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DOST TRAINING OP FOR COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINISTS
Wednesday 15th of May 2013
CEBU CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- Demand for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machinists in the job market is rising these days, according to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
In the Philippines, only a few CNC machinists are trained as most of those who have been trained have left the country for good, noted DOST.
Brain drain has become a bigger problem in the metals and engineering industry due to steadfast advancements and innovations in modern technology.
To address the negative impact to the industry, DOST's Metals Industry and Research Development Center (MIRDC) is implementing the project dubbed “Human Resource Intervent...
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08May2013QUEZON CITY, May 8 (PIA) – The City government of Marikina through its City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) in cooperation with the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has recently conducted a two-day basic firefighting training for the city government employees as part of its intensified fire prevention campaign. Ninety employees consisting of water tankers, emergency response units, barangay fire brigades, and other front-line service providers participated in the training ...
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08May2013TANAY, Rizal, May 8 (PIA) -- About 150 boys in conflict with the law sheltered at the National Training School for Boys (NTSB) underwent a two-day workshop organized by the Social Action Office and Campus Ministry of De La Salle Zobel recently. The workshop focused on self-awareness and team work among the boys who worked together in their respective cottages. Jayjay Jacinto, program manager of the Social Action Office, said three group dynamics activities were primarily utilized in the works...
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07May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- A total of 3,471 young people, ages 18-30, underwent technical-vocational training under the joint program of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) dubbed Cash for Training Project (C4TP). C4TP is a training program that responds to the government’s thrust in providing sustainable intervention to improve the plight and condition of the youth and empower them through skil...
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03May2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, May 3 (PIA) -- Eighteen rice farmers from the island municipalities of Perez and Alabat recently finished a course on suitable technology in rice farming. Entitled “Pagsasanay para sa mga Angkop na Teknolohiya sa Pagpapalayan,” (Training for the Proper Technologies on Farming) the training was held April 29-May 3, 2013 at the Ouan’s Worth Farm Resort located in this city. The activity, organized by the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) 4A, was conducted in respon...
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03May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato May 3 (PIA) -- Some 5,510 scholarship slots are now open to young people in Soccsksargen Region who are interested on taking technical vocational education, an official here announced today. Zeus Ampuyas, regional director of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) – 12 told Philippine Information Agency 12 that the national government has allotted P29,344,000 for agency’s two flagship scholarship...
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25Apr2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, April 25 (PIA) -- The Regional Training School (RTS) for police officers based in Camp Guillermo Nakar in this city announced they are still accepting applicants for police officers. RTS regional head Police Supt. Harold Depositar, said they have 200 police trainees undergoing the six months training and study on basic courses on understanding police roles, basic laws, disaster management, and response to crime among others. Aside from this, the police trainees will also u...
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24Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 24 (PIA) --- The Department of Education Regional Office (DepEd 6) will conduct a mass training of teachers for the implementation of Grades 2 and 8 of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum. Dr. Novelyn M. Vilchez, Chief of the Training and Development Division of DepEd 6, said that this five-day live-in mass training of teachers is slated for the months of April and May. “The mass training of Grade 2 teachers shall be handled by the schools divisions while that of the ...
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24Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- A top military officer ordered the soldiers to be impartial at all times in view of the May 13, 2013 national and local midterm elections. General Emmanuel Bautista, chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines told reporters that the primary guidance for this election is to help the poll body conduct peaceful elections side by side with the police. Bautista said soldiers must be non-partisan in the whole electoral process. He said they still awaiting fo...
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19Apr2013CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, April 19 (PIA) -- The Firefighters Without Borders Foundation (FWBF), a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands, has turned over a second hand fire truck to the Fire National Training Institute (FNTI) at Camp Vicente Lim, this city. Wilbert Kleijer, FWBF project coordinator led the Netherlands team while FNTI Director Supt. Wilberto Rico Neil A. Kwan Tiu, represented the training institute during the turn-over ceremony at the FNTI administration building. The FNT...
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19Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- The Local Youth Development Council (LYDC) here is leading today’s "Communication Skills Workshop: A Training on Public Speaking" with the members of the Regional Youth Advisory Council (RYAC) from government agencies and partner stakeholders at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. Said training is facilitated by the office of the city mayor’s in coordination with Toastmasters International which is composed of Butuan City, Cagayan de Or,o and Iligan...
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18Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- A top military officer expressed confidence that the insurgency problem in Davao Oriental will totally die down as the government and stakeholders continue to reach out and strengthen the effort to assist former rebels to start life anew. Colonel Rey Leonardo Guerrero, commander of the 701st Infantry Brigade said the provision of livelihood checks to the nine rebel returnees only shows the seriousness of government to address the roots of insurgency. “This endea...
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17Apr2013MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here will hold free training and seminars for new, existing and would-be entrepreneurs in the province. It will run every third week of the month starting this April at the DTI provincial office, Manuel Building, San Isidro Street, Malaybalay City. DTI Provincial Director Ermedio J. Abang said the training includes the following topics: costing and pricing, visual merchandising, e-mail appreciation, Busines...
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16Apr2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, April 16 (PIA6) – A workshop on Grains Classification was conducted by the National Food Authority (NFA) – Capiz last April 11 at the Capiz State University (CapSU) campus here to educate farmers on how they could profit more from their produce by keenly observing the Philippine Grains Standardization Program (PGSP). The PGSP implementation, which is solely entrusted to NFA since 1972, aims to standardize primary quality of rice both valid for export and domestic consump...
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16Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Abril 15 (PIA) -- Isinagawa kamakailan ang election reporting training sa lungsod ng Kidapawan sa North Cotabato na pinangunahan ng National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP). Ang pagsasanay ay dinaluhan ng mga mamamahayag sa buong South at Central Mindanao partikular sa lungsod ng Cotabato, lungsod ng Tacurong sa Sultan Kudarat, lungsod ng Kidapawan at mga bayan ng Kabacan at Midsayap naman sa North Cotabato. Kabilang sa mga naging tagapagsal...
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15Apr2013MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, April 15 (PIA)--Ang Department of Trade and Industry sa Bukidnon mopahigayon sa libreng ‘entrepreneurship training’ ug seminar alang niadtong mga bag-o, mga kamulong nag negosyo ug mga buot mag negosyo dinhi sa probinsya. Ipahigayon kini matag ikatulo nga semana sa bulan nga magsugod karong umaabot Abril 15 diha sa DTI provincial office, nahimutang sa Manuel building, San Isidro Street, Malaybalay City. Si DTI provincial director Ermedio J. Abang miingon nga laki...
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12Apr2013DAVAO CITY, Apr. 12 -- The Department of Trade and Industry – Davao City Field Office (DTI-DCFO) will be conducting a one-day seminar to equip those who want to start their own business. Dubbed “Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset”, the seminar is set on April 16, 1:00 to 5:00 pm, at the DTI Conference Room, 2/F Mintrade Building, corner Monteverde and Sales Streets, Davao City. The seminar is the first module in the DTI Entrepreneurship Development Training. DTI-DDCFO director Teo...
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09Apr2013DUMAGUTE CITY, April 9 (PIA) -- Over 50 volunteers from different parishes in Negros Oriental and Siquijor have undergone trainors training recently on monitoring and safeguarding the May 13 polls. Diocesan Electoral Board (DEB)-led training discussed with volunteers the process of voting, contingency planning which include the testing and sealing of Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines, recruitment of different kinds of volunteers among others. DEB convenor, Rev. Msgr. Julius Heru...
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03Apr2013DAVAO CITY April 3 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is targeting about 1,080 youth beneficiaries for Davao City and Davao del Sur for its cash-for-training program funded by the DSWD. Engr. Nestor Tabada TESDA Provincial director covering the city of Davao and the province of Davao del Sur said the Department of Social Welfare and Development has allotted P21.6 million for the cash-for-training program of which P12- million will be for Davao del Sur and ...
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01Apr2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, April 1 (PIA) -- Hinihikayat ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration –12 ang mga OFW at kanilang kamag-anak sa Soccsksargen Region na gawing makabuluhan ang bakasyon sa pamamagitan ng pagenroll sa libreng computer training ng OWWA. Malaking tulong ang libreng computer training na ito lalo na sa mga OFW upang mabigyan sila ng karagdagang kaalaman sa larangan ng Information Technology o IT na isa sa mga kinakailangan sa paghahanap ng trabaho ngayon. Ang...
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01Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 1 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-12 here is urging Overseas Filipino Workers and their dependents in the Soccsksargen Region to use their free time wisely this summer and avail of the agency's Information Technology (IT) Program. The OWWA-12 Community Technology and Learning Center (CTLC) located at Koronadal City continues to conduct training weekly from Mondays – Fridays at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to cater to interested applicants. Th...
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25Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 25 (PIA) -- Aabot sa humigit-kumulang 262 na mga student leaders sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato ang lumahok sa Leadership Peace Camp na nagsimula ngayong araw at magtatapos naman sa Miyerkules. Ang mga estudyante ay nagmula pa sa iba’t-ibang mga pribado at pampublikong paaralan sa naturang lalawigan. Layon ng pagsasanay na lalo pang mapalakas at madagdagan ang karunungan ng mga student leaders sa pamamahala sa loob ng paaralan. Nabatid na isasail...
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25Mar2013CENTRAL VISAYAS, March 25 (PIA)-- The Metro Cebu Development and Coordinating Board (MCDCB) in its 1st quarter meeting on March 20 approved for endorsement to the Regional Development Council (RDC-7) an Integrated Metro-wide Storm water and Drainage Master Plan for the 13 cities and towns that compose Metropolitan Cebu. MCDCB sub-committee on infrastructure and utilities chair, Engr. Fortunato Sanchez said that based on the Board's studies and discussions, the drainage problem is increasingly...
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18Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 18 (PIA) -- Aabot sa 70 ektaryang lupain sa dalawang lugar sa South Cotabato at Sultan Kudarat sa reforestation program ng Allah Valley Landscape Development Alliance (AVLADA) ngayong taon. Sa pulong ng AVLADA Board of Directors na pinamumunuan ni Gov Arthur Pingoy Jr., kamakailan, inihayag ni Roger Acosta, project manager for Sultan Kudarat na partikular nilang tututukan ang pagpapanumbalik sa kagubatan ...
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18Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 18 (PIA) -- Ikinatuwa ni Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. ang pagkakapili ng South Cotabato bilang pilot site sa pagpapatupad ng Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP) ng Department of Agriculture. Ang PRDP ay mas pinalawak na bersyon ng Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP) na ipinatupad sa mahigit dalawang daang munisipyo sa lahat ng lalawigan sa anim na Rehiyon sa buong Mindanao. Ani Gov. Pingoy napiling mo...
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18Mar2013LUNGSOD NG BATANGAS, Marso 18 (PIA) -May 721 kababaihan ang nagtapos sa long season barangay-based livelihood training/seminar ng home extension division ng Office of the City Veterinary and Agricultural Services (OCVAS) kamakailan. Sila ay sumailalim sa iba't-ibang pagsasanay tulad ng meat processing, paggawa ng sabon at pabango, cosmetology, pananahi, pagluluto, at pagpreserba ng pagkain. Sinabi ni Sarah Alea, isa sa mga nagtapos sa food preservation training, na malaki ang kanyang pasasalam...
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17Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 17 (PIA) -- Two hundred seventy-four youths of this city received their scholarship vouchers for enrolment in short-term technical-vocational courses during the launch of the Cash for Training Program (C4TP) at Ampil Pensione here, Friday. C4TP is funded by the national government through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in close linkage with the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda), and the five Tesda-accredited...
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16Mar2013SIQUIJOR, March 16 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) at Lazi National Agricultural School (LNAS) is now accepting applicants for the 2013 Training for work Scholarship Program (TWSP). In a statement, TESDA-LNAS said there are 265 scholarship slots that are open for interested Siquijorians to avail and enroll in various qualifications/courses offered at LNAS, Lazi, Siquijor. The program is offered to the youth, out of school youth, college drop outs, fres...
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15Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office (OWWA-RWO) VI offers free Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills trainings to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents this summer. This is in line with the thrust of OWWA in advocating “unlimited potential” programs for OFWs and their dependents. The main goal of the ICT Program is to bridge the communication gap between the OFW and his/her family throug...
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06Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment-Caraga conducted an in house training on ISO 10002:2004 Quality Management to ensure customer satisfaction through efficient and effective complaint handling and continuous process improvement. DOLE personnel were taught on Customer Satisfaction, Guidelines for Complaints Handling and Continual Process Improvement. This was initiated by the DOLE-Caraga Region in coordination with the Certification International Philippines on ...
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01Mar2013BATANGAS CITY, Mar 1 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Authority (Tesda) launched its "Cash-for-Training Program" (C4TP) in Calabarzon, matching the region's industrial boom with the needed skilled workers. Trainees numbering 3,286 will be tapped from the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon to undergo the free training in various available courses. Secretary Joel Villanueva,Tesda director general, led the launch of said program with Vice Governor Mark Leviste and...
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21Feb2013DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA)-Western Pangasinan is reminding businessmen to secure their licenses before engaging in the business of corn and palay trading. The NFA released the following schedules for licensing: February for the towns of Basista, Bayambang, Malasiqui and Urbiztondo; March for the towns of Aguilar, Bugallon, Mangatarem and San Carlos City; April for the towns of Binmaley, Calasiao, Mangaldan and Sta. Barbara; May for Dagupan City, Labrador, ...
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21Feb2013CABADBARAN CITY, Agusan del Norte, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- A total of 217 youth recipients under the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (DSWD-Tesda) Cash for Training Project (C4TP) received their respective, coveted scholarship vouchers, which will serve as their skills training passes to retool them for a better future. The recipients came from the municipalities of Magallanes, Jabonga, Remedios T. Romualdez (RTR), Santiago, and Tubay, p...
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19Feb2013The bucolic town of Adams, the province’s only mountainous sanctuary is heading for more enhancement with the increasing number of tourists flocking to what is comparably Ilocos Norte’s own Pines City. Nestled on mountain ranges, Adams, 106 kilometers from this city, resembles the country’s summer capital Baguio in terms of climate and topography. Its cloud-capped mountains are covered by lush vegetation. For starters, the Department of Tourism has begun processing the accreditation of a...
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19Feb2013MARIKINA CITY, Feb 19 (PIA) -- The city government of Marikina through the Marikina Livelihood Training Center (MLTC) will provide free livelihood training sessions for city government employees. In a statement, the free training sessions will be held every Saturday and Sunday starting March. “Aside from city government employees, MLTC’s free livelihood training sessions are also open for other residents of the city,” Mayor Del De Guzman said. The one-day free livelihood training sess...
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16Feb2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 16 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched its new scholarship convergence program dubbed as Cash-for-Training Project (C4TP) during the flag raising ceremony of Cagayan de Oro City, February 11 at the City Hall. During the launching, 10 scholarship/C4TP vouchers were awarded to beneficiaries from the province of Misamis Oriental by Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Y. E...
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13Feb2013CABADBARAN CITY, Agusan del Norte, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- A total of 217 youth recipients under the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (DSWD-Tesda) Cash-for-Training Project (C4TP) marched at the People’s Hall, Government Center here this 4th day of February and received their respective, coveted scholarship vouchers, which will serve as their skills training passes to capacitate or retool themselves for a better future. The said youth...
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07Feb2013ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Feb 7 (PIA) -- Department of Science and Technology-Rizal held a metrology training seminar for treasurers and selected LGU employees of Rizal for accurate and efficient measurements and calibration in establishments in the province. The seminar, held in cooperation with DOST-Calabarzon and University of Rizal System-Morong, was conducted February 7 to 8 to train local representatives in metrology, the field of knowledge involving measurements, which is commonly used in ma...
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07Feb2013ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Feb 7 (PIA) --Thirteen cooperative groups participated in leadership and values training at the Integrated Jalajala Federation of Cooperatives Rice Processing Facility, Brgy. Punta, Jalajala, Rizal held February 5-6. The training was meant to equip officers and board of directors of 12 cooperatives and one federation in leadership and values needed in running their respective cooperatives, said Bienvenida Celestra of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA). “The d...
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07Feb2013AGUSAN DEL SUR, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- Forty typhoon victims who received training in carpentry, masonry, and electrical from the Technical Education and Skills Authority (Tesda) and the provincial government of Agusan del Sur did actual application of what they learned. On February 6, the two houses constructed by the trainees were turned over to beneficiaries namely Lilia Sendico, 74, and Cristita Albior, 68, whose houses were totally wrecked by typhoon Pablo. The two beneficiaries accepted their ...
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06Feb2013BINAN CITY, Laguna, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has recently launched its Mobile Training Program (MTP) via the Mobile Training Bus Plus (Park and Train) at Southville 5A in Barangay Langkiwa, this city. The MTP is where teaching of a technical vocational course is conducted inside a bus. The bus serves as the state-of the art classroom with multi-media equipment, computers, training chairs and other materials. MTP offers courses in Com...
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05Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- Nanginggay kanu gugunayan sa tabang e mobile outreach team nu lokal a guberno nu prubinsya nu Sultan Kudarat kanu mga madakel a taw kanu dalapa nu Lebak. Liyu kanu pinangumbal a medical endo dental check-ups, nakapangaden bon kanu “operation tuli,” blood typing endo su pidtelu a minor operations. Midtatabanga bon kanu kabpangumbal su 601st brigade endo su 46th Infantry Battalion (IB) a silan bentu e naguna kanu kinapangumbal sa libre a kabpa...
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02Feb2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb 2 (PIA) -- The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) Regional Office VI conducted a three-day Basic/Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS) training course to selected 40 members of the Capiz Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee on Response Some representatives from the two towns, Sigma and Sapian also participated. Capiz Police Provincial Director Domingo Cabillan, who is also the province’s PDRRMC vice chairperson, said that the training cours...
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30Jan2013SANTA CRUZ, Laguna, Enero 30 (PIA) -- Nagbigay kamakailan ng livelihood training ang Special Livelihood Office (SLO) ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Laguna, sa 84 kababaihang mag-aaral sa Alternative Learning System (ALS). Tatlumpung mag-aaral ng Pakil ALS at 24 mula sa Paete ALS ang sumailalim sa reflexology training habang 30 naman ang naturuan sa pagpoproseso ng karne tulad ng paggawa ng tocino at longganisa mula sa Rizal ALS. Ayon sa mga ito, ang pagsasanay ay magbubukas sa kanila ng pagk...
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29Jan2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Jan 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Bohol is conducting a five-day Basic Water Safety and Rescue Lifeguard Training starting Monday, January 28 until February 1 at the Crystal-E College in Tawala, Panglao Island. The training course is open to all aspiring lifeguards and water rescuers but that swimming is needed as a basic requirement. Candidates must be physically fit and must have undergone the standard first aid and basic life support certificates from the...
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28Jan2013MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Jan 28 (PIA) -- Twenty-nine officers of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) recently went through a Firing Proficiency Training (FPT). S/Insp Guy Jason Reyes, Malaybalay City jail warden, who supervised the aptitude exercise, said this would hone the shooting skills of the jail officers, as criminals are also becoming sophisticated nowadays. “We truly had hard times in our finances and groundwork preparations for this FPT but with the support of Malay...
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26Jan2013BOAC, Marinduque, Jan 26 (PIA) - -The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) conducted a Training on Technology Demonstration to improve smoke-fish production to 70 members of the Tree House Club Inc. in Barangay Bunganay, Boac recently. Alfredo Apolinar, an engineer, from Pangasinan State University served as facilitator/trainor for this project. The Tree House Club president Elizalde Mangubat led the organization whose members are composed of fishermen and students. The club received ...
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24Jan2013GLAN, Sarangani, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- Teachers gathered at Tangan Integrated School at barangay Datal Bukay for the Indigenous Learning Survival Camp on January 17. Quality Education for Sarangani Today (QUEST) conducted the training participated in by teachers representing the different public elementary and high schools across the province. The training aims to promote and strengthen the culture of the Indigenous People (IP) including those that seem to have been forgotten and less practiced...
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23Jan2013LUNGSOD NG HENERAL SANTOS, Enero 23 (PIA) -- Dahil sa patuloy na pag-ulan sa buong rehiyon hinikayat ng mayor ng lungsod ang lahat ng mga residente na maglinis ng paligid upang maiwasan ang pagbara ng mga drainage sa lugar na kadalasang nagiging sanhi ng pagbaha. Binigyang diin ni Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio ang kahalagahan ng “waste segregation” o tamang paghihiwalay ng basura lalung-lalo na sa mga kabahayan upang maibsan ang tinatawag na “residual waste” o mga basurang naiiwan ma...
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21Jan2013CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City, Jan. 21 -- The Division Reenlistment Office of the 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division opened the Restructured Reenlistment Training (RRT) at the Division’s Grandstand, January 19. The program started with an opening prayer offered by Division Sergeant Major Rodrigo A Litang Sr, which was followed by the presentation of students by Lieutenant Colonel Juanito B Vertudez, division reenlistment officer. Lieutenant Colonel Rene R Cañete, assistant chief ...
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18Jan2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Jan 18 (PIA) -- To reduce flooding in Tacloban, the City District Engineering Office constructed four drainage systems in areas considered flood-prone. According to Arnaldo Bonifacio, the district engineer, the drainage systems were constructed at Rizal Avenue Extension Road in barangays Abucay, 59-B, and 87. The drainage system at Rizal Avenue was completed on December 17, costing P4, 008,000 while the drainage in Daan Maharlika, Barangay Abucay costing P4,008,500 was...
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15Jan2013COTABATO CITY, Jan. 15 (PIA) -- Rice researchers and farmers in the autonomous region are delighted with the bountiful harvest of the Philippine long-grain aromatic rice planted in a three-hectare ricefield in North Upi, Maguindanao. The introduction and experiment on the viability and adaptability of this kind of rice or better known in India as Basmati rice is part of government efforts toward rice sufficiency under the Agri Pinoy program of the Department of Agriculture (DA). According to D...
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14Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 14 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Caraga has enjoined higher education institutions to send nominations to the training programs sponsored by the Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency (TICA). In a letter addressed to CHED-Caraga Regional Director Dr. Isabela Mahler, CHED Executive Director Atty. Julito Vitriolo said the training program is in coordination with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority...
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11Jan2013BARANGAY ANGAS, Sta. Josefa, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 11 -- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Caraga Region, Wednesday, January 9, launched the Cash for Training Project (C4TP) here with Tesda Regional Director Florencio Sunico Jr., Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza, Vice Gov. Santiago Cane Jr., Congresswoman Evelyn “Bebs” Plaza-Mellana with Sta. Josefa Mayor Glenn Plaza. According to Emma de Villa of Tesda, the C4TP will be participated by the 40 victims of typhoon Pablo, whe...
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09Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 9 -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) Caraga will conduct the January 2013 Labor Force Survey together with the second visit of the 2012 Family Income and Expenditure Survey. The second round of the FIES will gather data on income and expenditure of families for the second semester, July 1 to December 31, 2012. The Labor Force Survey (LFS) is a nationwide quarterly survey of households conducted by the NSO to gather data on the demographic and socio-economic characteristic...
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29Dec2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, Dec. 29 (PIA) --Twenty typhoon Pablo victims from Barangay Sinobong, Veruela town has just completed a training on carpentry while two other same trainings are still on-going in the municipalities of Bunawan and Trento. These training are aimed to equip the participants with carpentry skills they can use in building the new houses designed for the typhoon victims while earning a living. DTI Provincial Director Lolita Dorado said while they are targeting to conduct 20 trainings...
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26Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 26 (PIA) -- Barangays situated along the Agusan River Basin (ARB) underwent trainings conducted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government on Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CBDRRM) and Contingency Planning (CP) from December 17-19 simultaneously held in the municipalities of Buenavista and Las Nieves. The trainings served as an offshoot of the Training of Trainers on CBDRRM and CP Phase I conducted on October 12 at Goat2geder Hotel and Re...
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20Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec 20 (PIA) -- Fifty-seven farmers in Maitum town, Sarangani have completed season-long farmers’ field school (FFS) on grains production. Last week, according to a Department of Agriculture (DA) report, 30 farmers received their certificates of completion of the FFS on organic farming using natural farming technology system while 27 others completed FFS on inbred rice production. Both training courses lasted for four mont...
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20Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- The International Urban Training Center (IUTC) based in the Republic of Korea (ROK) are currently teaching indigenous people in North Cotabato the proper water and wastes restoration and management. The training which started on Saturday and will end on Thursday is headed by Professor Kwi-Gon Kim, director of UITC. Kidapawan City Vice-mayor Joseph Evangelista said the IUTC has partnered with the Mount Apo Foundation, Inc (Mafi), a non-governmen...
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20Dec2012SURIGAO CITY, Dis. 20 (PIA) -- Mokabat sa P50,000 ka pesos an ipan-apud-apod nan buhatan sa City Agriculture sa pakigtambayayong sa buhatan nan Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) Caraga, ngadto sa mga miyembro nan Heart, Head, Hands, and Health Club (4-H Club) kagahapon Disyembre 18, 2012 didto sa HVCC Processing Center, Km. 2, Brgy. Luna, ning syudad. An amo na kantidad gigahin isip capital aron ipalit og mga seedling o liso nga amoy ipananom sa mga miyembro nan 4-H Club na gikan sa Barang...
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18Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 18 (PIA) -- Some P34.7 million-worth of investment leads from planned expansions was generated by 28 entrepreneurs from the region who participated in the recently concluded Planning for Expanding Business Training (PLANET) held at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. Participants which included owners of micro-, small- and medium- enterprises (MSMEs) and board members and officers of enterprising cooperatives prepared 19 business plans with project costs ranging f...
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18Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 18 (PIA) -- Selected industry leaders in Caraga attended the Value Chain Orientation Workshop for Industry Cluster Stakeholders on December 17 at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. The participants come from the priority industry clusters (ICs) - palm oil, banana, high value vegetables, wood, and tourism. The five ICs are under the Industry Cluster Assistance for Regional Economic Development (iCARE) project which is implemented by DTI-Caraga with the support f...
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17Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 17 (PIA) -- Aabot sa 30 mga Lumad sa Southwestern Mindanao ang sumailalim sa isang linggong pagsasanay hinggil sa audio-visual production na magtatapos ngayong araw. Ang mga kinatawan ay kinabibilangan ng mga Aromanon Manobo mula sa North Cotabato, T’boli sa South Cotabato at Dulangan Manobo at Teduray mula sa Maguindanao. Ayon kay Father Eduardo Vasquez, Jr., OMI., executive director ng I-Watch ng Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), ang pagsasanay ay...
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11Dec2012LAOAG CITY, Dec. 11 (PIA) -- Just in time for the season of gift-giving, a three-day livelihood and skills training on souvenir gift item- making conducted by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) was given to 31 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) coming from the different towns of Ilocos Norte last December 3-5 at the Ilocos Norte provincial capitol auditorium. The event was organized as part of the “Balik-Pinas, Balik-Hanapbuhay” program of the National Reintegration...
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06Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 6 (PIA)-- Over 120 OFWs and beneficiaries from the far-flung island of Tawi-Tawi participated in a capability-building training of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The training focused on entrepreneurial development, financial literacy, organizational development and values formation. The first round of training was participated by 63 participants from Bongao Women Entrepreneur, Malanta OFW Associatio...
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05Dec2012NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Dec. 5 (PIA6) -- Barangay leaders from towns and cities in the first, second and third districts of Negros Occidental recently, completed a three-day training in Transformative Mediation at Mambukal Resort in Murcia town, a statement from the Capitol said. It was organized by the Public Affairs Division of the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with Mediation Network Inc., the Provincial Legal Office and the Liga ng mga Barangay. Neg. Occ. Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr.,...
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05Dec2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Dec. 5 (PIA) -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) concluded a three-day training to better equip first responders with knowledge and skills on water safety, survival, and rescue. The project is a collaboration of the PDRRMO with the Office of the Civil Defense Region 4B and was administered by the Special Operations Group of the Philippine Coast Guard. There were 59 participants from the PDRRMO and its municipal counterparts from ...
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04Dec2012CENTRAL VISAYAS, Dec. 4 (PIA) -- Dumaguete City mayor Manuel Sagarbarria declared suspension of classes and work in government offices in the City today, December 4 after Pag-asa placed Negros Oriental under signal no. 2, Monday. Sagarbarria earlier led a team from the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council in going around the 30 barangays in the city especially the coastal areas to inspect the barangay halls which will be used as evacuation centers. In the advent of the Central Visa...
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03Dec2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Dec. 3 (PIA) -- To determine whether a child is growing normally or has growth problem, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-8 facilitated a training on Child Growth Standards sponsored by the World Health Organization, November 26-29 at Kuting Reef, Macrohon, this province. Fe Nida Sy, City Social Welfare Services focal person for day-care workers reported that the activity was attended by officers of the day-care workers throughout the province....
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29Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 through the Unified National Insemination Program (UNAIP) gathered provincial and city artificial insemination (AI) coordinators and report officers of local government units (LGUs) in the region for an Electronic Report Training. The training held recently at General Santos City targets to fast track reporting system and to obtain accurate AI data coming in from the field. Dr. Paul C. Limson, chief of the...
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28Nov2012ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, Nov 28 (PIA) -- About ninety (90) farmers and fishers from Talicud Island here received cash subsidy each amounting to P3,036 after 11 days of participation to the training and community work activities in their respective barangays implemented by the city government of Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS) through the City Social Welfare and Development. last . The “cash for training and cash for work” beneficiaries were small-scale farmers and fishers, in exc...
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27Nov2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Nov 27 (PIA) -- Department of Science and Technology – Rizal has recently provided the Sipsipin Multipurpose Cooperative (SMPC) with technology and training in fish processing, November 19 to 21. The training of 20 members and the provision of equipment to the Jalajala-based cooperative is part of the agency’s Small Enterprise Technology Upgrade Program (Set-up) which aims to give small enterprises government assistance, said Fernando Ablaza, DOST-Rizal director. A n...
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26Nov2012BACOLOD CITY, November 26 (PIA6)--Bacolod’s urban poor underwent a two-day training on disaster preparedness from the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor at the Masskara Hall of the New Government Center represented by Assistant Regional Director, Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor, Victor Saril, a press release from the Bacolod City PIO said. “We are here to help in cooperation with the City Gov’t of Bacolod the urban poor who are almost always hit by disasters and calamit...
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23Nov2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Nob 23 -- Tatlong daan apatnapung residente sa Tacurong City ang kasalukuyang sumasailalim sa kursong teknikal na libreng ipinatutupad ng pamahalaang panglungsod. Layon ng Tacurong LGU sa naturang programa na mapalago ang kakayahan ng mga mamamayan na makahanap ng trabaho o mabigyan ng pangkabuhayan. Katuwang ng LGU sa programa ang Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and at Department of Science a...
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23Nov2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Nov. 23 (PIA) --- More skilled workers and technical vocational education and training (TVET) trainers-assessors in Region 10 are expected to benefit from the National TVET Competency Assessment and Certification (NatCAC) Program. According to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the NatCAC program which is supposed to end on October 26, 2012 is extended until December 15, 2012. NATCAC is a simultaneous nationwide conduct of competency assessme...
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23Nov2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Nov. 23 (PIA) --- The Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) in collaboration with the Regional Development Council (RDC) and the Regional Technical Education and Skills Development Committee (RTESDC) of Northern Mindanao held a region-wide industry consultation to identify the skills requirements in the region for the five-year period, 2012 to 2016. The consultation spawned solid support from industry sector which bear the credibility to share their r...
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22Nov2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Nov 22 (PIA) -- Mayroong 384 katao ang dumalo sa isinagawang paralegal orientation ng Antipolo City Environment and Waste Management Office (CEWMO), bilang paghahanda na maitalagang environmental enforcers sa ilalim ni CEWMO officer-in-charge Jocelyn Masangkay. Ang mga environmental enforcers ay binibigyan ng karapatang manghuli ng mga lumalabag sa City Ordinance 2007-2008 o ang “Antipolo City Waste Management Code of 2008” at City Ordinance 2009-370 o mas kilalang ...
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22Nov2012MANILA, Nov. 22 (PIA) -- The DILG-NCR organized recently the "Training on Online Submission and Database of Reports with Google Technology and Web Development" at the EPWMD Conference Room, Quezon City Hall, Quezon City in line with its continuing thrust of developing its internal governance capacity. The training, attended by 25 DILG-NCR officers, aimed to develop a database of reports and to establish a system of submission and consolidation of reports using Cloud technology. Engr. Martin ...
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16Nov2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Nov. 16 (PIA) --- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has called on all out-of-school youth and unemployed adults in the province to avail of its scholarship programs. A total of 2,594 scholarship vouchers for the Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) and the Private Education Student Fund Assistance (PESFA) program are still up for grab this year said Tarhata S. Mapandi, Tesda provincial director. She said the 1,619 slots will b...
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15Nov2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Nov. 15 (PIA) -- A training fund of P11.70 million under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) stimulus package has been allotted for the province to finance the technical-vocational education and training of 1,619 beneficiaries. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Provincial Director Tarhata S. Mapandi said it has started implementing the scholarship training programs which is part of the Transition Investment Support Plan (TISP)...
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07Nov2012DIGOS CITY, Nov. 7 (PIA) -- The provincial government here was recently conferred the 2012 Regional Kabalikat Award for Local Government Unit (LGU) Category for being an outstanding partner of the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda) in improving the middle level manpower. Davao del Sur provincial information officer Nilda S. Aniñon said TESDA bestowed the award to the provincial LGU particularly for establishing the Mobile Training Van-Alay Para sa Barangay program that ...
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07Nov2012TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, Nov 7 (PIA) -- The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) 4A has launched five farmer field schools (FFS) in the city of Dasmariñas and the town of General Trias as a component of the training of trainers on sustainable rice production. One hundred ten farmers from the barangays of Salitran, Burol Main and Langkaaan in Dasmarinas City and Barangay Pasong Camachile, General Trias registered as participants. During the launching last October 26, the farmers were or...
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06Nov2012STA. CRUZ, Laguna, Nov 6 (PIA) -- The Southern Tagalog Agricultural Resources and Research Development Consortium (Starrdec) has turned over the responsibility of supervising the implementation of the Techno-Gabay Program (TGP) to the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) Regions 4A and B. The program is one of banner programs of the Philippine Council for Aquatic Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) which aims to bring science-based information and technology services to end-users in th...
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06Nov2012LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Nov 6 (PIA) -- Twenty-five agricultural extension workers (AEWs) from several provinces in Calabarzon are going through the season-long training of trainers (TOT) on sustainable rice production. Organized by the Agricultural Training Institue (ATI)-4A under the Department of Agriculture (DA), the training aims to enhance the knowledge and skills of AEWs on rice production technologies and technology promotion anchored to sustainable agriculture. It also intends to develop...
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31Oct2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Oct 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in partnership with the Tabuk City government, sponsored a three-day advanced leadership and capability training and workshop to the youth on October 29 to 31 here. Participants of the training are leaders of out-of school youth groups, students, and young professionals who belong to the Tabuk Pag-asa Youth Association (PYA) under the DSWD. Each of the 42 barangays of Tabuk had two representatives. M...
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27Oct2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Oct. 27 ( PIA) -- Aron molambo pagduggang ang Professional Learning Community (PLC) sa matag eskwelahan, ang Schools Division of Oroquieta City (SDOC) mipagawas sa talamdan alang sa gitawag nga School-Based Training Program (SBTP). Matud pa ni Agustines E. Cepe, ang Schools Division Superintendent (SDS) sa SDOC, kining mosunod nga mga talamdan sa SBTP ang nahisubay sa Division Memorandum No. 74, s. 2012, aron ipatuman sa tanang mga Principal ug Head Teache...
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19Oct2012TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, Oct. 19 (PIA) -- The Provincial Population Office (PPO) will conduct a Adolescent Health and Youth Development Training (AHYD) cum Youth Camp on October 22-24 at the Trece Martires City National High School. Participants will be second and third year student-leaders from different schools in the province. In a letter addreseds to the office of the Provincial Information and Community Affairs Department (PICAD), Lorena R. Cron, provincial population officer explaine...
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17Oct2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union Oct 17 (PIA1) -- A total of 433 Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) returnees with different cases and reasons for repatriation were assisted by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration –Regional Welfare Office 1 since October 24, 2011. Amapola Z. Villar, the agency’s Labor Communications Officer said political turmoil, uncontrollable instances, natural disasters, and other exceptional cases involving OFWs were the reasons for the repatriation of these OFWs. A...
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17Oct2012STA. CRUZ, Laguna, Oct. 17 (PIA) --The Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) in collaboration with the Agricultural Training Institute 4A, and the Southern Tagalog Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium (Starrdec) launched a Farmers’ Information and Technology Services (FITS) on October 8 in Pagsanan, Laguna. FITS is a one-stop-shop center that provides information and technology services to farmers, entrepreneurs, processors, traders, and other clients. It allows users t...
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10Oct2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Oktubre 10 (PIA)--Aabot sa 19 na kooperatiba sa Midsayap, North Cotabato ang sinanay kamakailan hinggil sa basic cooperative course. Ang nabanggit na pagsasanay ay pinangunahan ng Mindanao Alliance of Self-Help Societies, Inc.-Southern Philippines Educational Cooperative Center, Inc. (MASS-SPECC) Cooperative Development Center at ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Midsayap. Kabilang sa mga paksang tinalakay ay ang fundamentals of coop thought and practice, legal f...
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06Oct2012BUTUAN CITY, Oct 6 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) Caraga will be conducting the enhancement training on civil registration on October 9 at the Prince Hotel, Montilla Blvd., this city. According to Rosalinda Celeste, NSO-Caraga regional director, the training will focus on the process flow, requirements, and priority loading of special civil registry documents affected by the court decrees and legal instruments (CDLI). It also concerns Republic Act (RA) 9048 or known as the “Cor...
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01Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct 1 (PIA) -- Some 250 police officers across Soccsksargen Region are undergoing Special Counter Insurgency Operations Unit Training (SCOUT), an official of the Police Regional Office (PRO) – 12 said. PInsp. Benjamin Mauricio Jr., chief of the public information office, said the 45-day “rigid and tough training” is being conducted by the Regional Special Training Unit 12. “This training is believed to be the toughest and mo...
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21Sep2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Sept 21 (PIA) -- The Southern Leyte Provincial Health Services, in coordination with Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) in Region 8, conducted a Basic Training Course for barangay health workers (BHWs) on September 18 - 20 at Supercha 1 , Maasin City. “Twenty-seven participants were able to finish the whole course,” Provincial Health Officer I Dr. Noel Lumen informed PIA-Maasin. The basic training course is one of the requirements be...
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20Sep2012DAVAO CITY Sept. 20 (PIA)-- SM City’s newest premier mall in the Davao City, which is set to open on September 28 this year, takes malling to a new level with the adoption of green architecture components in the construction of the SM City Lanang Premier. “We have installed a rain-catchment system capable of handling 550 cubic meters of water in accordance with the new city ordinance requiring a rainwater catchment system for all new constructions,” SM City Lanang Premier mall manager Cl...
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19Sep2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Sept. 19 -- Facilitators from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Directorate for Human Resources and Doctrine Development (DHRDD) initiated the two-day leadership training in Camp Alagar, Cagayan de Oro City, in coordination with the Fellowship of Christians in Government, Inc. (FOCIG). The members of Police Regional Office (PRO)-10 Command Group headed by PCSupt. Gil J. Hitosis, Regional Director, witnessed the opening of the program held on September 17, 2012. Partic...
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19Sep2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Sept. 19 (PIA) -- Eight weather tracking devices, including four automated rain gauges (ARG) and automated weather stations (AWS) have been installed in Soccsksargen Region, an official of DOST 12 said. Dr. Zenaida Laidan, regional director of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – 12 said they started the installation of modern weather tracking devices in 2011 in support of the disaster risk reduction and management efforts of t...
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18Sep2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Sept 18 (PIA) -- Local government units (LGUs) of Rizal are undergoing training from the National Statistics Office (NSO) Rizal for the Registry System in Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) from September 17 to 20. NSO Rizal Provincial Statistics Officer Nelia Ballesfin said all LGUs are undergoing 4th level training. RSBSA is an NSO registration procedure which aims to list and register farmers, farm labourers and fisherfolk nationwide and gather basic information o...
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14Sep2012PANABO CITY, Sept. 14 -- The city government of Panabo has conducted a fashion jewelry seminar for a women in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry. “Mao ni ang pinaka-enjoy, malamboon ug mapuslanon nga livelihood training nga akong naapilan,” (This is the most fun, productive and useful livelihood training I participated) recalls Josephine Jonelas,a member Sto. Niño council of women/Rural Improvement Club (RIC) who is one of the participants in the one-day “Borloloy”...
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13Sep2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Sept 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) 12 lauded the local government’s initiative of conducting the 1st Robotics training-workshop for high school students in the city last week. DOST 12 Regional Director, Dr. Zenaida P. Hadji Raof Laidan said the activity, which she described as the first of its kind in Region 12, underscored the “growing importance of Science, Technology and Innovation.” “I salute your hunger and value for technology (t...
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13Sep2012TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, Sept 13 (PIA) -- Representatives from the Jeollabuk-do Office of Education of the Republic of Korea visited several public schools in the province as part of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by Governor Jonvic Remulla and Governor of Education of Jeollabuk-do Kim Seung-Hwan in 2010. The agreement which will be effective until 2014 includes two components, namely: training of information and communication technology (ICT) educators in Korea and donation o...
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08Sep2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Sept 8 (PIA) -- All Barangay Peacekeeping Action Teams (BPAT) of 42 villages of Panay, Capiz have undergone a seminar and training on the maintenance of peace and order in the barangay. Panay Police Community Relations Officer Roldan Diama said they have already conducted a two-day seminar and training for members of the BPAT as partner of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in ensuring peace and order in the grassroots. Diama said the training for BPAT was clustered where ...
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06Sep2012BATANGAS CITY, Sept 6 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has trained 150 front liner personnel of the city government on basic customer service skills at the VIP room of the Batangas City sports coliseum. Chief Maria Elena Boonggaling of the human resource department said the training aims to upgrade into 'very excellent' the services being provided by the front liners to the public. “It is important for front liners to know what to say to the clientele if they could not give or pr...
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05Sep2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Sept. 5 (PIA) -- At least P19.5 million have been set aside by Ozamiz City for its Integrated Livelihood Programs (ILP), as of June, this year. Funds for the program is taken from the 20% Component of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA), Mayor Nova Princess E. Parojinog-Echavez said. These programs include the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES), Job Fairs, Micro-Enterprise Livelihood Assistance (MELA), Skills Training and Employment Program ...
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05Sep2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Sept 5 (PIA) -- The Second Congressional District of Misamis Oriental is first runner-up in the national level of the 2012 Kabalikat Awards of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda). Congressman Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano received the trophy and plaque from Tesda Director General Joel J. Villanueva and was honored during the national awarding ceremony held at Tesda central Office, Taguig City, August 24. The Kabalikat Award is one of the instituti...
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05Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 5 (PIA) -- About 30 Bukidnon Tribe Association members tried their hands at transforming driftwood into creative and functional art pieces in a technology training conducted by experts from the DOST- Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) at the Agrarian Reform Municipal Office in Barangay Kabulacan, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental. The ethnic group was trained in handicraft-making by using natural materials, organized by the Department of Science and Tec...
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03Sep2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Basilan installed an automated rain gauge (ARG) in Atong-Atong, Lantawan municipality on Thursday, placing Basilan in the national map of monitored rainfall activity. Myra Alih, provincial science and technology director, said the equipment can provide real time and accurate data on rainfall in the province, which is key to disaster mitigation. “Every year, the Philippines experiences strong typhoons wi...
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03Sep2012BATANGAS CTIY, Sept 3 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Batangas chapter held an ambulance operation training for employees of the city health office, defense security services and members of the city disaster risk reduction management council as part of the city government’s efforts in disaster preparedness. Julius Panopio, PRC-Batangas safety service instructor, said the participants were trained on basic extrication, patient assessment and mass casualty incidents. They were taught ...
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30Aug2012LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Aug 30 (PIA) -- Upland rice extension workers from the region visited several upland rice projects in the Ilocos Region as part of the experienced-based training course on upland rice production conducted by the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) Region 4A last Aug. 21-24. Seventeen agricultural extension workers (AEW) who participated in the training completed the training of trainors (TOT) on upland rice production and are now implementing upland rice farmer’s field s...
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28Aug2012TAGUIG CITY, August 28 (PIA) -- Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano has ordered a campaign to educate residents of the city on the new Rainfall Warning System (RWS) of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). This developed as the city government acknowledged the continued threat of floods like the recent one caused by torrential southwest monsoon rains that submerged 18 of the city’s 28 barangays and displaced 14,000 residents. “A good grasp o...
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28Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 28 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will implement in Zamboanga Peninsula an P85-million cash for training project, which will benefit over 4,000 individuals. “This is a nationwide program and Region 9 has an allocation of P85 million," TESDA-9 Regional Director Lorenzo Macapili said during the Regional Social Development Committee IX meeting last week. Macapili said eac...
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24Aug2012LAS PIÑAS, August 24 (PIA) -- Las Piñas City Mayor Vergel Aguilar recently called on residents to take precautionary measures to avoid possible spread of water-borne diseases after the massive flooding caused by the recent onslaught of the southwest monsoon. In a statement, Aguilar advised residents in affected barangays who waded in flood waters to go to health centers in their area to get a dose of Doxycycline, an antibacterial medicine that helps fight the dreaded leptospirosis. The antib...
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24Aug2012PASIG CITY, Aug. 24 (PIA) -- Relief goods and cash donations for victims of monsoon rains raised by the Department of Education (DepEd) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office have reached 1,793 families in 10 evacuation centers in affected areas by the recent calamity. In a statement, DepEd volunteers with the assistance of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Reserved Command were the first to reach the schools and distributed relief goods to affected families in Gulod Elementary School...
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22Aug2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, Aug. 22 (PIA)--Formal training inspires one's desire for self-directed and informal learning and it can help build confidence to be a successful learner. Speaking in the daily program “Humangan with PIA,” Ronald Ibay, Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) provincial director, bared this as one of the benefits of undergoing formal trainings. “The decision to participate in formal training is influenced by the perception of a need, benefit and an o...
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22Aug2012LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Aug 22 (PIA) -- The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) Region 4A has led 27 Teknokliniks in the provinces of Batangas, Laguna and Quezon as of August 2012. This is through the partnership of ATI 4A and the provincial and municipal local government units, the Department of Agriculture-regional field unit (DA-RFU) 4A, and other DA-attached agencies. “It is very evident that in programs such as Teknokliniks, government institutions work hand in hand in order to provide ...
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21Aug2012LOS BANOS, Laguna, August 21 (PIA) --The Agricultural Training Institute-International Training Center on Pig Husbandry (ATI-ITCPH) has announced the offering of two new training courses. These are the Swine Production Medicine Course is slated to be conducted on 10-14 September, 2012. This course is highly a practical training that enables veterinarians to promote and put into action disease prevention and herd health maintenance programs for swine herds, and deal with actual disease problems ...
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13Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 13 (PIA) -- Department of Health (DOH) Center for Health Development – National Capital Region (CHD-NCR) Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo confirmed government hospitals and facilities are offering free medical treatment to families in evacuation centers. “We are encouraging the people in evacuation centers to bring immediately those who are in need of medical treatment to the nearest government hospital in their area for proper treatment and care,” Janairo said. “...
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13Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug 13 (PIA) -- Canada is giving more than P2.1 million as initial allocation to support relief efforts for flood victims of the latest monsoon rains that have battered Metro Manila and neighboring provinces, a statement said. Canada’s response, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), will support the efforts of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Philippine Red Cross in affected areas. The IFRC aims to cont...
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13Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug. 13 (PIA) -- The Embassy of Canada and the Pinoy International Human Rights Training Program Alumni Inc. (PIHRTPA) are inviting human rights workers, educators and advocates to apply for the 4th National Human Rights Training Program (NHRTP) to be held on November 5-12, 2012 in Tagaytay City. The NHRTP is the annual core program of PIHRTPA in the Philippines. PIHRTPA is composed of human rights educators/activists trained by Montreal-based Equitas International Centre for Human...
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09Aug2012TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, August 9 (PIA) – Almost all 73 barangays in the City of Bacoor were affected by the continuous heavy rains brought about by the southwest monsoon that triggered flash floods and affected around 72,000 families in this city. Out of 73 barangays, 58 were reported to have been severely affected by the 3-day heavy downpour, according to Ms. Khei Sanchez, chief of the Public Information Office-Bacoor and concurrent president of the Cavite Communicators Network (CCN). ...
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07Aug2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Aug 7 (PIA) -- Employers and company owners gave high ratings to graduates of technical-vocational education and training. Secretary Joel Villanueva of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said results of the latest employer satisfaction survey showed that 86.1 percent of the more than 5,000 employers surveyed are satisfied with the performance of TVET graduates. He said 92 percent of these employers are also willing to continue to hire TVET gra...
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01Aug2012BUTUAN CITY, Agosto 1 (PIA) -- Sumailalim kamakailan ang mga hepe ng Technical Education and Skills Authority (Tesda) sa isang araw ng pagsasanay sa basic photography at news writing. Ang pasasanay ay isinagawa kasabay ng mid-year assessment ng ahensya sa Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte. Ang photographer na si Clint Cañete ng Agusan del Norte ang nanguna sa pagsasanay sa basic concepts ng photography, photo journalism, at composition. Si Nora Molde, information officer ng Philippine Inform...
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01Aug2012KORONADAL CITY, Aug 1 (PIA) -- Forty-five inmates from Cotabato District Jail will undergo skills training under the livelihood program which the Cotabato provincial government launched yesterday, July 31, to train detainees skills helpful in improving their lives. This program is in collaboration with Kidapawan City Skills Training Center Inc. (KCSTCI) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) where inmates will be trained in different livelihood skills such as cooki...
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31Jul2012PANABO CITY, July 31 -- The City Government of Panabo through the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) in coordination with the Gawad Kalinga Foundation will target 20 couples to be part in the Kapitbahayan Training Seminar. The activity will have four modules to be conducted by the members of the Gawad Kalinga and the CSWDO at the 3rd Floor Function Hall, 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon. This is one of the requirements for the beneficiaries who are now close to availing the Gawa...
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31Jul2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 31 (PIA) -- The City of Golden Friendship will welcome around 500 delegates from the six administrative regions of Mindanao for the 11th Human Resource and Skills Development (HRSD) conference and exhibits on August 6 and 8. The three-day gathering of stakeholders from the public and private technical-vocational education and training (TVET) institutions, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) officials and training center chiefs, TVET students, ...
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27Jul2012MANILA, July 27 (PIA) -- To meet the challenges of rapid urbanization and local environment degradation, the Department of the Interior and Local Government-National Capital Region has trained its city directors and cluster heads on urban governance, a statement said on its website (ncr.dilg.gov.ph). DILG-NCR Director Renato L. Brion said their agency has undertaken considerable efforts to incorporate the view of urban governance in the implementation of their programs and projects. DILG-NCR ma...
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26Jul2012BACOOR, Cavite, July 26 (PIA) --The Mobile Training plus (Park and Train) bus of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) recently visited the Bacoor National High School (BNHS) to rev up technical vocational education and training (TVET) in the province. TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva who led the launching said, “Being a favorite destination of investors, we want to help Cavite sustain its manpower development by producing highly qualified and skilled workforc...
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22Jul2012MAKATI CITY, July 23 (PIA) -- A hundred eighty five residents are now ready to become entrepreneurs and workers after finishing their training at the Makati Training Placement and Livelihood Consortia (MTPLC), a statement said on the city's website. It said the residents received their certificates of completion from the Consortia, the city’s training arm that continuously offers free livelihood and skills training programs since its establishment in 2001. Of the 185, 53 graduates passed th...
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20Jul2012MAKATI CITY, July 20 (PIA) -- Eight graduates of the Makati Training Placement and Livelihood Consortia (MTPLC) have become trainers themselves after passing the month-long intensive trainers methodology training and competency assessment administered by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) specialists. MTPLC is the city’s training arm that continuously offers free livelihood and skills training programs since its establishment in 2001. In a statement, Dr. Edita Chan,...
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20Jul2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, July 20 (PIA) -- The local government here is taking another step towards global competitiveness as it trains public high school students on the science of “robotics” in response to the city’s increasing urbanization. Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio underscored the need for empowering the city’s human resource through information communication and technology (ICT) by emphasizing its significant role in “cultivating and heightening global competencies.” “The...
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20Jul2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, July 20 (PIA) -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) of Misamis Occidental has warned all local DRRMCs in the province to remain alert against possible occurrence of flash floods. This, as the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) has issued General Flood Advisory No. 15 for Northern Mindanao, at 7 p.m., July 19, 2012. The whole country will experience mostly cloudy skies with...
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19Jul2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, July 19 (PIA) -- Duwagatus enggo siyawpulonggo pitu a mga pulis e kanu didalem nu Police Regional Office 12 su napased sa Philippine National Police Scout Training II kanu minukit enya a Hunyo 16. Inipayag ni PSSupt. Robert Kiunisala, deputy regional director for operations nu PRO 12, a minukit sa patpulo enggo lima a gay e mapasang a trining kanu counter insurgency operations su mga nadtelu a mga pulis. Nakadtalanged su kanilan a field training exercises, tigi...
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19Jul2012DAVAO CITY July 19 (PIA)-- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) aims to distribute hundreds of rain and water-level sensors to local government units as part of its disaster risk-reduction and management strategy. During a press conference of the Regional Disaster Risk-Reduction and Management Council held yesterday (July 18) at the Philippine Information Agency XI office in Davao City, DOST-XI Regional Director Anthony Sales said DOST is planning to give and install 400 water-level...
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18Jul2012CAGAYAN DE ORO, Misamis Oriental, July 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) installed this month the automatic water level sensors for Cagayan de Oro River and Mandulong River in Iligan City. The two rivers are among the 18 priority river basins in the country for the national flood mitigation program, which covers also Iponan and Tagolaon River in Misamis Oriental. DOST-10 assistant regional director for technical division, Jacinto Taran, Sr said these devices help meas...
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18Jul2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato Hulyo 18 (PIA) -- Dalawang daan siyamnapu’t pitong (297) pulis sa ilalim ng Police Regional Office 12 ang nagtapos sa Philippine National Police Scout Training II nitong Hulyo 16. Inihayag ni PSSupt. Robert Kiunisala, deputy regional director for operation ng PRO 12, na dumaan sa 45 araw na matinding pagsasanay sa counter insurgency operations ang mga naturang pulis. Nakatuon ang kanilang field training exercises, ay...
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17Jul2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, July 17 (PIA) -- The provincial government here will strengthen the skills of ‘barangay tanods’ or village watchmen on disaster management and rescue operation. This is what Quezon Gov. David Suarez announced before the members of the provincial disaster risk reduction management council (PRDDMC) during the National Disaster Consciousness Month. Gov. Suarez said PDRMMC-Quezon will train village watchmen in the province to equip them with knowledge on basic disaster ...
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13Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 13 (PIA) -- The Philippines welcomed the arrival of 70 new US Peace Corps volunteers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport July 8. The Peace Corps Trainee Group 271, the group of new volunteers to join more than 8,000 Americans who have served as Peace Corps volunteers in the Philippines since 1961, will be working side by side Filipinos to promote friendship and help build better lives. The goal of the US Peace Corps is to promote peace and friendship between the Phil...
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12Jul2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, Hulyo 12 (PIA) -- Aabot ng 2,484 na mga kabataan sa buong Rehiyon Dose ang nakatakdang tulungan ng lokal na tanggapan ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Ayon sa ulat mula sa tanggapan ni DSWD 12 Director Bai Zorahayda T. Taha, kasalukuyan ng inaayos ang ilan sa mga proseso para sa pagpapatupad sa rehiyon ng programang “Cash for Training" katuwang ang TESDA. Sa ilalim ng programa, tutu...
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11Jul2012SURIGAO DELO SUR, July 11 (PIA) -- The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office here has set activities in celebration of the National Disability Prevention Week on July 17-23. With the theme “Mainstreaming Reforms with Disabilities in Economic Development,” PSWD Officer May Salinas said the program is focused on livelihood skills training for persons with disability (PWD). Salinas said among training to be conducted in Tandag City for PWDs are rug-making, soap-making and fancy je...
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10Jul2012SAN JOSE, Antique, July 10 (PIA) -- Ther Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of San Jose de Buenavista established a rain gauge station in neighboring municipality of San Remegio in the province of Antique. The rain gauge will be part of a network of rain gauges being monitored by the MDRRMO as an early warning device for flood. In 2011, an automatic rain gauge was installed at the Municipal DRRM Office, 2nd Floor of the Municipal Hall. The rain gauge in San Reme...
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10Jul2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, July 10 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will soon implement a new program on the Conditional Cash for Training for Trabaho (CCT4T) in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). This program aimed to empower the disadvantaged youth through skills training, assistance towards gainful employment and venturing into entrepreneurial activities. The P121,920-million budget is for the 6,096 targeted b...
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09Jul2012TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, July 9 (PIA) -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council of Davao del Norte now has a Swiss-made automatic rain gauge that is also capable of forecasting weather. PDRRMC Research and Planning incharge Eric Rosillo said the automatic rain gauge which is a product of Meteomedia Organization of Switzerland, is also equipped with anemometer to measure wind speed, air pressure, humidity and ultraviolet rays. The rain gauge transmits data to the server o...
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06Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 5 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) launched its first classroom on wheels through the Mobile Training Classroom Plus Park and Train Program (MBC-PTP) recently in Canlaon City. According to TESDA Information Officer Geraldine delos Reyes, the van is equipped with welding equipment, and machines and tools for mobile training. This is an alternative modality of delivering quality-assured technical-vocational programs at the doorstep of...
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05Jul2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union July 5 (PIA) -- Fifty-two OFW returnees and dependents in La Union underwent a 5-day skills training on wellness massage on June 11-15 at the ORT Coop Training Center here. According to Amapola Z. Villar, Labor Communications Officer of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Regional Welfare Office 1 (OWWA-RWO1), after the skills training on Cosmetology in the region, OWWA Regional Welfare Office I again implemented another livelihood program for returning OFWs...
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02Jul2012BAYAWAN CITY, Negros Oriental, July 2 (PIA) -- More than 100 trainees graduated in different vocational skills on June 27 in Bayawan City, Negors Oriental. Of the 112 graduates, 39 completed the training on Personal Computer Operatio,; 24 in Consumer Electronics Servicing, 16 in Food Processing and Preservation, 16 in Building Wiring Installation, and 17 in Rough Carpentry. According to Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Information Officer Geraldine delos Reyes, ...
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01Jul2012CORTES, Bohol, July 1 (PIA) -- Fifty-one high school students leaders from the Infant King Academy (IKA) in Cortes and Saint Vincent Institute (SVI) in Maribojoc gathered on June 23 at the Parola Hall of the Municipal Port of Maribojoc for a one-day Leadership Enhancement Training Seminar (LETS) Workshop initiated by the Philippine Information Agency-Bohol. The workshop was designed to equip them with the necessary skills as student leaders in their respective schools. IKA Cortes Student Supr...
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29Jun2012ILAGAN, Isabela, June 29 (PIA) -- “This typhoon is a blessing to Isabela corn farmers,” said Danilo Tumamao of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, who was one of the provincial disaster risk reduction and management council members who monitored tropical storm Dindo’s entry to Isabela. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) predicted on Tuesday that Dindo will not directly affect the province of Isabela but it may bring rains, as t...
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29Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, June 29 (PIA) -- A three-day training on basic bamboo nursery preparation and handicrafts making opened last June 27 in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental with mostly teachers from all school divisions in Northern Mindanao as participants. This is an inter-agency training spearheaded by the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), and the local government of Villanueva under the Best Action for Mobilizing Barangay Organizatio...
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29Jun2012IRIGA CITY, June 29 (PIA) -- The city government and Philippine National Railways (PNR) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that will help prevent accidents in the rails. PNR General Manager Jun Ragrario said that they will offer a P1,000 honorarium per month to whoever will man the railroad crossing and ensure that the warning signs are visible for traversing pedestrians and vehicles. The LGU in turn will provide the barricades and the signages. Mayor Madelaine Alfelor-Gazmen said...
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27Jun2012KORONADAL CITY, June 27 (PIA) -- After the first Naturalist Tour Guiding Training held in the region for this year, a tourism official disclosed that another one is in the offing in an attempt to energize tourism development in the SOCCSKSARGEN area. Senior tourism officer Armin Hautea of the Department of Tourism (DOT) here said that preparations are now underway for the regional tour guiding training, which they hope to be conducted soon. The training would take around 21 days, that is wh...
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27Jun2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, June 27 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office-Southern Leyte office personnel underwent three levels of trainings in preparation for the Labor Force Survey (LFS) and the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) First Visit. Provincial Statistical Officer Mae R. Almonte, in a press release, said that the three levels of trainings were set in different dates and venues. “The Task Force Training was held June 18-22 in NSO-Manila; the second Level Training is on...
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27Jun2012CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, June 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Bulacan and the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) will be holding its Enhanced Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Caravan on June 27 to 29 at the Malolos Resort Club Royale, City of Malolos. DTI provincial director Zorina D. Aldana said the three-day event is intended to develop the managerial and technical skills of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in generating business innovations and cre...
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25Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 24 (PIA) -- Andam nang modawat ang lokal nga kagamhanan og mga bag-ong aplikante sa Technology-Based Community Training Program alang sa ikaduhang semestre ning tuig, pahibalo ni Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Y. Emano. Lakip sa mga kursong libreng gitanyag sa mga partisipante mao ang basic computer literacy, beauty care services, massage therapy, dressmaking , handicraft, bread and pastry production, commercial cooking ug food processing, sumpay ni Mayor Emano. “Hi...
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25Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 24 (PIA) -- City Mayor Vicente "Dongkoy" Y. Emano announced that the local government is now ready to accept new applicants in the Technology-Based Community Training Program for the 2nd semester this year. Among the courses offered free for all interested participants are basic computer literacy, beauty care services, massage therapy, dressmaking, handicraft, bread and pastry production, commercial cooking, and food processing. “Hinaut nga mapahimuslan kini nga liv...
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24Jun2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 24 (PIA) -- Agricultural technicians in Misamis Occidental underwent a three-day Vegetables and Rootcrops Production Training last June 19-21 where they learned on new developments that would support the High Valued Crops Development Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA), region 10, Jose Satorre, Provincial Agriculturist, said. Conducted by the Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) region x, the training was done a...
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24Jun2012MANILA, June 24 -- Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas has ordered for a more comprehensive investigation of a train accident which occured over the weekend in Iriga City, Camarines Sur (294.43 km southeast of Manila). In a statement posted on the Department of Transportation and Communication website, Roxas also ordered the suspension of the train driver of the Philippine National Railways in the train accident on Friday morning where Mayon Ltd, an ordinary PNR train bound for Ligao, Albay hit...
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24Jun2012ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, June 24 (PIA) -- The Angeles City government recently trained all its employees on Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) in partnership with the Mother Earth Foundation (MEF) to intensify the implementation of Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act. Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan said “we targeted the first participants of the training which is our employees and officials by practicing at the city hall compound itself where we are working, the city...
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23Jun2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, June 23 (PIA) -- The Lanao del Sur provincial government will again partner with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Provincial Office in bringing together employers and jobseekers in a two-day jobs and training fair in the province. TESDA Provincial Director Tarhata S. Mapandi said the jobs and training fair will be held in the New Provincial Capitol Complex on July 1-2 as one of the highlights of the 53rd founding anniversary of the pro...
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21Jun2012LAS PIÑAS, June 21 (PIA) -- Las Piñas City Mayor Nene Aguilar said that students taking up technical and vocational (tech-voc) courses have better job prospects. This, as 950 city residents will soon graduate from various vocational and technical courses at the Las Piñas City Manpower and Training Center on July 5. In a release sent to PIA-NCR, Aguilar said the free training on various courses is aimed at helping the residents find gainful employment and help them start their own home-base...
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20Jun2012KALIBO, AKLAN, June 20 (PIA) -- Forty Aklanons trained by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) under its "Spesyalista" Technopreneurship Program will receive on June 22 the tools they can use in their respective livelihood ventures, increasing their chances of earning more income. The Spesyalista Technopreneurship program, according to TESDA-Aklan, is funded by the Office of the President under the Training for Work Scholarship Program. The 40 Aklanons are from the...
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19Jun2012VALENZUELA CITY, June 19 (PIA) -- Valenzuelanos recently underwent water lily livelihood training, where were taught how to turn abundant water lilies into handicrafts. Facilitated by an accredited Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) trainer, the training was participated by 30 residents of Barangay Coloong who gathered at Coloong Elementary School and were taught water lily processing and weaving. Water lilies are flowering plants known to thrive in bodies of water, g...
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18Jun2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 18 (PIA) -- The intensified information dissemination campaign to fight dengue will continue in the three cities and 14 towns of Misamis Occidental. This, after the campaign proved to be very effective in the province. Governor Herminia Ramiro said the info contained the 4S campaign which informed the public on “searching and destroying, applying self-protection measures, seeking early consultation, and saying ‘no’ to indiscriminate fogging." The ...
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16Jun2012BAGUIO CITY, June 16 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is currently offering training scholarships on various trades for those who want to learn employable technical-vocational (Tech-Voc) skills or those who want to upgrade their skills. TESDA-Cordillera Regional Director Yolanda Olano disclosed that the agency is currently offering scholarship slots under its Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) in partnership with several tech-voc training ins...
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15Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 15 (PIA) -- An inter-agency-supported training program for rubber farmers of Siay, Zamboanga Sibugay will soon be implemented to boost the farmers' capacity to increase production. In a press release, DOLE-Sibugay Communications Officer Edyllgrace Poligrates disclosed that a joint meeting was held recently in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA...
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14Jun2012MANILA, June 14 (PIA) -- The Muntinlupa Central Fire Station of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) will conduct water rescue training for its personnel and barangay volunteers in preparation for the coming rainy season in support of the Disaster Preparedness Program of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). In a statement posted on the DILG website, Muntinlupa City Fire Marshal C/Insp. Rodrick Aguto said this training will be conducted in the eight flood-prone barangays of...
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13Jun2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, June 13 (PIA6) -- Vice President Jejomar C. Binay led the inauguration and blessing of a newly rehabilitated senior citizen’s building and Farmer’s Training Center (FTC) last June 8 in Dao, Capiz. The official helped the local government unit in the repair of the buildings, which have been damaged by time. “This is the best senior citizen’s building I’ve seen so far,” said Binay who inspected the facility before going into the town’s gymnasium for a meeting w...
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08Jun2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, June 7 (PIA) -- In efforts to familiarize and upgrade the knowledge and skills of government workers on norms of conduct for the public servants, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) in the province is inviting all interested applicants to avail of the Distance Learning Program (DLP) on Republic Act 6713 or the “Rules of Conduct and Ethical Behavior in the Civil Service.” According to Jessica Tayaban of the CSC here, the DLP is a journey to learning and self discovery d...
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02Jun2012PANABO CITY, Davao del Norte, June 2 (PIA) -- Series of livelihood training under the city government’s Community Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Program (CSTEP) are being conducted in all barangays here. These livelihood training include banana cake making, candle making, handicraft making, coin purse making, puto cheese making, chorizo making, banana chips making, among others. The Public Employment Services Office (PESO) of Panabo City has been spearheading the training with the hel...
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31May2012DAGUPAN CITY, May 31 (PIA) -- The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on Monday led a forum at the University of Luzon here for developing and tapping possible local small and medium enterprise (SME) ventures. Discussed during the forum was the proposed Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC), which will be established in the university. The UNIDO will help create the center through the Arab Regional Center for Entrepreneurship and Investment Training (ARCEIT) based on...
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30May2012TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, May 30 (PIA) --Smart Communications and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) launched in Tagum City yesterday (May 29) its co-location project of automatic rain gauge (ARG). Smart Communications Community Partnerships Manager Nova Concepcion yesterday bared moves of the telecommunication company to do its first launching in Tagum City way ahead of the 62 other Smart cell sites installed with ARGs. Concepcion sai...
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25May2012DAVAO CITY, May 26 (PIA) -- As part of its continuing efficiency and capacity building program for its personnel, the Department of Agrarian Reform in the region required its 29 drivers to undergo a five-day training on vehicle preventive maintenance. DAR XI Director Datu Yusoph Mama said the training held at TESDA (Technical Education and Skills Development Authority) Regional Training Center at Tibungco, Davao City aimed at keeping government vehicles in good running condition. Mama said...
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25May2012DAGUPAN CITY, May 25 -- Despite heavy rains being experienced in the province almost every afternoon, the rainy season is not yet officially here. Greg De Vera, bureau chief of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in Pangasinan, said the declaration of the onset of the rainy season is based on a criteria that at least five of the seven field stations of PAGASA all over the country would register at least 25 mm amount of rainfall for five days. “As...
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25May2012EB MAGALONA, Negros Occ., May 25(PIA6) -- Six bright kids--three in the elementary and three in the high school--prevailed among the 46 contestants that battled in the 3rd Brainsbee ni Albee sa District 3- EB Magalona finals held at Wilkinson Social Court Monday afternoon, Information Officer Erwin Delilan, said. ‘Brainsbee ni Albee District III’ is a contest launched by Third District Rep. Abelardo Albee Benitez way back in 2009 that seeks the brightest students in Math and Science in the ...
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24May2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, May 24 (PIA) -- The Rodriguez Municipal Government will be holding free training courses on basic computer, values formation, and personality development beginning May 28. The training sessions include courses such as Training on Basic PC Windows Operation system, MS Office, Values formation, and Personality Enhancement Training. The program aims to improve the computer literacy and values formation of locals who will enroll to it. According to the LGU, the sessions ...
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24May2012BACOLOD CITY, May 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has deputized La Consolacion College Bacolod to train teachers in public schools in Negros Occidental, in preparation for the start of the K to 12 program this school year, a press release from DepEd said. The training that started May 14 and ends June 1, covers Science, Edukasyon sa Pagkatao (Values Education), and Filipino. About 1,000 participants from all DepEd divisions in the province, including Bacolod City are attending...
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23May2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, May 23 (PIA) -- A mass training for Grades one and Grade seven teachers from different schools under the Department of Education – Regional and Division offices will be conducted this month. This will be held in different venues in preparation for an enhanced curriculum of K to 12 program implementation this year, according to DepEd K to 12 program coordinator – La Union Division Director Eddie Moyano. Moyano said that the five-day training for Grade one teache...
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22May2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 22 (PIA)-- Elementary and secondary English and Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) teachers in Region 12 are undergoing extensive training which started yesterday, May 21 and will end on Friday, the 25th. Dr. Kautin Kulano, K+12 training coordinator at the state-run University of Southern Mindanao, said the five-day training is in preparation for the implementation of the K+12 basic education curriculum which will start on the school year 2012-2013. B...
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21May2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Mayo 21 (PIA) -- Isasagawa simula bukas, Mayo 22 hanggang Mayo 23 ang dalawang araw na Skills Enhancement Training para sa mga pulis sa El Manggo, Barangay Concepcion ng naturang lungsod. Ito ay sa pamumuno ni Koronadal City Police Superintendent Michael Lebanan at sa pakikipagtulungan din ng Police Community Relation Office. Ang nasabing pagsasanay ay dadaluhan ng 540 na Barangay Peacekeeping Action Teams (BPATs) at may layuning magturo ng mga kakayahan...
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20May2012MARIKINA, May 20 (PIA) -- The city government of Marikina recently launched its “Handog Ngiti” project. The said project spearheaded by the Office of the Vice Mayor, City Health Office in partnership with the Smile Train Foundation, aims to provide free medical services to children with cleft lip and palate cases. “Most children with clefts are unable to eat and speak properly. Some are even treated with isolation by normal people. Due to the expense needed for the surgery, poor famil...
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19May2012SANTA CRUZ, Laguna, May 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in Laguna and the Management Information Systems Office (MISO) is conducting a Website Development Training Workshop at the MISO Computer Laboratory since May 14 up to 19. Participants are English teachers and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) coordinators with background on photo editing. The training aims to enable the participants design their own respective websites and upload vital information to promote ...
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18May2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 18 (PIA) -- With the beauty care business as a viable source of livelihood, the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) has opened manicure and pedicure short courses to unemployed men and women in the province. Assistant PSWDO Espirita Gamatero said the one-month training intends to provide skills to the unemployed under the livelihood assistance program of the agency. This is funded by the provincial government and administered by a Technical Ed...
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18May2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- More than a 100 individuals from the different barangays of the city completed recently the “Business English Proficiency-Call Center Training” conducted by the local government’s SHEEP-Computer Literacy Program (CLP). SHEEP-CLP head Percival Pasuelo said, the training was designed to assist the participants and enhance their competitiveness to land a job as call center agents. “The city government wants to empower high school graduates, who were un...
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17May2012CITY OF BALANGA, Bataan, May 17 (PIA) -- The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is installing automated rain gauges this week in different parts of the province in anticipation of heavy rains during the upcoming rainy season. PAGASA has already installed an automatic rain gauge in Balanga City yesterday, May 16. Today, May 17, another set of rain gauges will be set up in Bataan Peninula State University campus in Ordani town. According to Cata...
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17May2012QUEZON CITY, May 17 (PIA) -- The Ecowaste Coalition advised parents to be careful in buying children’s rainwears as they have found some to have that were recently found with high levels of toxic substances lead and cadmium. The group said that out of the 14 rainwears bought, 13 were found containing dangerous levels of harmful chemicals. Aileen Lucero of the EcoWaste Coalition’s Project Protect said out of the 14 raincoats the group bought from retailers and wholesalers in Divisoria on ...
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16May2012BATANGAS CITY, Mayo 16 (PIA) -- Nagtapos ngayong araw ang sampung araw na pagsasanay ng 28 kapulisan mula Batangas Police Provincial Office ukol sa tamang paggamit ng motorsiklo sa pagsugpo ng krimen. Sa isinagawang pagtatapos ng mga kapulisan, ipinamalas ng mga ito ang kaalaman at tamang pamamaraan kung paano magagamit ang mga motorsiklo upang sugpuin at masawata ang masasamang elemento na kumakalat sa lalawigan. Ayon kay BPPO Provincial Director Atty. Rosauro Acio, ang pagkakaroon ng ganiton...
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15May2012CEBU CITY May 15 (PIA) -- Some 200 elementary and secondary public school administrators and secondary school Science, Mathematics, and English teachers will undergo various training programs from May 14 to 26 at Indah Hotel, Villegas St. (formerly Arroceros), Manila. The training aims to prepare each school and for the improvement of the mentors who will handle the K to12 program, said Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” R. Tañada III, who sponsored the Summer 2012 Training Programs, in partnership with...
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14May2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Finance is set to conduct an advocacy seminar on microinsurance to provide appropriate risk protection to the informal and low-income sectors on May 24 and 25 at Holiday Plaza Hotel here. Joselito S. Almario, Director III, said the activity is part of the launched nationwide microinsurance literacy campaign to strongly push for a wide acceptance of microinsurance among informal and low-income sectors. Part of the activity is the "Magpaseguro P...
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14May2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, May 14 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Quezon provincial office is calling all graduates of technology–vocational courses or national certificate holders (NC 2) to report to Rosie B. Lorenzo at the Lucena City Manpower Skills Training Center to form a group and register their names as TESDA specialista. Engineer Racy Gesmundo, supervising technical education skills development specialist of TESDA, Quezon, said the NC holders wil...
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11May2012SAN JOSE, Antique, May 11 (PIA) -- Halfway into National Food Authority's (NFA) call for renewal of licenses of grains businessmen, the agency is again reminding those concerned, especially those in the towns of Anini-y, T. Fornier, Hamtic for the month of May and the towns of Valderrama and San Remegio for the month of June to renew their licenses earlier so as not to hamper their operations and to avoid penalties. Said businessmen can renew their licenses either at NFA Provincial Office at Sa...
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10May2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- Out-of-school youth (OSY) in 28 local government units (LGUs) in Northern Mindanao are set to benefit from the implementation of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) and Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) convergence in the region. According to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Regional Office X, the convergence program will cover the poorest areas in the provinces of Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao de...
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10May2012TANZA, Cavite, May 10 (PIA) -- The provincial offices of the Departments of Trade and Industry and the Agrarian Reform (DTI –DAR) are currently conducting a five-day hand weaving training for a new set of weavers to improve their skills in using the water hyacinth, also known as water lily, as a raw material for baskets, slippers, house accessories, and holiday decors. The five-day training is being held at the Gregorio Fojas Elementary School in Barangay Calibuyo that started May 7 and will...
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10May2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, May 10 (PIA) -- About 50 upland farmer-officers from the towns of Liliw, Pakil, Mabitac and Sta. Maria in Laguna participated in the training-workshop on basic financial management system last May 2-4 at the Fresh Air Hotel, Barangay Iyam, this city. Out of the 50 participants, 30 which came from community-based forest management people's organizations (CBFM-PO) including cooperatives. The training-workshop aimed to enhance the capability of CBFM-POs in managing the finan...
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09May2012CEBU CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- Ang Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) maninguha sa pagpa-usbaw ug pagpalambo sa mga kababayen-ang mga organisasyon alang sa kalamboan sa tibuok nasud. Si TESDA director general Joel Villanueva mituo sa kabililhon sa mga kababayen-an sa pagpausbaw sa kalamboan sa nasud. Nagkanayon si Villanueva nga gikinahanglan sa mga kababayen-an nga mahatagan sa oportunidad ug luna aron sila makapasundayag sa ilang mga abilidad, kapasidad ug kahanas sa pa...
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09May2012BONTOC, Mt. Province, May 9 (PIA) -- The Meridian Paramedical and Technical College – Bontoc Inc. is conducting free massage and haircut in this municipality. Training on massage and haircut will have 10 and 15 beneficiaries, respectively. These trainings aim to provide skills and competencies to job seekers through appropriate training programs that are directly connected to existing jobs for immediate employment. According to Maria Lourdes Cosme, Administrator of this institution, the ma...
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08May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- A total of 199 beneficiaries of the government's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from Barangay Sicayab, Dipolog City graduated from a Parent Effective Service (PES) Training conducted recently. The said activity was jointly undertaken by the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) IV of Dipolog City in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Office. In press statement released by the City Information Office, ...
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08May2012MAUBAN, Quezon, May 8 (PIA) -- The municipal government of Mauban and the Provincial Gender and Development (PGAD) Office recently conducted a gender sensitivity training (GST) to public school teachers and barangay officials to mainstream the concept of gender and development (GAD) in schools and barangays. According to Mauban Mayor Ferdinand Llamas, the conduct of GST to the officials of 40 barangays and in all public high schools in this town may create awareness on the mainstreaming of GAD ...
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07May2012PARAÑAQUE, May 7 (PIA) -- The Parañaque City Government and the North Star Training and Consultancy, Inc. will sponsor skills training on electric arc welding and call center job this month. “Our local government is committed to generate jobs and improve the livelihood prospects of our citizens. We thank the business establishments and companies in Parañaque as those based in other parts of Metro Manila, the Northstar Training and Consultancy Inc. among them for supporting this aspiration,...
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06May2012BATANGAS CITY, Mayo 6 (PIA) -- Matagumpay na nailunsad ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) ang TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) sa lalawigan ng Batangas sa ilalim ng programang Libreng Skills Training at Trabaho handog ni Governor Vilma Santos Recto at ng Batangas katuwang ang TESDA sa pamumuno ni Secretary Joel Villanueva. Batay sa bagong slogan na “Sa TESDA may Choice ka” isusulong ng dalawang partido ang bagong hakbang sa pagpapalakas ng...
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06May2012CEBU CITY, May 6 (PIA) ---TESDA director general Joel Villanueva says that the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will contribute to the empowerment of women by being a conduit to several women organizations in the country . Villanueva said TESDA aims to promote women empowerment as it believes in the value and worth of women in promoting progress and development of a country. He added that women play a crucial role in the country’s development. "There is a need fo...
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06May2012CEBU CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is intensifying its goal to provide Filipinos with sufficient skills needed to become competitive skilled workers; it is now reaching out to rural areas in doing so. In Metro Cebu and neighboring Negros Oriental, TESDA widened its services by launching the "TESDA Park and Train Mobile Vans" intended to cater to the skills training needs of the people at the grassroots and in rural areas who cannot reac...
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05May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 5 (PIA) -- Twenty-five Technical Education and Skills Development (TESDA) trainers from technical-vocational education and training institutions in Negros Oriental are undergoing training on Trainers Methodology 1 (TM1) Course, which started on April 23 until May 17 at STI Dumaguete City. According to TESDA Information Officer Gertaldine delos Reyes, the program aims to qualify and certify the current pool of technical trainers or assessors to ensure their competence to tra...
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03May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- Negros Oriental is now organizing a training for young football players through its Grassroots Course and Training Festival. Grassroots Development Officer Patrick De la Torre encourages children ages six to 12 to take part in the grassroots development program. The program aims to bring every youth to play football games to be future athletes to compete in national sports competition. “Grassroots can be played everywhere and by everyone,” said De la Torr...
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01May2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 1 --Five hundred forty-eight (548) participants in the Technology-Based Community Skills Training Program for Tropical Storm Sendong survivors formally completed their 400-hour training on April 30, 2012, said Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano. Among the free courses offered for the beneficiaries are beauty care services, general sewing, commercial cooking, massage therapy, automotive servicing, and welding. Representatives from the Technical Education and Ski...
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30Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 30 (PIA6) -- For school year 2012-2013, the Department of Education (DepEd-6) has hired 258 new teachers, who will be distributed to 18 school divisions. DEpEd-6 Director Mildred Garay said the new hires will somehow ease the lack of teachers in the region. DepEd-6 Officer-in-charge of the Planning Division Mr. Toribio Verano said DepEd-6 has an allocation of about 678 positions to be filled up yet for the year 2012, and there is an on-going filling up of these positions. ...
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29Apr2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 29 (PIA) -- A total of 21 municipalities in three provinces of Soccsksargen region will benefit from the initial implementation of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Convergence Program on poverty alleviation. The program brings together DOLE’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s Training ...
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28Apr2012By Rizalie A. Calibo LARENA, Siquijor, April 28 (PIA) -- At least 10 projects for the 4-H club of Siquijor province were funded by the Department of Agriculture-Training Institute in Region 7, according to a report from the office of the provincial agriculturist here. Supervising Agriculturist Roselyn Bonachita said the projects that totaled P550,000 were distributed to the different 4-H clubs of the municipalities to give them livelihood opportunities. Three of these are goat raising project...
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27Apr2012BONTOC, Mt. Province, April 27 (PIA) -- A total of 117 trainees composed of barangay workers, teachers and municipal employees from the municipalities of Sagada and Barlig benefited from the free training on basic computer operations. Melita Pinic of the Technical Education, Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) said this training was conducted in four different schedules. In the municipality of Sagada, there were two batches, one is in barangay Bangaan which included trainees from the...
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27Apr2012CEBU CITY April 27 (PIA) --- The town of Dalaguete in the southern part of Cebu is intensifying its Skills Training and Resource (STAR) program designed for the town's out-of-school youths and unemployed residents. The municipal government recently established a three-storey building that will serve as the STAR center where trainings will be conducted for around 300 trainees every semester. The center, located near the municipal hall, is expected to be functional before the year ends. The ...
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27Apr2012ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, April 27 (PIA) --The Municipal government of Teresa in cooperation with the Bagong Henerasyon Partylist is currently holding computer skills training until May to improve computer skills of local students and teachers. The computer skills training for basic application software such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint started last April 23 and will end on May 18. Each session lasts for two hours per day for five days. According to Teresa Municipal Information Officer ...
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26Apr2012CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City, April 26 -- Army’s 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division opened the Restructured Reenlistment Training (RRT) Class 03 at the Division’s Grandstand last April 24 here. This training is undertaken by each soldier before they can be reenlisted again to the regular force, which they have to do every three years. A total of 195 enlisted personnel composed the RRT CL-03. This is the third RRT conducted for this year and at present, 535 soldiers of this Divi...
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23Apr2012IBA, Zambales, April 23 (PIA) -- Zambales Resort Owners Association, in partnership with the Philippine Life Saving Society, recently trained 77 local lifeguards in Botolan and San Antonio towns here on international-level surf life-saving and pool lifeguarding. According to the organizers, the training was aimed at making Zambales the safest destination for aquatic recreation by upgrading the skills of its lifesavers that is at par with their global counterparts. The training consisted of thr...
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22Apr2012DAET, Camarines Norte, Abril 22 (PIA) -- Binigyan ng tatlong araw na pagsasanay ang mga namamahala sa mga nagtatanim ng pinya o Agricultural Extension Workers ng bawat bayan nitong Lunes, ika-16 ng Abril hanggang Miyerkules ika-18. Ito ay sa pamamagitan ng “Training of Trainors on Pineapple Production Post Harvest Processing Technology” na isinagawa sa Tin-tin Apartelle sa bayan ng Daet. Pinangunahan ito ng Agricultural Training Institute Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC 5) ng Department ...
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18Apr2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 18 (PIA) -- Provincial Manpower Training Center (PMTC), in partnership with a private outfit, recently started a 15-day training on backhoe loader operation in Lubao town. PMTC Officer-in-Charge Francis Maslog disclosed that 25 qualified individuals from barangays San Antonio and San Francisco are benefiting from the free undertaking which is a first on heavy equipment operation to be conducted in Pampanga. “The Holy Cross Training and Assessment Cente...
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14Apr2012ANTIPOLO CITY, April 14 (PIA) -- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) - Rizal is anticipating up to 350 trainees to complete their courses this April. TESDA’s Cainta training center is expecting around 220 residents who will be receiving their NC-I (National Certificate I) in electrical installation and maintenance, refrigeration and air-conditioning servicing, dressmaking, domestic appliance servicing leading to consumer electronics servicing, consumer electronics ser...
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12Apr2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga April 12 (PIA) -- A total of 96 out-of-school youths (OSYs) and adults including a technical sergeant of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) Weather Group joined the roster of the province’s available manpower resources for gainful employment as they completed four technical skills courses offered by the Pampanga provincial government. Francis Maslog, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Manpower Training Center (PMTC) said that 15 of the graduates successfully finis...
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12Apr2012VIGAN CITY, April 12 --The city government of Vigan through its training arm, the Vigan Skills Training Institute (VSTI) conducted recently green trainings utilizing waste materials. According to Geocita H. Fitch, City Manpower Development Officer, participants were Balikatan Sa Vigan women groups, Barangay Nutrition Scholars and Federation of Senior Citizens. The trainees cut and rolled old newspapers and produced replicas of cones and shells. These were also assembled into paper bead rosar...
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07Apr2012TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, April 7 (PIA)-- Aiming to have an active participation of all sectors in the society in time of disaster, the provincial government of this province in Northern Mindanao involved women’s groups in disaster preparedness and emergency response. The first batch of the two-day training was done last week at the Mindanao Civic Center Grand Stadium here. The disaster preparedness and emergency response training was jointly conducted by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction...
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06Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 6 (PIA6) -- This city will play host to the 2012 National Festival of Talents from April 10-13, facilitated by the Department of Education (DepEd)- Division of Iloilo. DepEd-6 said in a press release that the Festival of Talents, a special program of the DepEd through the Bureau of Secondary Education, is an avenue where the students can best show their knowledge and skills in the field of arts, population and development and technology and livelihood education. Further, D...
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04Apr2012DIPOLOG CITY, APR. 3(PIA)--- The Zamboanga del Norte Parole and Probation Office has recently conducted basic training to 18 Volunteer Probation Aides from the municipality of Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte. It was held at the Farmer’s Information Center in Roxas, last March 27, 2012. Zamboanga del Norte Chief Parole and Probation Officer Jose Alan B. Santillana said the training was aimed to equip the volunteers with the basic knowledge and skills on the service offered and the programs implem...
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02Apr2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Abr. 2 (PIA) -- Kapin sa 30 ka mga inmates sa Misamis Occidental Provincial Reformatory Jail nga seryoso gayong mitapos sa 80 ka oras nga Basic Skills Training sa pagpanahi, bag-ohay pa lamang. Nasayran nga makapatulo sa luha ang mga reaksyon ug panglantaw sa mga migradwar sa Inmates Skills Training in Sewing nga giapsiugdahan sa buhatan sa TESDA kun Technical Education Skills and Development Authority inabagan sa probinsyal nga pangagamhanan ug sa ...
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02Apr2012CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, April 2 (PIA) -- About 39 volunteers underwent the three-day water search and rescue (WASAR) seminar/training recently organized by the city government of Calamba through the public order and safety office (POSO). The seminar, supervised by Engr. Noriel V. Habana of the city disaster risk reduction and management office (CDRRMO), aims to enhance the knowledge of rescue volunteers in WASAR to ensure effective and efficient response during emergencies. According to Habana, ...
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02Apr2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 2 (PIA) -- More than 30 inmates of the Misamis Occidental Provincial Reformatory Jail, here, successfully completed the 80-hour basic skills training in sewing. The said training was conducted by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in coordination with the provincial government and some stakeholders. “It was really touching for some of the inmates who were teary-eyed when they received the certificates,” Leo Velez, Pro...
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29Mar2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, March 29 (PIA) –- To expand its operations on public safety, this city’s Rescue 922 will conduct a summer disaster preparedness training after the holy week to equip interested youth and kids in this city with basic knowledge on how to attain safety in times of calamities. Virgilio Dalog, Rescue 922 training officer, said that there is a need to equip children and youth on disaster preparedness so that they will be able to help their families and even the victims ...
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28Mar2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, March 28 (PIA) — A total of 229 public school teachers and students have availed of the free newsletter layout training of the City Government under its SHEEP Computer Literacy Program (CLP). SHEEP-CLP head, Percival Pasuelo explained that as of March 22 “Newsletter Layouting” using Adobe InDesign topped the list of the “must-have and most requested” among the free modules they have offered so far. “This is attributed to the Department of Education’s (DepEd) ...
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26Mar2012MAKATI CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- After leading other countries in the World Bank-funded disaster resiliency sharing in Kathmandu, Nepal recently, the local government has been sharing its learning and model templates with city and barangay officials, a statement in the city's website said. Under the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction City-to-City Sharing Initiative or GFDRR C2CSI, the participating cities are expected to share what they've learned in risk sensitive land use planning, em...
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24Mar2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 24 (PIA) -- The city government of Cagayan de Oro City launched Livelihood Skills Training Program to benefit 560 occupants of the Calaanan Tent City, March 22. The event was spearheaded by City Councilor Nadya Emano-Elipe in cooperation with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The 400-hour training program include food processing, commercial catering, bread and pastries, sewing, beauty care, massage therapy, automotive mechanic, electro...
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23Mar2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, March 23 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Surigao del Sur, through the office of Provincial Social Welfare and Development (PSWD), spearheaded a skills training on rug-making and fancy jewelry-making at the Shacene Pension House, this city. According to PSWD Officer May Navidad Salinas, recycled materials such as used clothing and unused cloth from the tailoring shops were used for rug-making, while Surigao del Sur-abundant indigenous materials like shells wer...
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21Mar2012NAGA CITY, Mar 21 (PIA) -- In line with the continuing efforts of government to equip local barangay officials and human rights action officers with the basic knowledge about their mandated tasks, Karapatan-Bikol, in partnership with the local government here, spearheaded the Basic Human Rights Education/Seminar slated from March 20 to 22 at Spring Valley, Barangay Del Rosario here. Karapatan is a national alliance composed of organizations, groups and individuals bounded b...
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21Mar2012NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, March 21 (PIA6) -- An international non-government organization is in need of workers to train on technology farming in Japan. Workers will be trained in Okinawa Prefecture for three years and will also be paid while on training, said Michiyasu Arayashiki, managing director of the Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement (OISCA)- International. Arayashiki was in the province recently and made this remark during a courtesy call to Negr...
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20Mar2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, March 20 (PIA)—The City Government here has scheduled a one day training on “Basic Newsletter Layouting” for local media practitioners. City Media Affairs Officer, Avel Manansala said the free training which is scheduled on April 13 is open to all TV, broadcast, and print journalists who are willing to be trained by personnel of the SHEEP-Computer Literacy Program (CLP). “SHEEP-CLP is currently intensifying its technology trainin...
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18Mar2012BATANGAS CITY, Marso 18 (PIA) -- Patuloy ang pagbibigay ng Philippine National Red Cross (PRC) - Batangas Chapter ng pagsasanay sa kaligtasan kung saan may 13 kurso maaaring pagpilian ngayong 8th Summer Safe Institute na isasagawa sa Batangas city sports coliseum. Ayon kay Ronald Generoso,coordinator ng PNRC-Batangas Chapter, kabilang sa mga pagsasanay na kanilang ibinibigay ay ang first aide training, disaster management, accident prevention, rescue, ambulance operation training,...
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17Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, March 17 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office 8 is set to conduct a series of trainings to two OFW Family Circles in Guiuan, Eastern Samar on March 20-22, 2012. The training on organizational diagnosis will be facilitated for the members of Guiuan OFWs Association on March 20, said OWWA officer in charge Evangeline Filamor. On the second day, the members of the Sulangan OFWs and Dependents Association will undergo t...
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16Mar2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar. 16 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Regional Welfare Office 1 (OWWA-RWO1) recently launched the monthly Entrepreneurial Development Training (EDT) Ilocos Norte at the Sanguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall in Laoag City as part of the agency’s providing social preparation for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents. According to Labor Communications Officer Amapola Z Villar, the EDT, which will be held in the area e...
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16Mar2012BONTOC, Mt. Province, March 16 (PIA) -- The Provincial Health Office, in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) here trained 1,514 elementary and secondary students as health scouts that would enable children and youth partners and models in a healthy, clean, and green community. According to Prima Te-elan of the Provincial Health Office, these health scouts underwent a series of training workshops on health and nutrition, adolescent reproductive health, envir...
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15Mar2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The city government is set to install rotating biological contactor to the drainage canals to treat wastewater before it flows to the river. City Engineer Emilio Matanguihan said the installation of the treatment facility in three big drainage canal outlets in the city is part of their action in implementing the Clean Water Act. The rotating biological contactor is a treatment process used in the treatment of wastewater following primary treat...
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14Mar2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- The City Government’s SHEEP-Computer Literacy Program (SHEEP-CLP) intensified its technology training for senior citizens here by making it a whole year continuous activity. SHEEP-CLP head, Percival Pasuelo said the free trainings will be offered until December this year after Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio personally witnessed the successful outcome of the hands-on training on “Basic Computer Operation and Facebook&r...
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13Mar2012NAVAL, Biliran, March 13 (PIA) -- Naval State University (NSU) in Biliran, one of the provinces in Eastern Visayas (region 8) through its president, Dr. Edita Genson is inviting all English instructors in the area or anybody who is interested to attend the two-day training in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) come March 24-25, 2012 to be held at the NSU campus in Naval, Biliran. The training aims to equip instructors with the necessary skills in teaching the Englis...
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13Mar2012NAVAL, Biliran, March 13 (PIA) -- Ang Naval State University (NSU) sa Biliran, usa sa mga probinsya dinhi sa Eastern Visayas (region 8) pinaagi sa iyang presidente, si Dr. Edita Genson, nag imbitar sa tanang mga English instructors sa lugar o bisan kinsa nga English professors sa laing dapit nga interesadong motambong sa duha ka adlaw nga training kabahin sa Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages o kon TESOL karong umaabot Marso 24 ug 25, 2012 nga ipahigayon didto sa NSU campus sa lu...
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13Mar2012BALER, Aurora, Mar. 13 (PIA) - Nagtapos mula sa skills training-workshop ang may 50 kababaihan kahapon, Lunes, bilang massage attendants at manikurista na inisponsor ng pamahalaang lungsod ng Balanga, sa Bataan. Ang pagtatapos sa nasabing pagsasanay ay bahagi ng pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng mga Kababaihan. Ayon kay Jose Enrique Garcia III, ang alkalde ng Lungsod, na mas marami pang kababaihan ang sasanayin sa iba’t-ibang uri ng kasanayan upang matulungan sila ...
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13Mar2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- Mokabat sa traynta ka mga partisipante nga myembro sa gitawag Samahan ng mga Babaeng Negosyante (SBN) sa Barangay Tambler ning dakbayan ang mipailawom sa usa ka pagbansay kabag-ohay lamang may kalabotan sa pagtahi ug mga sanina. Ang naasoy’ng kalihokan kon gitawag “livelihood training on dress making” gipangunahan ni Bise Mayor Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles aron mahatagan ug higayon ang mga kababayen-an sa nasampit nga barangga...
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13Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Caraga spearheaded the conduct of a disaster response team training for government troops as part of the disaster preparedness program of the national government. The five-day in-house training recently held here aimed to enhance the disaster response capacity of the disaster action team of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The participants were able to familiarize and have been updated with t...
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12Mar2012IMUS, Cavite, March 12 (PIA) – The Imus Computer College (ICC) recently conducted free computer training lessons for senior citizens of the community where an ICC branch is located. This annual program of the ICC is aimed at enhancing civic consciousness by developing the ethics of service and patriotism. It also part of the institution’s computer literacy service – National Service Training Program (NSTP). The participants were very appreciati...
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11Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- In addition to being gender sensitive, a Guimaras officer said the provincial government has seen to it that its women are empowered to participate in local governance. Guimaras Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer Elena Baylon said its women legislators and wives of local officials have organized themselves to help the Guimaras Women Crisis Center by involving themselves in counseling of battered women and victims of abuse. Moreover,...
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09Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 9 (PIA6) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will install three (3) more automated water level sensors (AWLS) in Western Visayas, particularly in the Tigum-Aganan River System in Iloilo. The additional units will be installed in the towns of Alimodian, San Miguel and Sta. Barbara, said DOST Regional Director Engr. Rowen Gelonga. This is part of the agency’s weather monitoring system project to assist in disaster risk reduct...
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06Mar2012BATANGAS CITY, Marso 6 (PIA) -- Pormal na binuksan ang ikatlong ‘International Law Enforcement’ training (ILET) sa Camp Miguel Malvar sa lungsod na ito na dinaluhan ng mga pulis mula sa iba’t ibang habagi ng Calabarzon at ilang miyembro ng Philippine National Police (PNP) Police Regional Office 3 Olongapo City. Bilang panauhin sa pagbubukas ng programa, sinabi ni Governor Vilma Santos-Recto na nagagalak siya sa pagkakaroon ng ganitong uri ng pagsasanay sapagkat ma...
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05Mar2012CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Mar 5 (PIA) ---Binigyang diin ni Cecil B. Gutierrez, regional director ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Calabarzon, sa isang panayama kamakailan na prayoridad nila ang mga persons with disability (PWDS) sa mga libre nilang pagsasanay. Sinabi ni Gutierrez na kapag may lumapit na PWD, grupo o ahensiya na may kaugnayan sa PWDs ay agad nilang binibigyan atensiyon upang maipagkaloob sa ang kanilang pangangailangan. &ldq...
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05Mar2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Mar. 5 (PIA) -- The Provincial Social Worker and Development Office (PSWDO) in Surigao del Sur, headed May Salinas, is set to conduct the 2-day Skills Training for Women on March 14-15 to be held at Provincial Social Hall, Capitol Hills, this city. The program is in line with this year's celebration of the Women’s Month with the theme: “Women Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, everyone’s Responsibility&rdq...
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04Mar2012Skills expertise delivery! So goes a mobile training van that travels from town to town to deliver technical skills capacity training for the indigent youth and unemployed adults in Davao del Sur. The mobile training van is an innovative way of the provincial government of Davao del Sur to reach out to its constituents ...
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03Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, March 3 (PIA) -- Some 50 policemen with the ranks of senior police officers 1 to 4 have completed the Public Safety Senior Leadership Course (PSSLC) held here recently by the Regional Training School Region 9 headed by P/Supt. Redentor Retusto. The senior police officers who participated in the training came from the different city/municipal police stations in Zamboanga del Norte. PSSLC is a 12-week course designed to provide senior police officers with requisite ...
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03Mar2012MADDELA, Quirino, March 3 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Quirino chapter has conducted a three-day basic disaster management training here last February 27 to 29, attended by 29 school heads, education supervisors, disaster action officers, and presidents of parents, teachers and community associations. Jesusa Leal, chapter administrator, said the training is part of the Spanish and German Red Cross Societies-sponsored Emergency Assistance to People Affected by Typhoons (N...
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02Mar2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, March 2 (PIA) -- In its bid to produce quality and employable workforce that would respond to the needs of the different industries in the province, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Provincial Office recently conducted a province-wide Technical-Vocational Educational and Training (TVET) and Industry Forum According to TESDA Provincial Director Tarhata S. Mapandi, the forum was the first provincial TVET and Industr...
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02Mar2012NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, March 2 (PIA6) -- The provincial government-run Don Salvador Benedicto Memorial Hospital in La Carlota City received a P4-million worth of hospital equipment from International Hope Foundation through the Negros Occidental Rainbow Foundation, Inc. Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr. signed the Deed of Donation and Acceptance of the hospital equipment and supplies donated to the provincial government. The Don Salvador Benedicto Mem...
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24Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 24 -- A village in Quezon City that was swamped by flash floods nearly three years ago became the first stop of the Mobile Training Plus (Park and Train) bus of the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA). TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva led the ceremonial turn-over of the bus to the residents of Barangay Bagong Silangan in the city’s second district, Wednesday which will serve as the village’s new “school” for ...
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23Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb 23 (PIA) -- As an effective measure to prevent flooding especially in low-lying areas, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo is calling on all local chief executives to include the construction of rainwater collectors in their respective development plans or climate change action plans. In a short talk with DILG-Southern Leyte Information Officer designate Loren Abrau-Aniciete disclosed that the installation...
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23Feb2012SIQUIJOR, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission-Siquijor Field Office will conduct training in April and July this year. CSC provincial director Atty. Gina Crucio said in a press release that a Values Orientation Workshop is scheduled on April 2-3, 2012. A follow-up training on Public Service Ethics and Accountability will be held on July 5-7, 2012. Venue will be within Siquijor Province and will be announced later. Training fee for these live-out courses is P1,...
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22Feb2012MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) here is set to conduct a province-wide technical-vocational educational and training (TVET) and industry forum next week. TESDA Provincial Director Tarhata S. Mapandi said the forum will be held on Monday, Feb. 27, at the social hall of the provincial capitol, Marawi City. She said the forum, which aims to ensure that the manpower development in the province is consiste...
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21Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 21 -- The city government of Cagayan de Oro embraced its very first batch of graduates consisting of 165 students of the new three courses of the technology-based community skills training. In partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Mayor Vicente ‘Dongkoy’ Y. Emano warmly congratulated the 165 successful graduates of the courses in automotive servicing, consumer electronics, and shielded metal arch wielding...
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21Feb2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, February 21 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Surigao del Sur headed by Provincial Director Rey Cueva has continued to do conduct more trainings here. According to Nancy De Guzman, TESDA Administrative Officer V, 12 trainings have already been started since the beginning of the year saying six of which were completed while the rest are still on-going. De Guzman certified that trainings bein...
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21Feb2012MANILA, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- As an effective measure to prevent flooding especially in low-lying areas, Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo is calling on all local chief executives to include the construction of rainwater collectors in their respective development plans or climate change action plans. Robredo said the installation of rainwater collectors and rainwater collection systems (RWCS) is provided for under Republic Act 6716 or the “Rainwater Co...
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20Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, FEB. 20 (PIA) -- Due to recent flashfloods that hit Dapitan City and other parts of Zamboanga del Norte, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) has decided to strengthen the capability of its members during rescue operations. Elements of the 42nd Special Forces Battalion under the command of 1Lt. Rodelo Famulag based in Taguuilon, Dapitan City has conducted training on boat handling training to more than 20 members of the Zanorte-PDRRMC ...
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20Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 20 (PIA) -- At least 2,200 scholarship slots for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) are open in Soccsksargen Region this year, an official of TESDA-12 said. TESDA 12 Regional Director Zeus Ampuyas told members of the media here that 800 of these allocations are intended for the Priv...
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19Feb2012MARIKINA CITY, Feb 19 (PIA) --Don't be idle this summer; Marikina is inviting Marikeños to join the free livelihood trainings this summer. Marikina Mayor Del De Guzman said residents of the city will be provided with quality trainings. "All the livelihood trainings by the Marikina Livelihood Training Office MLTC are TESDA-accredited. The trainings will help them find quality jobs both here and abroad,” De Guzman said. Aimed at promoting economic empowerment, the MLTC...
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19Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- A five-day reflexology training was conducted at the Bukidnon Sugar Company, Inc. (BUSCO) Community Welfare Center in Butong, Quezon town, Bukidnon. Conducted by the Guillar School of Reflexology based in Lumbo, Valencia City, Bukidnon, the training was proposed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Bukidnon Provincial Office and Joint BUSCO and Crystal Sugar Company, Inc. &...
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18Feb2012MANILA, Feb. 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) is set to conduct a series of training programs on sign language across the country to upgrade teachers’ competence in teaching learners who have hearing impairment, a statement posted on the official gazette said. “This is in line with our thrust to make education truly inclusive of all learners especially those who have difficulty understanding lessons due to hearing impairment,” Education Secretary Br...
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18Feb2012BAGUIO CITY, Feb. 18(PIA) -- The Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CRDRRMC) is set to conduct a three-day Basic and Intermediate Incident Command System Training Course (ICS-BIC) on February 22 to 24 in Subic Bay Freeport Zone. According to CRDRRMC chairperson and Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Regional Director Olivia Luces, the ICS-BIC activity is in line with OCD’s mandate to provide leadership in the continuous development of strategic and sy...
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17Feb2012NAVAL, Biliran, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- Despite the week-long continuous rains in the entire province of Biliran, agricultural products remain safe. Jaime G. Casas, provincial agriculturist, said in an interview, that not one farmer has reported of any damage on farm and farm products as of this date. Casas said that although rains had been pouring for over a week now, there has been no heavy downpour nor strong wind to cause damage to the farms or to farm prod...
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17Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- Mayor Maloney Samaco said Tuesday the government is willing to share the cost of training call center agents needed by call-center businesses investing in his locality. In a press conference, Samaco said that investors in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry were willing to locate in the region if there was trained manpower capable of handling the job demands. To entice these investors, “the city and province wil...
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16Feb2012ALICIA, Isabela, Feb. 16 (PIA) -- At least 38 residents of Alicia from the different barangays of the town underwent a 10-day free massage skills training sponsored by the local government unit of Alicia and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)–Isabela. Mayor Maria Cecilia Claire Reyes said the provision of skills training is one of the programs of the local government unit in coordination with concerned national government agencies like the TESDA and o...
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16Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Peb 16 (PIA) -- Sa layong mapanumbalik ang luntiang kagubatan sa nasasakupan ng Allah Valley Landscape, sisimulan ngayong buwan ng Allah Valley Landscape Development Alliance (AVLDA) ang Rainforestation and Upland Resource Management (RURM) program. Kaugnay rito, napili ng pamunuan ng AVLDA-Project Management Office ang mga Barangay Chua, Bagumbay...
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15Feb2012LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- Albay Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) on Wednesday suspended classes in the preschool, elementary, and high school levels in the province, as disaster authorities are bracing up for heavy rains spawned by an active Low Pressure Area (LPA) spotted in the Mindanao region. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said the suspension of classes is a standard public safety and disaster avoidance measure to secure a zero casualty goal during di...
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15Feb2012TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- Governor Rodolfo P. del Rosario is pushing for a legislation creating the Davao del Norte Training Institute (DNTI) in order to attain excellence in local governance. In pursuit of the P.E.O.P.L.E. agenda in promoting education, the training center shall serve as venue for the training of local government officials, functionaries, and employees. P.E.O.P.L.E. is the acronym of the development agenda of del Rosario. It stands for ...
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14Feb2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- About a hundred members from the Operation Control and Operation Command (OPCON/OPCOM) units took part in the Small Unit Combat Operation Training (SUCOT) which focuses on developing and enhancing the participants’ peace-building capabilities and implementing the objectives of the Armed Forces of the Philippine’s Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) ‘Oplan Bayanihan.’ Oplan Bayanihan has four strategic concepts s...
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14Feb2012CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO, SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- To enhance skills and knowledge in saving lives during disasters and calamities, 61 cops and civilians undergwent a 3-day seminar-workshop on Basic Life support with Mass Casualty Incident Management Training initiated by Police Regional Office 1 in cooperation with the HOLCIM Corporation and the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) last February 8 at the Concord Building here. “Equip the pa...
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13Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- As the main agency that takes care of government workers, the Civil Service Commission Regional Office 8 will hold a basic customer service skills seminar on February 22-23 in Tacloban City. CSC Director III Atty. Marilyn E. Taldo said that the training is designed for frontline service providers which aims to equip them with skills that will not only enable them to please their customers, but might make them enjoy their work eve...
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10Feb2012LAGAWE, Ifugao,Feb. 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) here conducted a three-days division enhancement seminar-workshop at the Lagawe District Hall in an effort to help address the concerns of multigrade teachers. DepEd Supervisor Jane Dulawan of the Division Office said the workshop aims to help multigrade teachers in the prepation of more lesson plans. Moreover, it also enhances the skills of the multigrade&...
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09Feb2012GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- A total of 84 individuals from General Santos City who underwent Basic AutoCAD Software Training in January this year received from Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio their certificates of completion under the SHEEP (Shelter, Health, Education, Environment and Peace and Order) Computer Literacy Program (CLP) of the city government. SHEEP-CLP head, Percival Pasuelo said the graduates included public secondary school teacher...
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09Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 9 (PIA ) -- Ang mga interesado ug mga kwalipikado nga mga batan-on ning siyudad mahimong makapahimulos sa usa ka scholarship training program alang sa tulo ca vocational-technical nga mga kurso sa usa ka pribado nga tunghaan uban sa pag-abag sa Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Sa interbyu kaniya sa telepono kagahapon sa buntag, si TESDA Provincial Director Rolando Juanillo mitug-an sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA) ng...
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08Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) has launched the “Schools for Practical Agriculture” (SPA) or “Sanayan ng Pasasaka at Adhikaing Agrikultura,” a training concept with a more holistic and integrated community-based agribusiness ecotourism program where farmer-leaders will serve as the teachers and the community extension workers as learners with their farm lots as the “school&rdquo...
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08Feb2012SURIGAO CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- Governor Sol Matugas led on Friday the groundbreaking ceremony for the Surigao del Norte Provincial Training Center inside the Provincial Sports Complex along the Surigao del Norte National High school road attended by local officials and officials from national line agencies. The lady governor was joined by Rep. Francisco Matugas, City Mayor Ernesto Matugas, Board Member Margarito Longos, League of Municipalities President Mayor Sheila May Orquina-Cebedo, ...
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08Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- Interested and qualified youths in this city can avail of a scholarship training program for three vocational-technical courses at a private learning school here in partnership with the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA). In a phone interview with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) this morning, TESDA provincial director Rolando Juanillo said the three voch-tech courses due to open at the Saint Joseph Co...
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08Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, FEB. 8 (PIA) -- Some 600 grains businessmen in Zamboanga del Norte are expected to renew their business permits with the National Food Authority (NFA) for 2012. NFA Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Manager Jul Akmad J. Lawama said the renewal of grains business permit is from January to June. Lawama reminded the grains businessmen(retailers and millers) in the province to visit their office in Gulayon, Dipolog City and renew their grains business per...
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07Feb2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Feb. 7(PIA) -- Frontline health care providers consisting of municipal health officers, rural health physicians, public health nurses and rural health midwives in the province recently attended a training on Micronutrient Supplementation (MS) Program (MSP). Kalinga Provincial Nutritionist Frances Sebastian said the training was called to enhance the competencies of health services providers to improve the implementation of MS program in their respective locali...
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06Feb2012DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Feb. 06 (PIA) -– The provincial government’s mobile training van recently produced its 4th batch of technical course graduates from the municipality of Matanao. Around 181 graduates of different vocational and technical courses received their certificates on February 3, after completing a three-month skills training for free under the Mobile Training Van Alay sa Barangay program. Of the certificate holders, 52 finished the Automotiv...
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06Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) region 2 has trained local transport service providers on effective customer service to become effective escort tourist guides in the province of Cagayan. Blessida Diwa, regional director, said the seminar aims to provide an avenue to the coachmen (kutcheros) and tricycle drivers an opportunity to serve as guide to the tourists in Cagayan, which will eventually help in achieving government’s thrust of boosting the to...
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03Feb2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb 3 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Southern Leyte is equipping its constituents with skills through trainings; these trainings would eventually prod them towards self employment. According to Cristina Aguelo of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), their office already conducted the first skills training on haircutting to 30 residents at Hinunangan Municipal Covered Court on Janua...
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03Feb2012CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, Feb. 3 (PIA) -- The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) of the Department of Agriculture MIMAROPA conducted training on organic farming in Barangay Pinagsabangan I, Naujan today. The training aims to orient farmers on using organic fertilizers in planting rice and vegetables and organic feeding in swine production. It is a joint project of ATI and the local government units of Calapan City, Naujan, and Baco, with the support of two non-government organ...
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03Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA) -- Amid threats of the passage of a bill in the United States that discourages firms from outsourcing overseas, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is enhancing its Training Regulations (TR) in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. This is to make potential call center and other BPO workers more competitive, efficient and attuned to the demands of the times. TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva said that while he b...
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02Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 2 (PIA) – The Department of Public Works and Highways is doubling its efforts to putmore rainwater collection system (RWCS) units this year. Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio L. Singson directed its field offices to fast track the construction of rainwater facilities particularly in public schools in far-flung barangays. “We plan to double the number of schools with these facilities this year to address the lack of water supply in sta...
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02Feb2012MANILA, Feb. 2 -- Businesses operating within the Clark Freeport Zone have agreed to adopt the enterprise-based system of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in training and hiring workers. Under a memorandum of agreement, TESDA-Pampanga and Clark Development Corporation (CDC) said they will share information such as training and manpower requirements of the Clark Freeport locators, and available skills and manpower in the province. The agreement ...
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01Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- Regional Development Council (RDC) of Central Luzon recently passed a resolution endorsing the conduct of a full blown feasibility study for the proposed P220-million integrated drainage system in Dinalupihan, Bataan. In a statement, RDC 3 said, “The project is set to address perennial flooding in at least 18 of the 46 barangays in the town.” The council added that “the drainage system shall likewise address floo...
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31Jan2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- In line with the government's continuous quest to improve the implementation of health care program to all the people all over the country, the Department of Health (DOH) through its representative in Southern Leyte conducted a Training of Trainers on Community Health Team (CHT) mobilization. The training was set in two batches, Dr. Lisa O. Rich from the Salvacion Oppus Yñiguez Memorial Provincial Hospital ...
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28Jan2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- A total of Php5.62 million in rice subsidy was released for the Cash for Training/Cash for Work Program of 1,879 farmers/ fisherfolk beneficiaries in the city, last year. Of this amount, Php2.29 million or 40.75 percent was spent for the rice subsidy of 702 farmers who attended the first batch of a 4-day training on farming skills and on Disaster Management and other relevant topics, Ludie Salud...
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28Jan2012MAKATI CITY, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- The local government will be accepting applicants starting February 13 for its annual summer youth program dubbed Sports, Music, Arts and Recreational Training (SMART) at the Office of Councilor Ferdinand Eusebio at the 18th Floor of Makati City Hall. According to Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay, the program can accommodate--on a first come, first serve basis--up to 3,000 young residents who wish to make their summer vacation worthwhile. “The SM...
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27Jan2012MAKATI CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The local government, through a memorandum from the Office of the Building Official, has ordered all developers and contractors of medium and high-rise buildings being constructed in the city to conduct regular de-clogging of drainage around their job site after frequent flooding in the areas was noted. Engineer Nelson Morales, concurrent city building official and city engineer, said that despite regular maintenance works being done by the City Department ...
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25Jan2012CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- Want to learn new skills and get a job? See the Nueva Ecija Provincial Training Center here. The Provincial Training Center (PTC) aims to help the unemployed, the undergraduate and other unskilled people be trained in various vocational courses to boost their employment chances. PTC Training Department Head Samuel Mangusig said about 85 percent of their trainees got employed. PTC is working closely with the Technical Educa...
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25Jan2012CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Pampanga, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The establishment of an aviation facility here will pave the way for the realization of the Kapampangans' and Tarlaqueños’ dream to bring the country's premier international gateway to Central Luzon. The new aviation facility to be put up in Clark, which will be called Philippine Academy for Aviation Training, Inc. (PAAT), according to Clark Development Corporation (CDC) president Atty. Felipe Antonio Remollo, “...is a c...
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25Jan2012CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- President Benigno Aquino, III stressed that the soon-to-be-built Philippine Academy for Aviation Training (PAAT) inside Clark Freeport would be helpful in his administration’s quest to improve the Philippines’ aviation industry to be at par with global standards. The Chief Executive said the construction of PAAT “comes at a time of transformation as we romp up our efforts to reform aviation in the country. Right now, the Civil...
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25Jan2012CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga Jan. 25 (PIA) -- President Benigno Aquino, III led the groundbreaking of the Philippine Academy for Aviation Training (PAAT) inside Clark Freeport. In his speech, Aquino lauded budget carrier Cebu Pacific Air and Canadian firm CAE (formerly Canadian Aviation Electronics) for their joint venture, saying the investment “is a proof of confidence in the talent and potential of Filipinos not just in words, but in dollars and cents, to the tune of $40 to 50 mill...
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24Jan2012by Bong Pedalino MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- Four barangays of this city, each one with an elementary school, stood as living beneficiaries of an innovative water impounding project built by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) provincial engineering district here. “These rainwater collection structures were already finished in the first quarter last year, and since then it has been used by the school children, faculty and other personnel f...
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24Jan2012CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Pampanga, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- As an aviation training facility is being built in Clark, the Philippines is effectively positioned as a hub and center for aviation training in the Asia Pacific. President and chief executive officer of Cebu Pacific Air Inc. Lance Gokongwei, said “With the state-of-the-art facilities and comprehensive training footprint of the Philippine Academy Aviation Training (PAAT), the aviation academy is envisioned to be a one-stop regional t...
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24Jan2012CEBU CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) – Forty-two Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation officers of Mandaue City underwent a 3-day leadership challenge through the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. ‘Kool Adventure Camp’ a unique adventure-based education program on competence and leadership. The training was conducted at the Girl Scout of the Philippines (GSP) Camp at barangay Lahug, Cebu City with the SK officers coming from Barangays Alang-alang, Bakilid, Banilad, Basak, Cabancalan, ...
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21Jan2012ECHAGUE, Isabela, January 21 (PIA) – Selected community health workers in the three municipalities of the province will undergo an extensive six-month training on emergency assistance to typhoon-affected families to be conducted by the Philippine National Red Cross (PRC) – Isabela with the support of the provincial government. Health workers from the towns of Echague, Jones and San Agustin who were identified by the Red Cross will start the emergency training this month and expected...
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19Jan2012ILOILO CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA6) -- The collaborative project in weather monitoring system in Iloilo between the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and SMART Communications, Inc. will have a soft launching at Emilion Function Center here on Jan. 20. DOST Regional Director Engr. Rowen Gelonga said the project called “Tigum-Aganan Weather Monitoring System” is part of the DOST national program on the deployment of weather monitoring equipment in support to government efforts towards disas...
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19Jan2012CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO, SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- Eighteen police personnel from Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) and the 1stRegional Public Safety Battalion finished a seven-day seminar on Basic Computer Hardware Servicing and Troubleshooting offered free by the Saint John Bosco College of Northern Luzon (SJBCNL), this city. PSupt. Raul S. Romero, PRO1 Public Information Officer, said that the free computer training held from November 3 to 14 last year was in line ...
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19Jan2012LUNGSOD NG MASBATE, Enero 19 (PIA) -- Iniulat ng tanggapan dito ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) na sinimulan na nito ang paggawa ng rainwater collector systems sa ilang barangays sa lalawigan ng Masbate bilang paghahanda sa biglang pagbabago ng klima. Katunayan, ayon kay Reynaldo Alconcel, ang hepe ng DPWH district engineering office na sumasaklaw sa second congressional district ng lalawigan, tatlong rainwater collectors ang ginawa ng tanggapan nitong nakaraang buwan. ...
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19Jan2012SIYUDAD SAN MASBATE, Enero 19 (PIA) -- Sinabi san opisina didi san Department of Public Works and Highways na pagatunaan na sani an paghimo san rainwater collector systems sa magkapira na barangays sa probinsiya san Masbate bilang preparason sa gulpi na pagbabago san klima. Sa kamatuduan, segun kan Reynaldo Alconcel, hepe san DPWH district engineering office na nakasakop sa second congressional district san probinsiya, tulo na rainwater collectors an natapos san opisina san nakaligad na b...
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18Jan2012OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Jan. 17 (PIA) – At least 345 members of the Pag-asa Youth Association of the Philippines (PYAP) were benefited by the Sharing Computer Access Locally and Abroad (SCALA) Project in the city. The SCALA Project is lodged at the Office of the City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD) Office, and is implemented in partnership with the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) of Canada and the local government unit of Ozamiz. The SCALA is particular...
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17Jan2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Jan 17 (PIA ) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Quezon is conducting extensive skills training under the ‘bayong’ (local woven bag)development program for bayong weavers in Quezon province in order to produce export-quality products. Pablito Budoy of DTI-Quezon, said the program is designed to help local producers of bayong bag in the province to become more competitive in the world market, adding that bayong made in Quezon has great potential for export in...
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17Jan2012By Fayette C. Riñen CEBU CITY, January 17 (PIA) – Various trainings on criminal investigation, intelligence operations and computer literacy will be one of the priority programs set by the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 for policemen in Central Visayas to further enhance their skills in police work and become more competent. PRO 7 Deputy Regional Director for Operations S/Supt. Louie Oppus said that for the first semester this year, they will focus on providing more ...
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12Jan2012SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Jan. 13 (PIA) -- Around 21 differently- abled trainees of DSWD-Area 1 Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC) in region 1 recently passed the National Competency Assessment -Level II (NC II) designed by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) as they proved their skills and potentials on dressmaking, commercial cooking and hairdressing in the competition. The activity was carried out to promote advancement in different vocational courses and t...
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01Jan2012CEBU, Jan 01 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-7) in Central Visayas inked recently a memorandum of agreement for the capability training of Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries on hydroponics gardening. DOST-7 assistant regional director for technical operations Ed Paradela said this is the agency’s response to the millennium development goal of poverty alleviation which is also DSWD’s thrust. Par...
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27Dec2011OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Dec. 26 (PIA) -- At least 1,000 units of the automatic water level sensors worth P150 million will be established in 18 river basins nationwide. This was announced by President Benigno S. Aquino III when he visited the victims of tropical storm Sendong in Cagayan de Oro City last week. “Palalakasin natin ang sistema upang mas malinaw na matukoy kung gaano karami at kalakas ang buhos ng ulan. (We will strengthen the system so that we will k...
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16Dec2011SIQUIJOR, Dec. 17 (PIA) -- At least three Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) from Siquijor seek technical assistance from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to avail of the loan packages from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Roger Maglinte, 50, Bernard Duhaylungod, 54 and Felix Pabinguit, 44, all seamen overseas returnees appeared last weel at the local office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to request for its assistance in mee...
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05Dec2011MANILA, Dec. 5 (PIA)-- The Department of Labor and Employment has suspended all labor inspection activities during the Christmas and New Year holidays to ensure that labor inspectors will have no opportunity for bribery, gift solicitation, or other forms of graft and corruption The suspension is contained in Administrative Order No. 490, series of 2011 that took effect on December 1 and will last on January 31, 2012. The regular inspection will commence on February 1, 2012. &nb...
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27Nov2011OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Nov. 27 (PIA) -- The City Government here has acquired a rubber inflatable boat and a rescue jeep to be used by the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC), during emergencies. Mayor Jason P. Almonte, chairperson of the CDRRMC, said he believes that thru this acquisition, the capability of the city to respond to disaster and other emergencies is strengthened and enhanced. “With this life-saving vehicle, we have planned to co...
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23Nov2011OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Nov. 23 (PIA) -- Some P131.66 million worth of provincial road projects will be bidded out by the Provincial Roads Management Facility (PRMF) in the provinces of Misamis Occidental and Bukidnon, Region 10, as well, as in Agusan del Sur, Region 13. This will cover 84.48 kilometers of roads. To be funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the concerned Provincial Governments, the projects will involve earthworks, prepa...
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12Nov2011OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Nov. 12 (PIA) -- Persons with disability (PWDs) and polio victims in the province received their early Christmas gifts from the provincial government here. Governor Herminia Ramiro, in cooperation with the Children International Philippines Incorporated (CIPI), donated 80 wheelchairs primarily for them. “These wheelchairs would ease the lives of the beneficiaries, make them productive and be able to contribute to the development of the provinc...
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09Nov2011DAVAO CITY, Nov. 09 (PIA) -- The technology upgrading program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has helped several small enterprises in the region boost their respective productions and improve their income. Tadeco Livelihood and Training Center (TLTC) in Panabo City of Davao del Norte which engages in the production of expert quality handicrafts from indigenous materials such as abaca, banana and pineapple fiber is one among many small businesses being helped by DOST. ...
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14Sep2011NAIC, Cavite, September 14 (PIA) -- Twenty three agricultural extension workers (AEW) and 92 farmers completed the season-long training of trainors (TOT) and farmers field school (FFS) on sustainable rice production organized by the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) 4A. The AEWs came from the different provinces in the region while the farmers hailed from Barangays Bucal 1, San Miguel and Garita in Maragondon and Barangay San Juan in Ternate, Cavite. As one of the major component of...
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01Sep2011ILOILO CITY, Sept. 1 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Iloilo has readied assistance for families who were badly affected by the landslides that occurred in the municipalities of Leon, Tubungan, Miag-ao, San Joaquin and Janiuay as a result of the recent heavy monsoon rains. Governor Arthur Defensor, Sr. said the provincial government will extend a financial assistance of P10,000 and relief goods worth P2,000 to each of the families whose houses were totally destroyed by the geologica...
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01Sep2011CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, September 1 (PIA) -- The Police Regional Office (PRO) Calabarzon through the Regional Personnel and Human Resource and Doctrine Development Division (RPHRDD) conducted a series of crisis intervention and management training aims to prepare participants in responding and dealing with critical incidence like hostage taking and other crisis situations arising from terrorism and other criminal acts similar to the August 23 Quirino Grandstand hostage incident. The one-da...
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18Aug2011LEGAZPI CITY, Aug, 18 (PIA) -- Bicolano cancer patients need not go to Manila for further diagnosis and treatment for their life threatening disease with the opening today of the Bicol’s only cancer center and breast care unit at the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital (BRTTH) in this city. The Bicol Cancer Center was a brain child of Gov. Joey Salceda of Albay, in partnership with the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) in Quezon City, the Philippine Foundation...
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16Aug2011DAVAO CITY, Aug. 16 (PIA) -- Over a thousand young volunteers of the “Pilipinas Natin” volunteerism campaign have shown today the spirit of caring and sharing to about 1,200 kids who were treated in a grand birthday party celebration at Matina Gym of the University of Mindanao (UM). The volunteers mostly from UM’s National Service Training Program (NSTP) participated in the birthday party dubbed as “Kadayawan Para sa Kabataan,” a prelude to Pilipinas...
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09Aug2011DAVAO CITY, August 9 (PIA) –- Some 1,953 small scale farmer and fisherfolk beneficiaries of the rice subsidy program in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur are to undergo a disaster risk reduction training and community services. The beneficiaries, mostly women, are required complete a four-day training and to participate in the clean-up drive, in dredging of canals and in weeding for 11 days. Sta. Cruz municipal social welfare and development officer Adelaida Badilla said that the disaster ...
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06Aug2011DASMARINAS CITY, Cavite, August 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Cavite Provincial Office facilitated the 1st General Assembly of the Cavite Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (CTIPC) July 29 held at the Admin Bldg. of the FCIE in this city. With the theme, “Tripartite Empowerment Through Cultivating Triumphant and Innovative Programs in Cavite,” the general assembly was highlighted by the induction of new set of officers, ratification of the CTIPC&rsq...
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06Aug2011KORONADAL CITY, Aug 6 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority announced it has started the second run of its National Competency Assessment and Certification. Rolly Palencia, spokesperson of TESDA 12, said the activity which began last week will end in November this year. "Assessment and certification ensures that technical vocational education and training (TVET) graduates and workers have the necessary competence to perform the task...
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02Aug2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) here is gearing up to conduct various skills training program to personnel of all tourism enterprises in Zamboamga City, DOT said in a press statement. Ailene Suyko, Senior Tourism Officer-DOT in a press statement said the conduct of different skills training is in preparation for the full implementation of R.A. 9593 other wise know as the Tourism Act of 2009. The skills training program will include training on frontline s...
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24May2011Unknown to many, one of the most disturbing modern dangers known to man is the depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere. It is the ozone layer that protects the denizens of this world from ultraviolet rays. And as it turns out, the ozone layer is what has been keeping the balance of the weather. All countries today, without exception, are affected by the depletion of the ozone layer: the erratic weather is one - the seeming longer seasons of rains or seasons of dryness; the fiercene...
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11May2011DAVAO CITY, May 11 (PIA) – The local chief executives of the cities and municipalities in the region have signified full support to the implementation of the rice subsidy program for the small scale farmers and fisherfolks in their respective localities. City and town mayors recently inked partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development in a memorandum of agreement, as a take off to execute the rice assistance dubbed as Cash Subsidy Program thru Cash for Training/...
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23Apr2011CEBU, April 23 (PIA) --- Secondary public schools valedictorians of the Department of Education (DepEd) division of Cebu Province and its component cities of Bogo, Carcar, Danao, Lapu-lapu, Mandaue, Naga, Talisay and Toledo will undergo a two-day leadership training on April 25-27, 2011 at the DepEd Ecotech Center, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City. This is an annual activity that the Department of Education (DepEd-7) and the province of Cebu jointly undertake to equip the top students of the prov...
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11Apr2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- Who would ever imagine that the city has its own version of mini "Baguio City" where one has to use jacket even if it's high noon because the area is blessedly enveloped with "natural air-condition", more so, it gets freezingly cold in the middle of the night till dawn. At least thirty members and guests of the Zamboanga Adventure Tourism and Eco Recreation Society (ZATERS) were lucky to have experienced nature's best at the "Balu...
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21Mar2011ILOLO CITY, Mar. 21 (PIA) -- Skilled workers and graduates and graduating students of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Western Visayas will benefit from the National TVET Competency Assessment and Certification (NatCAC) Week which will be conducted in Western Visayas from March 28 to April 1. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Regional Director Buen S. Mondejar said this marks the first time that TESDA is conducting the national assessment and cert...
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18Mar2011TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Mar. 18 (PIA) -- Incessant rains all over the Eastern Visayas region have already claimed lives and caused damages to properties, according to the information gathered from the 8th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army (PA). In this city, a family of seven were reported dead after a mudslide covered and buried their house at Brgy Cabalawan. The victims were identified as Marlon and Jeanita Jordan, both 35 years old, and their five children: Mariete, 16; Angelica, 14; Jo...
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09Mar2011KORONADAL CITY, Mar. 9 (PIA) -- At least 500 women yesterday joined the International Women's Day celebration at the Rizal Park in this city where they got free services and learned income-generating strategies. Women here were also given the opportunity to present their talents in a contest tagged as “Talentadong Pinay Showdown.” Councilor Ma. Ester Marin-Catorce, one of the members of the committee on women, children, and family relations of the Sangguniang Panglu...
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05Mar2011
TESDA encourages skilled workers and graduating students for competency assessment and certification
KORONADAL CITY, Mar. 5 (PIA 12) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority office in Region 12 (TESDA 12) based in this city are encouraging skilled workers and graduating individuals to get a certification for their competencies. A press release from TESDA 12 said that based on TESDA Circular No. 03 s. 2011 national technical vocational education and training (TVET) competency assessment and certification (NATCAC) will be conducted one week each month from March ... -
12Feb2011JOLO, Sulu, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III, during his visit here yesterday challenged local executives to identify problematic areas and find solutions to solve it. He ordered Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan to thresh out problematic areas ang find out what are the things that need to be done and implement it. The President said this in the light of a complaint made by Bishop Angelito Lampon, OMIDD, Apostolic Vicar of Sulu-Tawi-Tawi who said, “pag nagtapon tayo ng basura, ...
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28Jan2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan 28 (PIA 9) – To disprove the perception that policemen are "tough" guys, some 600 individuals and police trainees from the Philippine Public Safety Colleges Regional Training School 9 (PPSCRTS) danced their hearts into the hearts of Zamboangenos as they performed their rendition of “Ati-atihan” in honor of the Feast of Sto. Niño, Sunday, inside the compound of Camp Eduardo Batalia, at RTLim Blvd. here. Clad in their ati-atihan costume...
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28Jan2011CEBU, January 28 (PIA) – Central Visayas is now experiencing rainfall that is three times the normal level, says Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical, Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA) weather specialist Oscar Tabada during the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council (RDRRMC) meeting recently. Tabada said rainfall volume recorded in January 1-26, 2011 was at 353 millimeters, “three times higher than the 107.8 millimeters of rainfall in the same per...
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26Jan2011BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 26 (PIA) – Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) this morning advised the public that the rainfall experienced by Butuan city since last night will continue PAGASA also released general flood advisory following scattered rainfalls here which started last night. According to the advisory released by PAG ASA this morning, as of 9:00 a.m., northeast monsoon prevailing over Luzon, easterlies affecting Mindanao. For the p...
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25Jan2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan 25 (PIA 9) – Aimed at fostering camaraderie among officers and personnel of police forces in the entire region 9, a “Police Station” training was conducted for the purpose. The 7-day training was held at Camp Abendan that houses the PRO-9 headquarters. The training is being conducted in series with police officers and personnel of Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur as first batch participants. The training involves refresher topic of the mission and vision ...
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20Jan2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 20 (PIA) -- The above normal rainfall observed in some areas of Visayas, Bicol Region and Mindanao during the months of October to December last year, is a clear manifestation of the impacts of the current La Niña event, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. It added that most climate model forecasts maintain the possibility of the cold episode to last at least into the northern hemisphere spring season ...
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