DOLE Caraga spearheads 114th Labor Day activities
By Olga Virginia A. Demata
BUTUAN CITY, May 1 (PIA) – The Department of Labor
and Employment (DOLE) Caraga is once again spearheading this year’s 114th Labor
Day celebration with various activities regionwide.
The Philippines’ annual Labor Day celebration
commemorates the advocacy of Union Obrera Democratica de Filipinas on rights of
labor force during the American occupation. Today, Labor Day is not only
celebrated through parades, job fairs, bazaars and the likes, but also with
rallies and demonstrations of the labor sector.
On Sunday, the celebration started with a foot
parade from Guingona Park to the main venue at Robinsons Place Butuan. Part of
the festivity was a thanksgiving mass and a short program that included the
reading of the message of the Honorable Secretary of DOLE Rosalinda
Dimapilis-Baldoz and the launching of the Employee of the Year Award.
A job fair was conducted by DOLE Agusan del Norte
province at Robinsons Place Butuan. A total of 20 local employers and five
overseas employers participated with 2,684 and 5,290 vacancies, respectively.
Simultaneously, the field offices in Agusan del
Sur, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur and Province of Dinagat Islands also
conducted activities for the Labor Day celebration with the informal sector
through orientation on the different programs and services of DOLE, among
others.
The DOLE regional office hopes to highlight the
reality that the country’s workers continues to prove to be partners of the
government for economic development and positive social changes.
The 114th Labor Day celebration is anchored on the
theme “Kinabukasan Sigurado sa Disenteng Trabaho.” (DOLE-13/PIA-Caraga)
PNP Caraga to deploy 3,000 cops for election
duties
By PO2 Ryan C. Cagula
BUTUAN CITY, May 1 (PIA) - The Caraga region’s top
cop announced on Thursday that Police Regional Office 13 (PRO-13) will deploy
more than 3,000 uniformed personnel to ensure the successful conduct of 2016
National and Local Elections on May 9.
PRO-13 regional director PCSupt. Rolando B. Felix
said that personnel from different PNP units will be deployed as additional
forces to the municipal and city police stations region-wide.
A total of 2,662 PNP personnel will be deployed in
the polling areas while more than one thousand cops will comprise the Quick
Response Force (Regional and Provincial Level) and Quick Response Team
(Municipal/City level).
Personnel assigned to the Regional Headquarters
and National Support Units including those who are undergoing schooling and
training will be deployed as well as the troops from the Regional Public Safety
Battalion 13 and Provincial Public Safety Companies.
The ceremonial send-off of PNP personnel is set on
Monday, May 2 at Camp Rodriguez, Libertad, this city. (PRO 13/PIA-Caraga)
