by anyajulia | Feb 26, 2009 | Headlines, National News
DENR Secretary Lito Atienza disclosed that around 111,536 green collar jobs will be opened by the agency under the Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP). This is in response to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s directive to provide income-generating services to the Filipinos.
Atienza said that green collar workers will operate under two major components of the DENR-CLEEP, namely, the Upland Development Program (UDP) and “Bantay Gubat” (BG) project. (PIA)
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by anyajulia | Feb 25, 2009 | Headlines, Major Events, National News
Thousands flocked to the main office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Manila on February 16 to apply for the job openings offered at the job fair.
The DPWH is spending P60 B of the P330-B stimulus package. The agency hopes to generate 500,000 jobs in the construction sector for 2009.
About 1,500 people found jobs in the construction sector just a few hours after the fair at the DPWH main office opened. (PIA-MMIO)
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by anyajulia | Feb 25, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Inorder to ease the plight of students who can no longer afford to pay tuition, the government has been increasing its assistance to deserving students.
According to Press Secretary Serge Remonde, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has doubled this year the budget for our scholarship program, through the Commission on Higher Education, and Tesda [Technical Education and Skills Development Authority] for vocational training.
Of The P1.415-trillion budget for 2009, the President has allocated P7.2 billion for scholarships, including P3.7 billion for the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education, a program that is intended for 665,975 high school students.
Another P508 million is set aside for scholarships under the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples and the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute, for a combined 13,500 beneficiaries.
The new funding likewise includes P1 billion for Tesda’s Training for Work Scholarship Program, for 150,000 grantees; another P851 million under the Commission on Higher Education, for 51,797 scholars; plus P692 million for 3,226 students at the Philippine Science High School.
by anyajulia | Feb 25, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The House of Representatives is contemplating to use its oversight powers to stop private schools from unduly raising tuition.
According to Speaker Prospero Nograles, the House is empowered to demand justification for any increase in tuition and other fees, and will assert its oversight powers to demand justification from schools, which will insist on increasing their tuition and other school fees.
It is the worst time to increase tuition since a lot of people are losing their jobs and can hardly send their children to school, the Speaker added.
He also warned that the House may even support a proposal for a three-year freeze on tuition.
by anyajulia | Feb 25, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Before the global crisis could take its toll on the OFWs, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has sent a three-man team to Korea to help overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) find alternative employment and other productive undertakings.
The team consists of personnel from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), and the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO).
DOLE Secretary Marianito D. Roque said that under DOLE Administrative Order No. 42, series of 2009, the team would coordinate with the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Seoul in identifying firms in Korea with OFWs workers who could lose their jobs due to the global crisis. (PNA)
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