PRESS CONFERENCE
Labor Day Tayo Na! Trabaho Na! JOBAPALOOZA ‘09
DOLE-Caraga Conference Room
April 28, 2009
PIA-Caraga Planning and Monitoring Officer Robert Roperos is shown here moderating the press conference on Labor Day Tayo Na! Trabaho Na! JOBAPALOOZA ’09 conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga held on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at DOLE-Caraga Conference Room, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Regional Director Chona Mantilla (center) explains the features of JOBAPALOOZA ’09 in celebration of the May 1 Labor Day. Jobapalooza is a jobs fair for all graduate students, especially the displaced workers affected by global financial crisis. This was held Tuesday (April 28) during the press conference on Labor Day Tayo Na! Trabaho Na! JOBAPALOOZA ’09 at DOLE-Caraga Conference Room, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
(from extreme left to right) Dr. Virginia Rosales, Vice-Chair, Management Sector-CRTIPCI; Fortunato Truza, Union President of Agusan Plywood Labor Union; Atty. Anthony Vitor of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG); Florencio Sunico, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Caraga Regional Director; Marieta Lumawag, Officer-in-Charge – Regional Director of the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) Caraga; Atty. Noel Augusto Magbanua, Executive Labor Arbiter of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) Caraga; Chona Mantilla, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Regional Director; Romeo Cagas, DOLE-Caraga Asst. Regional Director; and Earl Dela Victoria, Officer-in-Charge – Board Secretary of the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board (RTWPB) Caraga are the guests during the Labor Day Tayo Na! Trabaho Na! JOBAPALOOZA ’09 press conference, held recently at DOLE-Caraga Conference Room, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Sasie Abastas of RMN-dxBC Radyo Agong Butuan; Malou Apego of dxBN Radyo ng Bayan Butuan; Retchel Molero of ABS-CBN Butuan; and Garry Cruz of RMN-dxBC Radyo Agong Butuan are shown here asking questions to the panelists of the press conference on Labor Day Tayo Na! Trabaho Na! JOBAPALOOZA ’09 hosted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga held on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at DOLE-Caraga Conference Room, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Dr. Marieta Lumawag, Officer-in-Charge and Chief, Programs and Services in the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA) Caraga stresses that a total of 60 economically-displaced OFWs from Caraga Region already received a livelihood check amounting to P50 Thousand each to start or expand their business as indicated in their proposed business plan, during the press conference on Labor Day Tayo Na! Trabaho Na! JOBAPALOOZA ’09 conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga held on Tuesday (April 28) at DOLE-Caraga Conference Room, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Members of Butuan City tri-media are shown here during the press conference on Labor Day Tayo Na! Trabaho Na! JOBAPALOOZA ’09 spearheaded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga held on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at DOLE-Caraga Conference Room, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Butuan City tri-media and panelists from various agencies are shown here before the start of the press conference on Labor Day Tayo Na! Trabaho Na! JOBAPALOOZA ’09 hosted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga held on Tuesday (April 28) at DOLE-Caraga Conference Room, Butuan City. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Assistant Regional Director Romeo Cagas (center) gives his closing message during the press conference on Labor Day Tayo Na! Trabaho Na! JOBAPALOOZA ’09 held on Tuesday (April 28) at DOLE-Caraga Conference Room, Butuan City. ARD Cagas encourages the public to approach their office whenever they have some complaints or concerns regarding employment. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)