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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Firms in Limay reminded to help protect environment

LIMAY, Bataan, Philippines – In keeping with Earth Day as celebrated around the world last Friday, Mayor Ver Roque urged multi-national companies operating in this industrial town to help him protect the environment.

Roque said that while he considers investors as partners of this town in progress, good business managers are responsible for caring for “mother nature” and ensuring the health of its residents.

His appeal comes in the light of the P78-billion expansion program of Petron Corporation for plant in this town.

The mayor said he is confident that with the support his administration is giving to investors like Petron, they will, in return, ensure that the health of the environment and his constituents are not compromised.

Recently, Roque joined Petron executives at the launching of Phase 2 of the oil firm’s refinery upgrade, which is targeted for completion by the end of 2014.

In his bid to give priority to his constituents in terms of employment, Roque and the Sangguniang Bayan headed by Vice Mayor Remigio Tayag, Jr., adopted a resolution urging multi-national companies operating here to give employment priority to Limay residents.

- by: MAR T. SUPNAD



source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/315330/firms-limay-reminded-help-protect-environment

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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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4 Dead in Bataan Road Accident

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ABUCAY, Bataan, Philippines -- Four people, including a three-year-old boy, were killed when the tricycle they were riding in was hit by a bus along the Roman Highway in Barangay (village) Mabatang here on Monday afternoon.

Senior Inspector Jun Alindayao, Abucay police director, said the tricycle carrying Nelson Manrique, 44; Roberto Rubiano, 47; Eleazar Umena, 3; and Thomas Garsota, came from a village road and was crossing the highway when it was hit by a Metro Manila-bound Genesis bus at past 1 p.m.

The bus driver, Reynaldo Tabienda, 38, surrendered to the police. No one among his 20 passengers was hurt in the accident, police said.

- by Greg Refraccion

source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20110418-331934/4-dead-in-Bataan-road-accident

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Shrine for Pope John Paul II built in Bataan - Yahoo News

MANILA - The first shrine to John Paul II in the Catholic Philippines will be inaugurated next month to coincide with the late pope's beatification, the organiser of the project said Friday.

The shrine will be in a small town about three hours' drive from Manila where John Paul said mass for thousands of Vietnam War refugees during a visit in 1981, Bataan Technology Park vice president Amado Sanglay told AFP.

Sanglay said the shrine, which was being built with the support of the local Catholic community, would feature a statue of John Paul and a replica of the stage from where he celebrated mass.

"(We want) to venerate the Pope John Paul II for what he has done in the processing centre," Sanglay said, adding the shrine would be inaugurated on May 2, a day after John Paul II's beatification in Rome.

Thousands of refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia stayed at the United Nations-funded processing centre after fleeing the conflict in their homelands.

The site has since been turned into the Bataan Technology Park, a local business hub that also has a museum recollecting the site's refugee history.

Monsignor Pedro Quitorio, a senior member of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, said the shrine was the first of its kind in the Philippines.

"It's an encouraging and inspiring initiative," Quitorio told AFP.

John Paul made two visits to the Philippines, a bastion of Catholicism in Asia, while pope. His second visit was in 1995 when the Philippines hosted the World Youth Day Catholic festival.

About 80 percent of people in the Philippines are Catholic, a legacy of the country's Spanish colonial past.

source: http://ph.news.yahoo.com/shrine-pope-john-paul-ii-built-bataan-20110415-071645-380.html

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