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Independent British fashion consultant Maureen Tomaney was resource speaker and facilitator to the recently concluded Fashion Definition Workshop held last  2-06 August at the Heritage Hotel in Pasay City, reported the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions, an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

Tomaney is a Research Fellow in Ethical Issues and Fair Trade at Central Saint Martins in London , where she is involved in the creative side of the fashion industry as well as the advancement of sustainability in fashion and textiles.

“Fashion is not only about aesthetics, but most certainly also embracing the content.The designer’s role [becomes] more complex, being part of the effort of greening the fashion world,” said Tomaney, discussing an emerging sensibility for environmentally-sustainable fashion pieces before an audience of trailblazing fashion talents like Mich Dulce, …

Ricardo Martinez, Department of Labor and Employment regional director in the Calabarzon region, has reported, that 86 new workers have been hired on the spot in the last leg of a job fair caravan organized last week by the Cavite Provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in cooperation with the CALABARZON PESO, Inc., PESO Managers’ Cavite Area Association, Inc. and the DOLE regional office.

“This may be just a number but it adds up to our goal and effort to seriously address unemployment in the rural areas,” Martinez said, adding that employment facilitation is part of the 22-point labor and employment agenda of President Benigno S. Aquino III.

Martinez reported that 62 local companies and 22 licensed overseas recruitment agencies participated in the job fair caravan, which was attended by 1,103 job applicants. 85 of the applicants were instantly hired …

THE HERITAGE OF ORGULLO KAN BIKOL CONTINUES.

THROUGH THE YEARS,
THIS MARKETING AND CULTURAL SHOW
HAS GIVEN IMPETUS TO OUR MSMES
TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE
AND BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE
DESPITE DIFFICULT TIMES.

WE WEAVE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR OUR ENTREPRENEURS AS WE MOUNT
THIS REGIONAL TRADE FAIR
IN PURSUIT OF FRESH MARKETS FOR THEM.
WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO PROVIDE OUR CLIENTS
BETTER AVENUES TO PROMOTE THEIR PRODUCTS.
OK BIKOL IS AN ANNUAL MARKETING EVENT AT SM MEGAMALL, MANDALUYONG CITY, PHILIPPINES, WHERE OUR HOMEGROWN ENTREPRENEURS ARE AFFORDED VALUABLE MARKET EXPOSURE.
IT IS THE LONGEST RUNNING REGIONAL TRADE FAIR IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS 2010, THE BICOL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE TANDEMS WITH THE 14th ORGULLO KAN BIKOL REGIONAL TRADE FAIR.

OKB 2010 Events
Regional Trade Fair (OKB-RTF)
October 7-10, 2010
Megatrade Hall, 5th Level Bldg. B
SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City

Bicol Investment Conference (BICon)
October 8, 2010…

Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday warned Filipinos planning to work in Malaysia about a recruitment scam being perpetrated through the Internet.

Baldoz aired the warning after receiving a report from the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Kuala Lumpur saying there are mails proliferating in the Internet on an alleged notice from the Immigration Department of Malaysia about its visa processing requirements.

“Such notices are a hoax and prospective workers for Malaysia should be very wary about answering these hoax emails,” Baldoz warned.

She explained that the alleged notice from the immigration authority is sent as an e-mail to a prospective applicant informing him of a pending appointment letter from a certain company, Mobil Oil Company, which allegedly requests for the processing of the applicant’s documents.

In a sample email received by a prospective applicant, labor attaché to Kuala Lumpur Hassan …

Recognizing the importance of addressing the impact of climate change in the place of work and in the lives of workers, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today pushed for the implementation of green productivity technologies in local establishments.

Labor and Employment Sectretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz said the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), an attached agency of DOLE, has developed a package of green productivity technologies which are designed to achieve higher levels of workers’ productivity and better environmental performance.

These techniques range from simple housekeeping to designing green products, from process modification to waste management and energy efficiency measures.

Baldoz said green productivity is an advocacy platform of DOLE on green workplaces which calls for the creation of green jobs in response to the growing concern on the need to address the impact of climate change.

She …

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