Category: Workforce
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2025 Kabalikat Awards recognize TESDA’s outstanding partners
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) recognized its outstanding partners in technical vocational education and training (TVET) during the 2025 Kabalikat Awards, honoring organizations, local government units (LGUs), legislators, and development partners whose support has helped strengthen the country’s TVET sector. The Kabalikat Awards highlight entities that have gone beyond collaboration, playing a…
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TESDA Zambales partners with HD Hyundai for shipbuilding skills training
ZAMBALES—The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Zambales has partnered with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Philippines, Inc. in Subic to implement the Enterprise-based Education and Training (EBET) program. The initiative aims to align training with industry needs and strengthen the local workforce for the shipbuilding sector. Its first registered program, Flux Cored Arc Welding…
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40 Olongapo youth move to internships under JobStart Program
OLONGAPO CITY— About 40 young jobseekers from Olongapo City are now set to begin technical training and internships after completing the soft and core skills phase of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) JobStart Program. The commencement exercise and mini job fair took place at the SMX Convention Center, SM City Olongapo Central. DOLE…
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P20 Rice Distribution Kicks Off for 2,867 Minimum Wage Earners at Subic Bay Freeport
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT– To ensure food affordability and economic relief for Filipino workers, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) –Zambales field office and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) officially rolled out the “Benteng Bigas Meron Na” program to 2,867 minimum wage earners employed at Sanyo Denki Philippines Inc. and its associated manpower providers,…
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DOLE Zambales urges jobseekers to upgrade skills
ZAMBALES — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Zambales Field Office, in partnership with the Provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO), spearheaded the Kalayaan 2025 Job Fair in celebration of the 127th Philippine Independence Day. The job fair linked hundreds of jobseekers in Zambales to nearly 1,400 local employment opportunities offered by 19 employers…
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Young criminologist lands job at Bataan Labor Day fair
BALANGA CITY — For 23-year-old licensed criminologist Marianne Tallada from Abucay, the Labor Day Job Fair held at the Bataan People’s Center here proved to be a life-changing event, as she was hired on the spot by a renewable energy company. Tallada was among the hundreds of jobseekers who flocked to the job fair, organized…
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CIAC hosts Job Fair with Clark-based companies
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE – Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) hosted close to a thousand jobseekers at a Job Fair held recently at the Robinsons Place Angeles, in partnership with the Clark Human Resources Council (CHRC), and with the support of Public Employment and Service Offices of the cities of Angeles and Mabalacat. A total of…
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SBMA and TESDA respond to PBBM’s order to hasten and expand trainings for workers
Workers within the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) no longer have to travel far to acquire a skills upgrade. All they need to do is report to work and apply for the training they need at their workplace. This is in response to Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos’s directive to expand Technical and Vocational Education and…
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96 applicants hired-on-the spot in Central Luzon job fairs
Pampanga — A total of 96 applicants were hired-on-the-spot (HOTS) during the simultaneous job fairs led by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Central Luzon. The 96 HOTS were among the 1,583 job seekers who attended the job-matching activities held in the cities of San Fernando in Pampanga, Cabanatuan, and Olongapo wherein about…
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Karagdagang trabaho kailangan ng mga kumpanya sa Subic Freeport
Nangangailangan ng karagdagang mga manggagawa para sa mga malalaking mamumuhunan na palalawakin ang kanilang operasyon sa Subic Bay Freeport zone. Ito ang inanunsyo ni Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Eduardo Jose L. Aliño sa televised media briefing ng PTV-4 Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon nitong Huwebes, Pebrero 13, kung saan sinabi niya na sa…
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Subic Freeport workforce tumaas ng 4.8 porsyento noong 2024
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT— Nagtala ng pagtaas ng 4.8 porsyento ang bilang ng mga manggagawa sa Subic Bay Freeport zone sa bilang na 164,400, ayon sa isang pahayag Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) nitong Miyerkules, Enero 22, 2025. Sa rekord ng SBMA Labor Center, nananatiling pinakamalaki ang bilang rito ng mga nasa services sector na may…
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Wage hike in Central Luzon approved
Minimum wage earners in Region III (Central Luzon) are set to receive higher wages soon after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) approved a P50 to P66 increase in the daily minimum wage in the region. To streamline the wage structure, the region’s sectors have been simplified into three main classifications: non-agriculture, agriculture,…
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SSS pushes for social security protection of seafarers
MANILA–The Social Security System (SSS) on Friday assured the social security coverage of all Filipino seafarers and maritime professionals as labor groups, manning agencies, ship owners, and government agencies formed the Maritime Industry Tripartite Council (MITC) during a pact signing ceremony in Intramuros, Manila. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Rolando Ledesma Macasaet emphasized the…
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DOLE issues pay rules for Araw ng Kagitingan, Eid’l al-Fitr holidays
MANILA – Workers in the private sector who will be working on April 9 (Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor) and April 10 (Eid’I al-Fitr or the end of Ramadan) are entitled to 200 percent of their salary for each of the twin regular holidays. In Labor Advisory No. 05 issued on Friday, the…
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Outstanding Freeport workers for 2023 honored
The Subic Bay Workforce Development Foundation, Inc. (SBWDFI) recognize this year’s 10 Most Outstanding Freeport Workers during a ceremony held at the Ayala Harbor Point Mall on Wednesday, November 29. The awardees for the 22nd edition of the program are Jentzen C. Epistola, Philippine Coastal Storage and Pipeline Corp.; Christopher G. Calero, Royal Duty Free…
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