Heralding the theme of “Healthy Workforce, Healthy Philippines”, the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) with the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine, Inc. (PCOM), launched the first Occupational Medicine Week 2023 Celebration at Baguio City, Benguet, starting March 18, 2023. The theme for the 2023 Occupational Medicine (OM) Week continue reading : OSHC-DOLE, PCOM Launch Occupational Medicine Week 2023 Celebration
Glicerio G. Garcia, Jr., a 48-year-old resident of Barangay Sabnangan, Luba, Abra, is one of the many Abreños who was affected during the July 27, 2022 earthquake. Having an orthopedic disability doubled his burden of obtaining gainful employment and making ends meet for his family. Because of the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DOLE-DILP) and guidance continue reading : The DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program: Helping The PWDs Make a Living
Baguio City, Benguet – The Department of Labor and Employment Cordillera Administrative Region (DOLE-CAR) held a three-day Management Review and Risk Assessment cum Management Committee (ManCom) Meeting on February 20-23, 2023, at the Chalet Hotel, Baguio City, to put into perspective the 2023 National and Regional targets vis-à-vis the physical and financial accomplishments of the continue reading : DOLE-CAR Holds 2023 Management Review and Risk Assessment/ Committee Meeting
“Children are Meant to LEARN, Not to EARN:” DOLE – Apayao Field Office “Bert” (not his real name), of Brgy. Malibang, Pudtol, Apayao, was only eight (8) years old when he first started planting, harvesting, and drying corn and rice products as a farmhand for various employers. His father is also a farmer, but Bert continue reading : From Farm Worker Back To Learner: Changing Bert’s Life with DOLE CLPEP
One of the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is a barren demand for professional employment which has closed the doors of jobs and homes for many. Nevertheless, this has also afforded opportunities which was how the story of Roselyne D. Luis of Tumog, Luna, Apayao unfolded. Roselyne graduated with a Bachelor of Science in continue reading : DOLE Apayao Intern Turned Frontliner
The DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) will forever impact the lives not only of the immediate beneficiaries but even the loved ones whom they support. For Ms. Felyrose Mangonong, a sewer/ seamstress from Sta. Marcela, Apayao, the livelihood grant helped her child to finish a course in Agriculture. It also served as the main source continue reading : Felyrose Mangonong: From Livelihood Beneficiary to Community Benefactor
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Atty. Bienvenido E. Laguesma, CESO I, graced the Memorandum of Agreement Signing to “Scale Up the Implementation of the Trabaho, Turismo, Asenso: Ang Pony Boys Project”, a collaborative project by the DOLE and various government agencies and stakeholders at the Barangay Lualhati Covered Court, Baguio City, on continue reading : TRABAHO, TURISMO, ASENSO: ANG PONY BOYS
Pictures from the DOLE-Kalinga Field Office “Project Angel Tree” distribution of school supplies to the thirty-four profiled child laborers, held at the Balawag barangay hall, Tabuk City, Kalinga. In-picture is OIC-ARD Emerito A. Narag, Ph.D., and Sr. LEO Emmanuel Barcellano, who personally handed the bags containing school materials such as pencils, pens, notebooks, paper pads, continue reading : Creating a Better Future for Children
Life could not have been any easier for both Belmor and Ardrian, but they chose to move mountains – and rise victorious amidst the adversities they had to face. Two Abra SPES graduates, Belmor Christian B. Pataray and Ardrian Domingo Malangen, are living proofs that one’s financial background is not a hindrance to achieving big continue reading : TWO DOLE-ABRA SPES GRADUATES: ONE CUM LAUDE, ANOTHER NOW ASSOC. PROFESSOR
The Department of Labor and Employment-Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (DOLE-BWSC), Financial Management Service (FMS), and the DOLE-CAR Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP) focal person and staff held a four-day monitoring of the 2017 and 2018 livelihood projects awarded in the region last October 3 to 6, 2022. The four-day activity continue reading : BWSC Monitoring of DOLE-CAR 2017-2018 Livelihood Projects