San Carlos City, Negros Occidental Mayor Renato Gustilo has welcomed the 300-megawatt (MW) liquefied natural gas (LNG) combined cycle power plant (CCPP) project being proposed by Reliance Energy Development Inc. (REDI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation. “The city welcomes such development since it will provide job opportunities to local residents and […]
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Senator Joel Villanueva launched his campaign for a second term in the Senate, vowing to continue his agenda of job creation and strengthen employment security in the country. Villanueva outlined his achievements and platform as he rallied his audience to vote for his reelection in a campaign kick-off video posted in his official Facebook accounts. […]
The Department of Education (DepEd), together with Microsoft and CloudSwyft, has launched Oplan TAWID (Technology-Assisted Work Immersion Delivery), a focused skilling program to provide critical skills development and increase the employability of graduating senior high school (SHS) students across the Philippines. “This is a great opportunity for our SHS students so they can see what […]
The country’s “agility to pivot to the post-pandemic economy” will depend largely on how it can train a labor force that could meet the demands of the “new world of work”, Senator Joel Villanueva said as he announced his reelection bid. Speaking at the launch of the Tulong Trabaho Scholarship Program, Villanueva told over 500 […]
Despite restrictions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Public Works and Highways’ Build, Build, Build Program was able to provide a total of 1,482,119 jobs to Filipinos nationwide for the period of March 2020 to August 2021. “As announced before, BBB will be one of our key drivers towards economic recovery,” said DPWH […]
Senator Joel Villanueva called for the vaccination of all workers either by their employers or the government as the COVID-19 pandemic changed the dynamics of employment altogether. “We should focus not only on jobs, but also on jabs,” Villanueva said. “But first, we should face our problems and deal with them squarely.” The veteran legislator spoke […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) will host a virtual job fair series in August and September to support the recovery of local tourism and its stakeholders. First conducted in September 2020, the virtual job fair series intends to replace jobs that were lost […]
Thousands of jobs will be up for grabs as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) launched its nationwide virtual job fair dubbed Bigay Trabaho: DPWH Jobs Fair 2021. Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said that the job fair, in partnership with the Department’s contractors nationwide, was conceptualized to provide local employment […]
Some 200 Marikina City residents will be employed by a supermarket chain that opened a branch in the city, Mayor Marcelino Teodoro said. “Ang pagbubukas ng S&R supermarket ay trabaho ang hatid sa mga taga Marikina sa gitna ng pandemya. Ang mga inirekomenda natin ay mga graduate ng PLMAR O Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina sa administration nila (The opening of […]
Instead of arming anti-crime groups, Quezon City Councilor Karl Castelo is urging the government to rollout free or affordable education and decent employment programs. Castelo, councilor of the city’s fifth district said employment and learning are proven effective against poverty which is the root cause of many crimes in the country. He said poor Filipinos […]