Citing a report of the DOLE’s Bureau of Labor and Employment (BLE), Baldoz said Filipi...
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07Feb2012DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- Pangasinan province registered the highest number of beneficiaries for the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES), a program of the Department of Labor and Employment. Ilocos region has a total of 4,278 beneficiaries in 2011. Of these, 2,077 were from Pangasinan; 884 from Ilocos Sur; 782 from Ilocos Norte; and 535 from La Union. Over the last three years, the number of students that have benefited from the program h...
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06Feb2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- Cascading jobs closer to barangays, the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of Guiguinto town notched the Best PESO award under the First Class Municipality category recently at the Lewis Grand Hotel, Angeles City. Guiguinto received the citation from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Regional Office 3 which recognized the most exemplary PESOs in Central Luzon during the PESO Year-End Planning Assessment on Jan. 25 to 26. ...
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02Feb2012LAOAG CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- Over two thousand jobs await qualified applicants in the first job fair for the year in Ilocos Norte. According to Ingracio Baylon of the Provincial Department of Labor and Employment, the positions available are for local and overseas employment. There are jobs for baccalaureate degree holders as well as for vocational, technical and high school graduates. There are five overseas employment recruitment agencies and they have 1,053 job orders from ab...
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02Feb2012Competition in the job market is really getting stiffer these days. Just like Jean, now in her 30s and presently jobless, job fairs always serve as a venue for her to try her luck and hopefully land a sustainable job. She went to NE Pacific Mall in Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija on Wednesday to apply for a job overseas in a job fair organized by the Cabanatuan City Public Employment Office as part of the weeklong celebration of the 62nd Araw ng Cabanatuan Foundation. A single mother and...
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01Feb2012BORONGAN City, Eastern Samar, Feb. 1(PIA) -- Through the city government of Borongan, some poor fishermen of Divinubo Island received 42 paddled bancas costing P272,496 from the Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE), Regional Office 8. Mayor Fe Abunda received gracefully from DOLE Regional Director Atty. Forter G. Puguon the assistance in a simple yet meaningful ceremony before the island’s barangay officials and the beneficiaries of the DOLE’s Integrated Livelihood Progr...
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01Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- Chona Mantilla, labor attaché to Rome, today begins her new assignment at the Department of Labor and Employment in Soccsksargen Region (DOLE-12). Mantilla takes the place of Atty. Ma. Gloria Tango, who is re-assigned as regional director of DOLE in Central Visayas in accordance to the order of Labor and Employment S...
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01Feb2012PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to release this week, checks amounting to P1,210,000.00 for Starter Kits/NegoKart beneficiaries in the province of Zamboanga del Sur. This was revealed by Assistant Regional Director Virginia L. Bonbon in an interview with Philippine Information Agency (PIA ) recently. “We are almost done with the preparation of the checks. Aside from these livelihood assi...
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01Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- If she were to boast of achievements as regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment- Soccsksargen (DOLE-12), Atty. Ma. Gloria Tango said, these would be attaining industrial peace and gaining ISO certification. Effective today, Tango assumes post as a regional director of DOLE- Central Visayas, a...
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29Jan2012ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Jan. 29 (PIA6) – Five teen centers in selected schools in the districts of the province of Iloilo are up for operation starting February. These teen centers are located in Oton National High School for the first district, Pavia National High School for the second district, Lambunao National High School for third district, Rufino J. Palabrica, Sr. Memorial National High School, Dingle, for the fourth district, Nicomedes Tubar, Sr. Memorial National High School in San D...
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24Jan2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in this province released some P500,000 recently to Lipayo Fishermen Association in Dauin town as livelihood assistance. DOLE-NegOr Officer-in-Charge Vivencio Lagahid said that the latest beneficiary under the integrated livelihood program is a group of 38 fishermen whose main livelihood is taking passenger-tourists in small boats en- route to Apo Island. The association used the financial grant to purchase ...
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22Jan2012ni Pat Nano OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- Gipaubos sa usa ka Adolescent Health Issues and Perspectives Symposuim ang mga graduating students sa Tudela National Comprehenhive High School niadtong milabayng semana uban sa pag-alayon sa lokal nga pangaghamhanan sa lungsod sa Tudela ug sa Usaid Health Pro. Katuyuan sa nasangpit nga symposuim nga kahatagan sa mga impormasyon o ideya ang kabataan sa paghimo sa mga maayong desisyon alang sa ilang mga kaugmaon human sila mogradw...
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22Jan2012MAKATI CITY, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- The local government has intensified its support to providing assistance and protection for both local job seekers and overseas workers, a statement said over the weekend. This, after Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay signed an agreement with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) NCR to boost the city's employment programs. Binay and POEA Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac signe...
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20Jan2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Jan. 20 (PIA) – Fourteen ambulant or small-scale mobile vendors in San Marcelino, Zambales recently benefitted from the latest livelihood assistance given by the Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) project of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Labor regional information officer Jerry Borja disclosed that “each beneficiary received a vending cart, livelihood tools and raw materials amounting to P10,000.” Prior to the award...
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19Jan2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 19 (PIA) - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Zamboanga Peninsula held, Monday, a re-orientation cum pledging session to institutions and employers in Isabela City on government's students' employment program implementation. DOLE officer-in-charge in Isabela City Wesley Tan said the department is implementing the year-round Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) for 2012, pursuant to Republic Act 9547, an act strengthening and expanding the co...
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17Jan2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment-Region 2 (DOLE-2 ) has urged private employers to submit compliance report on the release of 13th month pay of their employees last December. Grace Y. Ursua, DOLE-2 regional director, issued a public announcement to the media, asking the private employers to deliver the compliance report at the field offices in their respective provinces. She stated that the submission of the said report is in complia...
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12Jan2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union Jan 12 (PIA)--The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of La Union province grabbed the title “Best Peso” in the provincial category in the Regional Search for Best Peso 2011 held late last year in San Luis del Mar, Bauang, La Union. This yearly activity was meant to assess the performance of the said agency in the delivery of employment service throughout the region especially addressing the applicant’s qualificat...
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08Jan2012Hanap-buhay para sa mga walang trabaho, prioridad sa Ilocos Sur Ni: Ben P. Pacris VIGAN CITY, Enero 8 (PIA) -- Inihayag ni Congressman Ryan Singson na prioridad niya sa taong ito ang pagbibigay ng hanap-buhay sa mga kababayang walang trabaho lalo na ang mga mahihirap para mapaunlad ang kanilang pamumuhay. Nilagdaan ni Congressman Singson ang isang Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) para makipagtulungan sa paghahanap ng trabaho sa mga k...
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03Jan2012MANILA, Dec. 3 (PIA) -- The undersecretary for labor relations of the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE), Hans Leo Cacdac formally assumed office yesterday as the new administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Administrator Cacdac last week took the oath of office as the new POEA administrator before DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. In a simple turnover ceremony at the Patricia Sto. Tomas Hall of the Blas F. Ople Building in Ortigas...
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02Jan2012KORONADAL CITY, Jan. 2 (PIA) -- Despite the absence of a petition for a review of wage rates, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB-12) will again hold a public consultation on the possibility of a wage adjustment this year. These public consultations will also discuss the new two-tiered wage system being pushed by the Department of Labor and Employment. DOLE 12 Regional Director Atty. Ma. Gloria Tango said, in the department's last meeting in third week of Decemb...
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22Dec2011KORONADAL CITY, Dec 22 (PIA) -- Employees of the National Food Authority in Soccsksargen Region have canceled their Christmas party in favor of the flood victims in Northern Mindanao. Instead, they decided to donate the amount for the evacuees from Iligan City, Cagayan de Oro, and other areas affected by typhoon Sendong. NFA South Cotabato assistant manager Angelina Lucena said they have saved about P8,000 for the assistance. They have also agreed to contribute used cl...
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21Dec2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 21 (PIA) - - Price of sardines might increase said the President of the Industrial Group of Zamboanga (IGZ) Engr. George Ledesma. Ledesma said, due to the scarcity of tamban, (fish species used for making canned and bottled sardines), an increase of price of sardines is a possibility. “There is a possibility because of the scarcity of Tamban. Prior to the closed fishing season, there was already scarcity of the fish,” Ledesma explained. ...
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20Dec2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Dec 20 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently awarded additional livelihood assistance amounting to P300,000 to the Keppel Subic Shipyard Union (KSSU) for the expansion of its rice retailing business. DOLE regional information officer Jerry Borja disclosed “the grant, which will be utilized for the procurement of goods and equipments, was sourced from our Worker’s Income Augmentation Program (WINAP).” WINAP ...
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15Dec2011KORONADAL CITY, Dec . 15 (PIA) -- Hundreds of jobs were offered yesterday in a job fair at the Productivity and Technology Center along Alunan Ave., this city. The job fair, sponsored by the provincial government in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), is a highlight of South Cotabato’s December Fest 2011, which started December 9 and will end December 23. Ten overseas recruitment agencies and 13 local companies have joined the jobs fair, said ...
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13Nov2011KORONADAL CITY, Nov 13 (PIA) -- Wage adjustment in the private sector is not yet necessary, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board of Soccsksargen region (RTWPB 12) has decided in its recent meeting. Ma. Gloria Tango, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment said, the wage board met on Wednesday, among their agenda was to review regional economic factors and determine whether there is enough reason for a wage adjustmen...
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19Oct2011KORONADAL CITY, Oct 18 (PIA) -- South Cotabato’s labor and employment officer recently confirmed that they have recorded 64 minors working in the small-scale mining projects in T’boli town. Ruby Carrasco of the DOLE – South Cotabato said these children are working as “abantero,” packers and haulers in in mining projects in Barangay Kematu, T’boli. Some minors have also been monitored in the illegal &ldq...
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24Aug2011KORONADAL CITY, Aug 24 (PIA) -- Officials of the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday gathered stakeholders in a forum regarding the issue of child laborers in mining operations in T'boli town. Present in the forum intended to discuss and clarify issues why children below 15 years old should not be required to work and earn for their families were parents, barangay and town officials, as well as representatives of the mining firm operating in the a...
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06Aug2011TAGAYTAY CITY, Cavite, August 6 (PIA) -- Residents in this city enjoys learning basic computer operations thru the Kabataan Information Technology Opportunities (K-ITO) project of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE). The 39 learner-beneficiaries from various age groups were taught the rudiments of computer operation including encoding using Microsoft Word. K-ITO mentor Gedric Sumagui hold a total of 22 hours for the duration of the learning sessions held at the computer labora...
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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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07Jul2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, July 7 (PIA) -- A total of 6,591 Central Luzon residents benefitted from the livelihood assistance projects given by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) during the first semester of 2011. DOLE regional information officer Jerry Borja disclosed that checks amounting to P14.24 million were handed out to seven community groups, three labor unions, and various local government units for the implementation of the Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego Kart)...
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06Jul2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga July 6 (PIA) -- Around 6,700 poor but deserving college and vocational students in Central Luzon were given an opportunity to work in private companies and local government units (LGUs) last summer under the government’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). In her report during the recently concluded Mid-Year Planning Assessment of Public Employment Service Office (PESO) managers, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Technic...
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06Jul2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga July 6 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in partnership with local government units, successfully established school-based Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) in six tertiary institutions across Central Luzon for the first half of 2011. The schools are Araullo University, AMA Computer Learning Center- Apalit, Pampanga branch, Tarlac State University, Micro Asia College of Science and Technology, Northern Zambales College and...
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03Jul2011KORONADAL CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- Consultations with security agencies in SOCCSKSARGEN region ended on a positive note, after the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the service providers agreed on two terms that would assure guards are given due benefits. Atty. Ma. Gloria Tango, regional director of DOLE 12, said DOLE 12 will educate the latter's principals on labor laws and that the security agencies themselves will enter into covenant that would set basic standard p...
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30Jun2011CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, June 30 (PIA) -- Rafael Grancioso at 12 years old, used to work as “mangengete” a term used to describe youngsters along the seashores in Naic, Cavite. They are indulged in carrying fish caught by fishermen from anchored bancas to the trading area in exchange for fish or a little amount of money either for themselves or to help their parents augment their earnings. “Kabilang ako sa 30 na mga batang naialis mula sa pagiging child laborer sa pinagsam...
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28Jun2011KORONADAL CITY, June 28 (PIA) -- DOLE 12 Regional Director Atty. Ma. Gloria Tango announced that DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has already approved the regional office’s proposal for an emergency employment assistance for Cotabato City flood victims. “We submitted a project proposal for emergency employment for at least 100 displaced workers in Cotabato City,” Tango said. “We submitted the proposal last Wednesday, June 22 . In the afternoon ...
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03Jun2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, June 3 (PIA) -- Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) Region 3 lauded the initiatives of San Miguel PureFoods Company Incorporated (SMPFCI) for encouraging its sub-contractors to submit themselves to voluntary compliance to General Labor Standards and Occupational Safety and Health standards. DOLE regional director Leopoldo De Jesus said “SMPFCI's intensive advocacy campaign on voluntary compliance to labor standards has done great help ...
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03Jun2011LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Hunyo 3 (PIA) -- Pinuri kamakailan ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 3 ang hakbang ng San Miguel PureFoods Company Inc (SMPFCI) na paghihikayat sa mga sub-contractors nito na boluntaryong sumunod sa General Labor Standards (GLS) at Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) standards. Ani DOLE regional director Leopoldo De Jesus, kapag ang management ay boluntaryong sumusunod sa labor at safety standards at OSH ay ginaganahan at mas ...
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20May2011MANILA, May 20 (PIA)--Repatriated overseas Filipina workers who were recently displaced by the hostilities and conflicts in the Arab and Northern African countries need not worry as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) came up with a project particularly suited for returning women OFWs. The project, Balik Pinay! Balik-Hanapbuhay! DOLE’s newest integration project for OFWs, is a skills training intervention intended to bring about improved socio-economic well-being ...
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20May2011LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga Mayo 20 (PIA) -- Magsasagawa ng job fair ngayong araw ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at Pampanga Provincial Public Employment and Service Office (PESO) sa Hotel Stotsenberg, Clark Freeport. Ayon kay DOLE Regional information officer Jerry Borja, daan-daang careers ang i-a-alok ng mga kumpanya na nasa Business Process Outsourcing, IT at Manufacturing sectors. Ang mga aplikante ay inaabusahang magdala ng mga karampatang pre-...
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20May2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga May 20 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in partnership with Pampanga Provincial Public Employment and Service Office (PESO), will be holding a job fair today in Hotel Stotsenberg, Clark Freeport. According to DOLE Regional information officer Jerry Borja, hundreds of careers will be offered by around 20 companies who are in involved in Business Process Outsourcing, IT and Manufacturing. Interested applicants are advised t...
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18May2011The Labor department has forged an agreement with other agencies for the promotion of construction safety amid accidents in construction sites. The Department of Labor (DOLE) had signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Departments of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to promote the welfare of construction workers and prevent the recurrence of con...
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17May2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 17 (PIA) - - Labor Department here advises parents and students to consider “in demand” courses in choosing a college course. This appeal was made in time for the opening of classes this June. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) urged the students to enroll in courses that are considered “marketable” or in demand that would in a way give them edge over the others- diploma and job wise. DOLE Assistant Regional Director ...
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16May2011KORONADAL CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- For better chances of finding a job or applicants, the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 12) advised both job seekers and employers in need of applicants to make use of the government online facility Phil-Job Net. DOLE 12 Regional Director Ma. Gloria Tango said, “we are on the process of enhancing the Phil-Job Net, our online job matching system.” “We are encouraging all the applica...
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15May2011KORONADAL CITY, May 15 (PIA) - Officials of the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 12) are planning to conduct a manpower summit in the coming months to address the perennial problem of job mismatch. Jessie dela Cruz, board secretary of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) said the plan is already on the drawing board. He said, the activity is in line with the agency’s continuing ...
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03May2011ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, May 3 (PIA) --- Magtatayo ng isang “migrant center” at overseas filipino worker (OFW) desk ang pamahalaan ng Rizal upang malaman at mabigyan ng kaukulang pansin ang mga pangangailangan ng mga balik-bansang OFWs na residente dito. Umaabot sa 525 ang bilang ng OFWs na mga tiga-Rizal ang bumalik mula sa Libya dahil sa kaguluhan doon kung saan sumailalim ang mga ito sa oryentasyon ukol sa programang panghanap-buhay at tulong pang-negosyo. Ang oryentasyon na...
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01May2011KORONADAL CITY, May 1 (PIA) -- More than 11,000 jobs are in for the taking in the Labor Day job fairs in at least three locations in the region, the regional chief of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 12) announced today. DOLE 12 Regional Director Ma. Gloria Tango said, “For local employment most of the available jobs are for call center agents and production workers particularly for canning companies in General Santos City area.&rdq...
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30Apr2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Apr. 30 (PIA) – - More than 8, 000 job vacancies will be open to job seekers for matching and application during the May 1 Labor Day celebration. Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment-Regional Office-9 is set to conduct tomorrow, May 1, a job fair that will open doors of opportunities to the city’s job seekers especially the fresh graduates. City Information Officer (IO) Sheila Covarrubias in a p...
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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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25Apr2011KORONADAL CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- Jobseekers, including new graduates, in SOCCSKSARGEN Region have three job and livelihood fairs to choose from in looking for possible employment and source of income during the Labor Day. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 12) Regional Director Ma. Gloria Tango announced today that at least 157 local employers and recruiters have already signified intentions to participate in the May 1 celebrations in General San...
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24Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) here has extended relief assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers repatriated from Libya. OWWA regional head Zenobia Caro said 54 out of the 56 OFWs who were sent home in the wake of escalating hostility in Libya, have availed of the government assistance. Caro said OWWA has been facilitating programs to assist the OFWs who went home with less or nothing to bring to their families. Aside from the relie...
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23Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 23 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment here is all set to stage its activities in the region for the nationwide commemoration of the Labor Day on May 1. The Labor Day falls on a Sunday this year and banners the theme: “Matuwid na Daan Tungo sa Kaunlaran Para sa Lahat” which is anchored on President Benigno Aquino III tenet for a transparent, accountable and corrupt-free administration. DOLE regional director Joffrey M. Suyao said that a Hol...
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23Apr2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, April 23 (PIA) – The Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board (RTWPB), region 10, will be conducting simultaneous trainings on ISTIV Bayanihan and SQ-KEGs as part of the 109th Labor Day Celebration with the theme: "Matuwid na Daan Tungo sa Kaunlaran Para sa Lahat." Lawyer Alan M. Macaraya, Director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), region 10 and Chairperson of RTWPB-10, said the ISTIV training will be done at t...
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20Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 20 (PIA) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is calling on all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) repatriated from Japan due to the tsunami and the subsequent nuclear crisis to report to their respective OWWA offices for documentation and assistance. The March 11 earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan and the subsequent nuclear power crisis has displaced thousands of OFWs many of whom were repatriated back home, however many of them are not yet do...
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10Apr2011KORONADAL CITY, April 10 (PIA) -- This year’s Labor Day celebration in Region 12 will be highlighted with two job fairs and a livelihood assistance project, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment said. DOLE 12 OIC Regional Director Patricio Blanza, on Friday announced that on Labor Day job fairs will be held in General Santos City, and Kidapawan City. The agency will also launch a livelihood assistance program in South Cotabato. DOLE 12 ...
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09Apr2011KORONADAL CITY, April 9 (PIA) -- The Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) decision to impose moratorium on oversubscribed courses is a positive move to solve mismatch of skills and available jobs, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment in the region said. DOLE 12 OIC Regional Director Patricio L. Blanza said, “I believe CHED’s moratorium of some courses can really help a lot in reducing the mismatch between the skills of our graduat...
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05Apr2011KORONADAL, April 5 (PIA 12) – Hoping that more job seekers will get immediate placement in the May 1 job fairs, the Department of Labor and Employment in the region (DOLE 12) will be pre-matching skills of the labor force with the requirements of companies. DOLE 12 regional director Ma. Gloria said that they decided to conduct pre-matching because based on their observations in the job fairs held in the first quarter of this year the disparity between qualifications of ap...
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04Apr2011DAVAO CITY, April 4 (PIA) – A multi-sectoral partnership of private and government agencies across the region has strengthened commitment to fully support the control and prevention program on tuberculosis which remains at the top ten causes of deaths in the country. Some 40 private agencies and 14 government offices signed a pledge of support to implement the Philippine Plan of Action to Control Tuberculosis (PhilPACT) 2010-2016, which gears towards achieving the Millennium Devel...
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30Mar2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 30 (PIA) –- Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz is in the city today for the signing of “A Voluntary Code of Good Practices on Decent Work in the Fishing and Canning Industries” back to back with the launching of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) Integrated Livelihood towards Community Enterprise Development (DILP-CED). The voluntary code of good practices is a product of a series of dialogues and consultations with all stakehol...
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26Mar2011CEBU CITY, March 25 (PIA) -- Displaced Cebuano overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) forced to return home due to the internal strife in Libya and the catastrophe in Japan can take advantage of the biggest mega jobs fair initiated by the Cebu City Government next month. “Over 2,000 job positions are available to jobseekers on April 14 which is the biggest jobs fair undertaken by the city government," according to Fidel Magno, the chief of the Department of Manpower and Placement Services ...
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23Mar2011KORONADAL CITY, March 23 (PIA 12) -- Regional Director Ma. Gloria Tango of the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday called on college graduates to ask for assistance from the nearest Public Employment Service Office (PESO) to help them seek for jobs. “Several jobs fairs are being scheduled within this month and in April. So we advise job seekers, especially the new graduates, to go to PESOs or DOLE field offices and ask for the schedules of jobs fairs...
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08Mar2011KORONADAL CITY, Mar. 8, (PIA) -- Effective this week, the region 12 of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 12) will conduct monitoring of construction sites in SOCCSKSARGEN Region. DOLE 12 Regional Director Ma. Gloria Tango, said their office recently received an order from Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz to intensify inspection of construction sites in the entire region. Inspections will particularly focus on the implementation of health and safety sta...
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29Jan2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 29 (PIA) – Driven by a desire to collectively help improve the lives of government employees in region IX, the Regional Executives Association of Western Mindanao (REAWESMIN, Inc.) met recently to draft plans and course of action towards this goal. REAWESMIN President and Department of Labor and Employment Regional Director Ponciano M. Ligutom presided the meeting attended by multi-purpose cooperatives, representatives of a banking institution and cooperative e...
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27Jan2011KORONADAL CITY, January 27 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment Regional Director Ma. Gloria Tango yesterday appealed to employers in the region to comply with labor standard laws especially minimum wage as mandated by Wage Order No. 16. Tango made the appeal to almost 200 employers from South Cotabato during a symposium specifically called to discuss the wage order. “Our appeal to the employers is to comply with the laws on labor standards so th...
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21Jan2011MANILA, Jan. 21 (PIA) -- Filipino seafarers are sought all over the world for their competence and dedication at work. To make them even more competitive, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday announced that it will develop new courses for Filipino seafarers that will give them the necessary training and certification to operate any modern, technologically advanced ships as stated in the Manila Amendments of the STCW Code and Convention. Labor and Employment Secretary R...
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27Jul2010CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (27 July) -- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board of region 10 has finalized Wage Order (WO) No. RX-15 increasing the wages of the daily workers in Northern Mindanao. These adjustments include the incorporation of the Php12.00 daily cost of living allowance granted under WO#RX-14 to the daily minimum wage of workers in the region effective Aug. 16, 2010, after which an increase of Php13.00 in their daily wages will be effective Oct. 1, this year. ...
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