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DA TO TAP MILLENNIALS AS AGRI FRONTLINERS – DAR

Looking at young millennials as the future of Philippine agriculture, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to engage 900 fresh agriculture graduates (batch 2019-2020) as “frontliners” to assist as implementers of agriculture programs in each congressional district nationwide. “We need young blood in agriculture. They have the defining attributes when it comes to utilizing […]

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NEW CREDIT PROGRAM FOR FRESH AGRI GRADS COULD ENTICE YOUTH TO PURSUE FARMING AS CAREER – PANGANIBAN

The chair of the House of Representatives’ agriculture committee lauded the Department of Agriculture for a new program aimed at providing loans to fresh graduates of agriculture and agriculture-related courses so they could further develop their farming projects and innovations. The program could very well entice more youth to pursue agriculture as a career, since […]

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HOUSE APPROVES BILL WAIVING GOV’T FEES FOR FIRST-TIME JOB APPLICANTS – NOGRALES

Fresh graduates may soon no longer have to shell out money to pay for government fees and charges for pre-employment document requirements. The House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading House Bill 172 which provides assistance to new graduates by waiving government fees and charges on the issuance of documents in connection […]

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HOUSE APPROVES BILL WAIVING FEES, CHARGES FOR JOB APPLICATIONS OF NEW GRADUATES – NOGRALES

Good news for new graduates seeking work. Government may soon waive fees and charges collected in connection with the issuance of documents required in the fresh graduates’ application for employment. The House of Representatives already approved on second reading House Bill 172 embodying the proposal to waive such fees and charges during the employment application […]

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SENATE APPROVES FIRST-TIME JOBSEEKERS BILL ON SECOND READING – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva, chairperson of the Senate committee on labor, employment, and human resources development, welcomed the Senate approval on second reading of Senate Bill No. 1629 or the “First-time Jobseekers Assistance Act” which exempts fresh graduates and out-of-school youth from paying government fees and charges on documents needed for their job application. “We thank […]