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Jobs and skills fair assists GFC-affected workers in southern Philippines

In response to the global financial crisis (GFC), the government in partnership with private sector employers pushed through with a successful jobs, livelihood and skills fair assisting affected local and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), with no less than the President gracing the event Thursday in Cagayan de Oro City.

Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque said the jobs fair was facilitated by the DOLE Regional Office No. 10 and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).

Roque and POEA Administrator Jennifer Manalili, together with Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Administrator Carmelita Dimzon, joined President Arroyo in personally observing the event. Read...

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