Zamboanga City – The Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office 9 (DOLE 9) recently facilitated the release of P4.2 million pesos as payment of benefits to 45 workers of a construction firm. Regional Director Ofelia B. Domingo personally handed the checks to workers on July 27, 2018 at the DOLE Regional Office. 100% of continue reading : DOLE 9 Resolves Construction Dispute; Releases P4.2 Million in Benefits to Workers

The Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office 9 thru its Zamboanga City Field Office provided 42 residents of Barangay Rio Hondo in Zamboanga City with lectures on employment facilitation and livelihood programs held last July 27 at the Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology (ZSCMST). The Lecture Forum was in partnership with continue reading : DOLE 9 Conducts Lecture on Employment Facilitation and Livelihood Program

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment Region 9 (DOLE 9) turned over Kabuhayan Starter Kits (KSK) to 6 visually impaired persons during the 40th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week culmination activity held on July 24, 2018 at Palacio del Sur, Governor Camins, Zamboanga City. “It is important for us to continue reading : DOLE 9 awards starter kits to blind masseurs in Zamboanga City

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 9 has successfully transitioned its Quality Management System (QMS) from being certified in ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015 after undergoing a rigorous transition process in its goal to satisfy customer expectations and for continual improvement. “DOLE 9 is gratified with this achievement. This continue reading : DOLE 9 Passes Transition Audit, Now ISO 9001:2015 Certified

The Department of Labor and Employment IX-ZamboangaSibugay Field Office (DOLE-ZSFO), in cooperation with the Employment & Social Protection Cluster of the Province and the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) of Zamboanga Sibugay, with the strong support of the 2nd Congressional District Office, jointly celebrated the Labor Day 2018 dubbed as “Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK) Job continue reading : Sibugaynons celebrate Labor Day 2018 with Job & Business Fairs

When Typhoon Vinta lashed thru Mindanao a few days before Christmas last year, the devastation was strongest in the areas of Siocon, Sirawai, Sibuco and Baliguian in Zamboanga del Norte. Particularly affected were 8,178 families, mostly farmers. With a population of 55,000, affected workers composed roughly 15 percent of the total population. Regional Director Ofelia continue reading : DOLE 9 renders 3.2M assistance to Siocon Farmers displaced by Typhoon Vinta

DOLE Zamboanga Sibugay Field Office celebrated 57th Araw ng Tungawan through Awarding of Kabuhayan Starter Kits to 100 rubber tappers and Special Recruitment Activity on January 24, 2017 at the Municipal Hall of Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay. KSK Awarding 100 farmer beneficiaries, 4 of whom are women, received a kit consisting of knapsack sprayer, tapping knife, continue reading : DOLE ZSFO commemorates 57th Araw ng Tungawan through KSK Awarding and SRA

Ipil, ZSP-139 beneficiaries of Sulo Agrarian Reform Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SARBEMCO) gathered at the covered court to receive their individual rubber tapping kits under the Department of Labor and Employment’s Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program or DILEEP. DOLE 9 Regional Director Ofelia B. Domingo said that the DILEEP is a flagship program of the DOLE continue reading : Rubber Tappers of SARBEMCO benefit from KSK

In line with the launching of the Integrated Department of Labor and Employment (iDOLE) ID Card for OFWs by Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III last July 12, 2017 and considering the queries received by DOLE Regional Office IX and its Field Offices, please be informed that per Philippine Overseas Employment Administration’s announcement on continue reading : ADVISORY TO ALL OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) ON THE ISSUANCE/RELEASING OF iDOLE ID CARD FOR OFWS

Have you ever experienced feeling overwhelmingly blessed because things are going out as planned for you? What would you do, if with just a blink of an eye your life would change forever? This is the story of Raymund T. Noot, married and a local of Olutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay Province. He worked as a “bodegero” continue reading : A FOOT OF HOPE: ECC 9 grants benefits to PWRD from Olutanga

The National Reintegration Center for OFWs in Region IX (NRCO 9) in partnership with the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office IX – Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (DA RFO IX AMAD), facilitated the conduct of the Byaheng Agripreneur last October 5, 2017 in ZamboangaCity. The program, in its 2nd year of implementation, benefitted 35 continue reading : NRCO 9 Conducts 2nd Byaheng Agripreneur

The Department of Labor and Employment IX (DOLE9) thru its Zamboanga Ciy Field Office released livelihood starter kits amounting to Php 520,000.00 to 43 Yakan families composed of over 100 beneficiaries during the Turn-Over of Livelihood Enhancement & Improvement of Production and Marketing Center. DOLE’s assistance forms part of the project which was in partnership continue reading : DOLE releases livelihood starter kits to 43 Yakan Families