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New gov’t blueprint for decent employment
envisions 7.5 million jobs by 2022 TAGUIG CITY — A new government blueprint for decent job creation through employment and entrepreneurship from 2017 to 2022 was adopted at the conclusion of the two-day Trabaho, Negosyo at Kabuhayan (TNK)-Employment and Livelihood Summit on 2 December. Signed by Secretaries Ramon Lopez of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Silvestre Bello III of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the “Trabaho, Negosyo at Kabuhayan: A Blueprint for Decent Employment and Entrepreneurship 2017-2022” prioritizes decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, formalization and growth of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), youth unemployment reduction, education and training. “By 2022, we want to achieve full employment at 5% unemployment rate by creating 7.5 million jobs, mainly in key employment generating sectors (KEGS) such as manufacturing including food processing, construction, tourism, Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM), transportation and logistics, and retail trade,” Sec. Lopez said. The commitment is in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly Goals 8 and 9, on the provision of decent work and economic growth, and on building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation, respectively. The 2017-2022 livelihood agenda envisions the transition of informal and economic units to the formal economy with full respect to fundamental rights and principles at work. It also reiterates the implementation of the Comprehensive National Industrial Strategy to upgrade selected industries that generate employment, integrate manufacturing, agriculture and services, address supply chain gaps, and deepen industry participation in global value chains. The TNK Summit, participated in by the public and private sectors and some members of the... read moreDTI-OSEC-PRU
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PH trade team secures Russian support for pharmaceutical, PPP, infrastructure projects
MOSCOW—Following the USD 875 million-worth of potential investments secured between the Philippines (PH) and Russia, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez endeavored to strengthen PH-Russia business links by engaging, in separate fora, top chambers of commerce in Moscow and St. Petersburg on 25 and 26 May. “I consider business fora in Moscow and St. Petersburg successful because of the good networking and business leads created from both sides,” said Sec. Lopez, adding that participants mostly Russians (70%) in Moscow forum reached about 450, while in St. Petersburg about 200. “These Russian businessmen came from the industries of pharmaceutical, manufacturing, construction materials, iron and steel, property development, power energy, to name a few,” he added. In both fora, the trade chief shared the Dutertenomics strategy for inclusive growth and emphasized PH’s current growth story characterized by strong macro-economic fundamentals, strong investors’ confidence and good governance. Earlier, Sec. Lopez met with the principals and heads of the Business Russia Federation, composed of large-scale entrepreneurs in the area of pharmacy, medicine and mining. They were introduced to potential company partners in the Philippine business delegation. A CEO Roundtable followed involving Russia’s top business executives from Business Russia, R-Pharma (pharmaceutical products, medical research) and Vi Holdings Group(metallurgy, mining and processing, power and energy, real estate). Pharmaceutical, PPP, infrastructure Sec. Lopez sought Russian businessmen’s involvement in developing the country’s infrastructure and public-private partnership (PPP) projects. He also reiterated relevance of adopting an inclusive growth model, integrating micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the value chain of bigger companies. Sec. Lopez and PH team showcased various...No Results Found
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“Urdaneta cruise” comes to Bohol this Wednesday
BOHOL hosts this Wednesday some 150 youth participants to the ‘Urdaneta Camp and Cruise’ which brings them to Bohol from Cebu. The camp and cruise, one set to introduce to the youth the person of the Spanish navigator, Augustinian missionary Fray Andres Urdaneta, builder and responsible for spreading Christianity in the Visayas. Urdaneta, along with his cousin captain Miguel Lopez de Lagaspi landed in Cebu on April 28, 1565. That fateful day, Urdaneta rediscovered the image of the Santo Nino in a hut in Cebu, which later would be enthroned in the Basilica Minore de Santo Nino de Cebu. In honor of his contributions to the Philippines and the world, the Augustinians in the Philippines, the Urdaneta 500 Cebu and the Philippines as well as the National Commission for Culture and the Arts brings the camp and cruise for the country’s future leaders. The camp and cruise would allow the youth to know the great man and emulate his leadership skills and values, says organizers. The activity forms part of the 5th centenary celebration of Urdaneta’s coming to the Visayas and President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has issued Proclamation 1423 recognizing the man’s substantial contribution to history and culture and nodded to the 5th centenary celebration. Urdaneta, along with his cousin Miguel Lopez de Legazpi came to the Philippines leading the expedition sent by King Phillip II of Spain. Both sailed from Spain in November of 1564 with a fleet led by flagship Capitana along with San Pedro, San Pablo and the smaller tenders San Juan and San Lucas. The expedition at one time landed in Bohol in March 25,...AUDIO: new tourism niche now in Danao
AUDIO is quite clear about it. Members of the Association of United Development Information Officers (AUDIO) in Bohol say that Danao has indeed braved the way and pioneered in establishing a new niche for tourism in Bohol. Far from the usual destinations where tourists see beautiful and amazing features, Danao dips one into an outdoor experience that tests his body strength and stamina against the natural forces of nature, all along, learning how it was then at a time when the place sheltered the rebels under Francisco Dagohoy. Extreme eco-adventures in Danao include the country’s highest and longest (to date) zipline, 100 meter or 60 meter rappels, root climbing, bouldering, kayaking, rubber tubing, spelunking, river trekking, historical tours and village interaction. “Here, we allow the guests to be filled with nature experience,” says Anna Loinda Saluan, town tourism officer designate, adding that it is precisely what EAT Danao means. Danao is not for the weak hearted and soft willed, says AUDIO president Ric Obedencio, who took the liberty of documenting his members’ experiences. And it is definitely exciting, agreed AUDIO members who had their skills enhancement and personality development workshop in Magtangtang Eco-Adventure Park April 23-24. Working on ways to enhance and develop information officers’ skills to make tourism promotion agents for their respective towns, or government development writers, the AUDIO Bohol used the Danao experience as jump-off experience for the workshop. After logging hours on write-shop inputs, members gathered details for their feature articles by experiencing extreme adventure. AUDIO members took on the famed suislide here; a traverse 300 meters up and at least 900 meters far to...Extreme adventure tourism spurs jobs
(DANAO,BOHOL) TOURiSM means jobs, and this time Tourism secretary Ace Durano doesn’t have to be the spokesperson. Danao Mayor Thomas Louis Gonzaga is now quite convinced and has self appointed himself as speaker after his town has largely funded a program that pays for 44 casual workers to keep the activities in Magtangtang running. The workers, hired by the Municipal Government which runs the facility at the extreme, educational adventure tour (EAT) Danao have been part of the “town’s liabilities” are now gainfully employed in at least ten outdoor activities Danao Eco-Adventure offers. The new tourism stakeholders, from people’s organizations operating within the eco-park are now employed in the food and beverage services or as tour guides for rappel, suislide, caving, rubber tubing, kayaking, root climbing, bouldering, trekking, village tours and historical site tours, adds tourism officer Anna Loinda Saluan. The workers also operate with a complement of regular government workers from the town who admits the job is an additional burden, but one lighter. “It gives us exactly the opportunity to help our town move up and consequently serve our people more,” admits one regular employee who insists she should not be named. Even then, the people in the nearby barangays have benefited, Gonzaga says as he added that people sell their produce to the facility restaurant and [the restaurant people] have been instructed to prioritize buying local products. Danao operates an extreme eco-adventure facility which has also been claiming an entirely different tourism niche from the usual watch-and-see packaged by Bohol destinations. The experience of trekking along mountain trails would never fail to allow one patriotic tourist...24,000 jobs to start May 1 : Bohol to ink jatropha MOA with PNOC-AFC
WHILE the government bundles job openings for the nationwide May 1 Labor Day fair, in Bohol, some 24,000 farmhand jobs would be opened in Governor Erico Aumentado’s single formal act. On that day, the governor signs a memorandum of agreement with Philippine National Oil Company-Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC) that would seal the fate for Project Jatropha here. Project Jatropha, one that had Capitol and the PNOC-AFC huddling for quite some time promises to make Bohol jatropha source by making use of its idle lands into productive green-fuel source. The MOA signing with Governor Aumentado and AFC Chief Executive Officer, retired Lieutenant General Romeo Tolentino, along with Petrogreen Holdings managing Director Poch Lamug would be witnessed by mayors from towns pre-identified as sites for the initial 3,000 hectares of jatropha curcas plantation, says Capitol spokesman Antonieto Pernia. Speaking during the weekly The Governor Reports, Pernia said the signing also signals good things for Boholano farmers who now need not shell out any amount for the project. He explained that the May 1 signing would be the governor’s gift to the laborers on that day, with the 3,000 hectares computed to generate no less than 24,000 farm hands in the towns. The best thing, Pernia stressed is that a farmer would be paid P1.25 per plant and after 8 years when the plant bears, he still owns everything he could harvest. The recent agreement has the PNOC putting up P23,000 per hectare as mobility fund, one that would be the source for planting materials, labor component and inputs, the spokesperson said. Before the recent agreement, Bohol was supposed to allot P30M...Sevilla plans to build exit “Hanging bridge”
SEVILLA local officials have contemplated on making the hanging bridge crossing at Sipatan one way. That would also imply building another hanging bridge as exit from the display and activity area and back to the parking lot, says town information officer Walter Pondoc. Many see the logical as it would assure tourist safety by decongesting traffic and lightening the carrying capacity of the bamboo bridge. With two way traffic in a narrow foot bridge, people meeting at the center of the swaying bridge can be very difficult and make tourists uncomfortable, admits a tourist guide who think something should be done to avoid accidents. Moreover, the town information officer said “We need to put up more worthwhile activities at the tourist center across the river and that should include cultural presentations, to make the stop more meaningful. The move came after Sevilla started collecting P10 toll fees for tourists crossing the Sipatan Hanging Bridge since February 27 of this year. The plan also incorporates a Tourists’ Holding Room where the local government can conduct briefings and activity orientation before letting them do the thrilling activity of crossing the swaying bamboo bridge, adds Pondoc. The bridge, since the town started collecting toll fees averages P3T on an ordinary day, and has contributed a lot to the town income generation, he admitted. The bridge, now reinforced with steel cables with the help of the Philippine Australian Community Assistance Program has become a teaser for the Bohol outdoor adventure. It has also opened up employment opportunities for women and people’s organizations in the town while giving them additional income from selling native...National News
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