All set for 6th Women’s Congress in Tandag City
By
Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG
CITY, Surigao del Sur, March 11 (PIA) - The city government of Tandag thru the
City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) and Local Council for Women
(LCW) is all set for the 6th Women’s Congress on March 15, 2019 with the theme
“We Make Change Work For Women” at the city gymnasium here.
According
to CSWDO chief Tessie Buniel, the activity is one of the highlights of this
year's women's month celebration in the city.
During
the event, Buniel said the new set of LCW officers will also take their oath.
"This
is an indication that women are active contributors and partners for the
development of the community," she added.
The
congress also features several services, which will be offered to the
participating women such as free live birth registration; legal advice; dental
and medical consultation and check-up; beauty tips, free massage, haircut,
manicure and pedicure from the Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority.
The
City Health Office will also offer free pap smear from March 25 to 29 at the
City Health Office.
Other
activities for this month include Women’s Forum on March 16 to 22 and the Search for Misis ng Tandag
City 2019 on March 29. (PIA Surigao del Sur)
TESDA to
conduct skills enhancement training to former rebels
By
Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN
CITY, March 11 - In response to the call of the national government to help
and empower the former rebels (FRs), the provincial office of the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Surigao del Sur is set to
conduct a skills enhancement training.
In
an interview with the local media here, TESDA-Surigao del Sur Provincial
Director Rey M. Cueva said around 45 FRs who are under the area of
responsibility of 36th Infantry “Valor” Battalion will undergo skills training
program.
As
a take-off point of TESDA’s intervention program, Dir. Cueva said that last
February 21, 2019, an educational tour was conducted in different Technical
Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in the province
participated by the said FRs to “primarily to expose them to the different
training programs that TESDA is conducting,” Cueva said.
He
also pointed out that during that time, two farm schools and one training
center offering Heavy Equipment Operation were identified to be the site of the
tour.
“This
was conducted so that they will have a birds-eye view on what TESDA has been
doing to transform the workforce by means of skills training,” he said.
During
the tour, Cueva said, owners of the farm schools convinced the participants to
undergo trainings pertaining to agriculture, noting that “that there is money
in agriculture."
On
March 8, Cueva stressed that a forum will be conducted with the 45 FRs to
finalize the skills training that they want to take up and will be given
scholarship slots and the forum will serve as a venue for TESDA and other
partners and stakeholders both in the private and public sectors to solicit
issues and concerns of FRs, as well as, look for strategies that will address
the said issues and concerns.
Meanwhile,
while waiting for the scholarship slots to take effect, he said they encouraged
the FRs to undergo training on small engine operation so that they will not
remain idle.
Aside
from the training, the official said the trainees will be provided with an
initial supplies, tools and other equipment for them to start a mini-spare
parts store.
Further,
training in basic welding will also be conducted.
“In
this way, the group will have income,” Dir. Cueva said.
The
employment training of FRs is part of the program of Sec. LapeΓ±a to provide
post-training and livelihood facilitation to all graduates, including those
from the marginalized sector. (TESDA Caraga/PIA Caraga)
TESDA Caraga partners with construction sector
for 'Build, Build, Build' program
By
Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN
CITY, March 11 – Heeding the call of President Rodrigo Duterte to implement the
“Build, Build, Build” program, the regional office of the Technical Education
and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Caraga has partnered with the
construction sector, both private and public.
In
today’s regular meeting of the Regional Technical Education and Skills
Development Committee (RTESDC) held in one of the local hotels here,
TESDA-Caraga Regional Director Florencio F. Sunico, Jr. said the Department of
Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Caraga Region through the leadership of Regional
Director Pol M. Delos Santos and some contractors in Caraga Region have
convened to discuss issues and concerns pertaining to the implementation of the
“Build, Build, Build” program of the Duterte administration.
Sunico
also said this undertaking is in accordance with the directives of TESDA
Director-General Isidro S. LapeΓ±a to give focus on strategizing the
implementation of the said program in every region in the country.
The
official said one way of doing this is to increase the infrastructure –
trainers, assessors, program for construction.
“What
we are doing now is to get the analysis the demand and supply related to
construction, determine the gaps, and identify what are the strategies to be
made,” Sunico said.
He
also said that because of the developments, the RTESDC in Caraga has invited
the construction sector in the region – the DPWH-Caraga with the agency’s
District Engineers and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Caraga
representing the public sector, and some private contractors in different
provinces and cities of the region.
Sunico
is hoping that the conduct of the activity will lead to a very good strategy to
address some of the needs in construction specifically in the issues of
manpower shortage, responding to the demands of human resources to finish the
“Build, Build, Build” project of the government.
The
official further elaborated that action plans will be made between DPWH, DOLE,
Contractors, and TESDA to address the gaps in terms of skills that we can
employ in the program particularly graduates and job requirements.
"If
there are requirements that were not addressed now, we can come up with
strategies, " Sunico said stressing that the directive of Secretary LapeΓ±a
is to increase the capacity of trainings, assessors and programs.
To
address the lack of manpower in the construction sector nationwide, LapeΓ±a and DPWH Sec. Marc Villar will meet to
discuss what needs to be done what needs to be improved, he said.
It
can be recalled that last month, Pres. Duterte lamented that lack of Filipino
skilled workers in the construction sector may compromise the “Build, Build,
Build” program of the national government because more skilled workers have
preferred to work abroad than working here in the country. (TESDA Caraga/PIA
Caraga)
