9.7-K JOB OPENINGS FOR NEGRENSES ON LABOR DAY EMPLOYMENT FAIR
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced that at least 9,770 vacancies will be offered in Negros Occidental during the 122nd Labor Day Job Fair at SM City Bacolod.
Some 65 companies will offer both local and overseas jobs in this year’s employment fair under the theme, “Sa Bagong Pilipinas: Manggagawang Pilipino, Kabalikat at Kasama sa Pag-asenso.”
Carmela Abellar, head of DOLE-Negros Occidental Field Office, encouraged those interested to apply to pre-register for easier and faster entry to the job fair area starting 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday.
“We invite jobseekers to grab this opportunity to apply for jobs in these agencies,” Abellar said in an interview.
Pre-registration can be done online or by scanning the QR (quick response) codes at the job fair site.
For local job offerings, the highest number of vacancies are for customer service representative or assistant, housekeeping personnel, promodiser, delivery rider, sales consultant, sales checker, bus driver, and steelman.
The Philippine Army will also join the job fair to accept applicants for officer candidates.
Overseas job vacancies include those for continuing care assistant, office and facility cleaning worker, caregiver, babysitter, packager, and painter machine operator.
Among the top local industries looking for employees are those involved in business process outsourcing, wholesale/ retail, transportation, financial/ insurance, construction and manpower services.
Abellar said the participating companies or employers have fulfilled the requirements set by the DOLE and have been evaluated to possess valid job orders.
“They are registered. The DOLE ensures that these are not ‘fly-by-night’ or illegal agencies,” she added.
On May 1 and 2, the Kadiwa ng Pangulo (KNP) Center will also open its doors at SM City Bacolod to sell local, fresh and affordable food products of informal workers.
The KNP is a market linkage facilitation program that enables farmers to sell directly to consumers, removing market layers to make agrifishery products and other basic commodities accessible and affordable, and seeks to establish additional markets for farmers and fisherfolk to increase their income.
The City of Victorias in Negros Occidental is constructing a more than P50million artificial grass football pitch in the Victorias National High School campus, the first ever in Western Visayas.
The international-sized and FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) standard 11-a-side synthetic turf pitch is expected to be completed in five months after the
The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDDRMC) on Monday, April 29, approved a resolution recommending that Iloilo province be placed under a state of calamity due to the El Niño phenomenon.
“We need a declaration so that we can access more funds for El Niño adjustment measures. The declaration of the state of calamity can be helpful to us now,” Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr., who sits as chair of the PDRRMC, said in an interview.
Among the adjusted measures to be enforced is to focus on other aspects of agriculture not too dependent on water.
This included diversion to animal-raising instead of planting palay.
During the meeting, Iloilo PDRRM officer Cornelio Salinas presented that the value of damages caused by El Niño groundbreaking was held on April 27.
Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez said yesterday the artificial turf is imported and can last for more than 20 years with good maintenance.
“In the Philippines, it is best to do an artificial turf than natural grass for football because of extreme weather conditions and relatively low budget for maintenance,” he said. has reached P1.025 billion as of April 26 with 88,764 farmers and fisherfolk affected.
The rice commodity incurred the biggest damage, valued at over P653 million, affecting 12,590 farmers covering 12,069.49 hectares of standing crops, while the highest number of farmers affected belong to the high-value crops, with losses amounting to more than P137 million.
The corn commodity suffered more than P219 million
“This field is better than the field I used to play in Manila. The football community understands how impactful this project is. It will be a defining project of Victorias City,” the mayor added.
Benitez said he aims to make Victorias City a sports tourism hub in Negros Occidental and elevate its status as a premier destination for football enthusiasts in Western Visayas. in losses affecting 3,901 farmers, while fisheries had P17 million for 295 affected fisherfolk.
Further, 51 farms were also affected under the livestock and poultry category, with losses valued at P200,000.
Salinas said three municipalities, namely Sara, Estancia and Bingawan already declared the state of calamity, while municipalities of Balasan, New Lucena and San Dionisio are expected to declare the same anytime soon.