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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launched the SkillsUpNet Philippines (SUN PH) Phase 2, an initiative that seeks to equip Filipino workers with industry-specific skills for high-growth industries. The launch underscored the DTI’s commitment to boost inclusive growth, workforce resilience, and global competitiveness. Building on the achievements of its first phase, which trained over […]
The chair of the labor and employment committee of the House of Representatives reiterated the need for government to provide workers with training opportunities to ensure that they can be hired amid an ever-evolving employment landscape. “As early as now we need to create a platform that would provide our workers easier access to upskill […]
The chair of the House labor and employment committee urged the government to make training and upskilling programs more easily accessible to Filipinos as a countermeasure to underemployment. This as the country’s underemployment rate increased even as the number of unemployed Filipinos fell to its second lowest rate since April 2005 or nearly two decades […]
The Iloilo Provincial Government will work with the Philippine Business for Education (PBeD) to train and upskill Ilonggo youth for future jobs. This after Governor Arthur Defensor, Jr. and PBeD Executive Director Justine Raagas signed a memorandum of understanding on the implementation of JobsNext program. JobsNext is a multi-stakeholder program aimed at addressing the skills […]
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 […]
With businesses struggling to keep their heads above water due to the COVID-19 pandemic and with more people losing their jobs as a result, Senator Sonny Angara said that the reskilling and upskilling of workers is now more important than ever. “Unemployment hit a high of 17.7 percent in April this year. That’s over 7.3 […]