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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has successfully launched the first shipboard training for its officials and staff on board Kapitan Felix Oca training ship as part of its efforts to gain better understanding of ship operation and improve programs and services for Filipino seafarers particularly in ensuring that their conditions on board are in accordance with the labor and health and safety standards.

Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque said that the shipboard immersion is the first in the saga of the DOLE particularly in the employment and over-all welfare of seafarers.

“This is an innovation. This is the first time that we’re doing it and I know that this program will mature towards building the competencies of DOLE people on ship operation and ultimately on making DOLE programs and policies more responsive and relevant to the …

Philippine game development companies are eyeing their slice of the billion-dollar game development industry through their first participation at the Game Developers Conference on 09-13 March 2010 in San Francisco, United States, reported the Center for International Trade Expositions and Mission (CITEM), an attached agency of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

“Game development is really a big business and joining the fair in the US will help us in expanding our business and showing what we Filipinos can share in the game development industry. The United States is a good market to showcase our talents and creativity in game development than any [other] place in the world because many people [buyers] will definitely be there,” Anino Games President and Chief Executive Officer Niel Dagondon said.

Anino Games is the largest game development studio in the Philippines and …

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Preparations for the first-ever nationwide automated elections have been ongoing for the past year and, hopefully, we will be on-track, despite several events that have contributed to delaying this mega-project. Hopefully, the calamities brought on by the recent typhoons serve as a warning to our electoral officials and other stakeholders not to take things for granted. The preparations should seriously take into consideration all factors including, of course, business continuity planning. Unfortunately, for many high ranking government officials, they simply consider automation similar to buying a TV set and just plugging it into an outlet. For the 2010 automated elections,

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today said a total of 8,130 working youths have been assisted through the Working Youth Center (WYC) projects and Kabataan Information Technology Opportunities (K-ITO) in 2009.

Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque said the WYC and K-ITO projects have empowered the beneficiaries with the computer technology and entrepreneurial skills and on-the-job working experience they need for upliftment and development towards a more productive adulthood.

Roque, who was once an active youth leader also paid tribute to the indispensible role of the working youth in nation building on the occasion of the Working Youth Day last February 15, 2010.

Proclamation No. 1110 of 1973 declared February 15 as Working Youth Day.

Citing a report from the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC), the Labor Chief said a total of 612 working youths, …

Free Livelihood and Skills Seminar
February 26, 2010 Friday
PTTC, Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave. cor. Roxas Blvd., Pasay City

Entrepreneurship Briefings:

• How to Start a Business (AM)
• Business Options (PM)

Skills Training:

• Health & Wellness: Hilot (Whole Day)
• Basic Photography (Whole Day)
• Recycling for Business (Whole Day)
• Basic Photoshop (Whole Day)
• Basic Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Repair (Whole Day)
• Basic Car Troubleshooting (Whole Day)
• Basic Beadworks (AM)
• Commercial Baking (AM)
• Flower Arrangement (AM)
• Native Kakanin (AM)
• Balut & Salted Egg Making (AM)
• Siopao & Dimsum Making (PM)
• Meat Processing (PM)
• Advanced Beadworks (PM)
• Desserts Galore (PM)
• Scents & Fragrances (PM)

Time Schedules:

• AM (8:00 – 11:00)
• PM (12:00 -3:00)
• Whole Day (8:00 – 3:00)

Registration starts at 7:00 am. This is first-come-first-serve basis due to its limited seats, so come early.

Note: Schedule is subject to change without prior …