Bataan freeport helping reduce jobless

AFAB, Bataan, Philippines — With the simultaneous arrival of big time investors in need of thousands of personnel and workers inside the Authority of Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) here, the number of jobless in the province will fall in the next few months.

Since the enactment of the law creating AFAB, at least 2,000 personnel and workers have been hired and thousands more are being hired to fill the necessary various positions ranging from skilled sewers, office personnel, welders and other skilled workers, said Rep. Abet S. Garcia of the second district of Bataan, author of the AFAB law.

AFAB chairman and administrator Lawyer Deo Custodio reported to Garcia, chairman of the House committee on trade and industry that at least 10 multi-national companies have been pouring their investment inside AFAB in just a short time and these companies had employed around 2,000 personnel and workers.

Mayor Jesse I. Concepcion of this town said that they have already been preparing constituents for the jobs by giving them free skills training to enable them to be easily hired in AFAB even.

Concepcion said he was also lobbying for the prioritization of his town mates to be employed within AFAB.

He said that GN Power, a private firm being constructed to generate at least 600 megawatts of electricity in this town, is also in need of at least 500 welders and laborers, aside from the more than thousands already employed in GN Power.

- by MAR T. SUPNAD

source: http://www.bataan.gov.ph//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=461&Itemid=379

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DOLE Central Luzon announces Labor Day job fairs

SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Central Luzon continues to invite repatriated overseas Filipino workers, fresh college graduates and other jobseekers to attend the government sponsored 2011 Labor Day job fairs.

DOLE regional information officer Jerry Borja said the May 1 activity will simultaneously be held in the following venues: Bataan People’s Center in Balanga City; Freedom Park in Cabanatuan City; Rizal Triangle in Olongapo City; SM Marilao, SM Baliwag; SM Pampanga; and Camp Aquino in Tarlac.

Borja revealed that thousands of overseas and local careers will be offered by companies from the Business Process Outsourcing, Banking, Hotel, IT, and Manufacturing sectors.

Interested applicants are advised to bring their resume, ID pictures, transcript of records or diploma, and clearances.

Borja reminds jobseekers that they will only be entertained from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. He also reiterated that they will not be charging any application, entrance, and registration fees from them.

source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=679419&publicationSubCategoryId=200

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Matagoan peace program cited

TABUK CITY, Kalinga — For instigating an effective course of action in addressing peace problems in this city, officials here have recently passed an ordinance institutionalizing the “Matagoan” as the peace program of this local government unit (LGU) in order to attain lasting peace and help erase the bad image of the province as a tribal war-stricken area.

Through the “Ordinance Institutionalizing the Matagoan as a Peace Program of the City of Tabuk,” the LGU mandated the Matagoan Bodong Consultative Council (MBCC) as the “arm of the city government for purposes of implementing the Matagoan Program.” (Dexter See)

Bataan starts village hotline

BALANGA CITY, Bataan — More than 200 village chieftains in the province of Bataan got free cellular phones after Bataan Gov. Tet Garcia and Rep. Abet S. Garcia launched recently the “Barangay Hotline” in their bid to have the village officials communicate easily and serve better their constituents.

During the launching of the Barangay Hotline at the Bulwagan II inside the Provincial Capitol compound here, the Garcias, including Ms. Gila Garcia, Bataan provincial government coordinator, distributed Nokia C1 units to the village officials to be used for emergency purposes. (Mar Supnad)

Training center gets donation

ITOGON, Benguet — A private land owner here donated a .7-hectare of land to the Cordillera Administrative Region Training School (CARTS) which will be used as its expansion area at Sitio Acupan in Barangay Ampucao.

Dr. Lourdes Tay-og Magantino, who is an employee of the Region 1 office of the Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC), made the donation in favor of the training school to help in addressing the need for more spaces by the police training institution due to its rapidly growing population. (Dexter See)

Cavite slates jobs exposition

IMUS, Cavite — The province of Cavite is holding jobs fair in three areas on Labor Day to accommodate all job applicants, the local Provincial Employment Service Office (PESO) said. PESO Manager Eva R. Defiesta said that the one-day jobs fair is open to all job seekers, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were displaced by crisis in Libya and other areas.

The jobs fair, a project of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), and the provincial government of Cavite, will be held simultaneously at the SM Molino and Bacoor, Rosario and Pala-pala in Dasmariñas City. (Anthony Giron)

Rodriguez steps up police drive

RODRIGUEZ, Rizal — Police authorities here intensified patrol operations in public places particularly in areas where tourists visit during summer, as part of their anti-criminality campaign.

This developed after thousands of excursionists, mostly coming from various parts of Metro Manila and nearby towns of the province, will flock to the Wawa Dam located in Barangay San Rafael in this town to frolic at its cascading waters this summer.

“We are expecting more people to come to this place after Holy Week so we have intensified our patrolling in line with the directive of the Rizal Police Provincial Office to beef up the Police Integrated Patrol System,” said Rodriguez police chief Supt. Rommel Estolano. (Nel Andrade)



source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/315461/matagoan-peace-program-cited

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