Zamboanga City – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office IX (OWWA9), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) awarded livelihood grants worth PHP 20,000 each to 4,251 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) amounting to a total of Php 84,770,000.00 from January to September 2018. The livelihood grants under OWWA’s Balik continue reading : 4,251 OFWs benefit from OWWA’s Balik Pinas, Balik Hanapbuhay Program

PAGADIAN CITY, ZDS- The Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office IX (DOLE 9) thru its Zamboanga del Sur Field Office (ZDSFO) has reached a job placement rate of 86% as 171 trainees were absorbed by employers after completing their internship under the Jobstart Program. DOLE 9 Regional Director Ofelia B. Domingo said that the continue reading : 171 Interns employed thru DOLE’s Jobstart Program

In line with the celebration of Zamboanga Hermosa Festival, the Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office IX (DOLE 9) joined the Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK) Job and Business Fair where 6 DOLE-Assisted Livelihood exhibitors participated in the Zamboanga Peninsula Exposition (ZAMPEX) Livelihood Fair held at Palacio Del Sur, Zamboanga City from October 8-11, 2018. continue reading : DOLE-Assisted Livelihood Exhibitors join ZAMPEX 2018

IPIL, ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY 1,512 Sibugaynon beneficiaries of Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) immediately received their salaries totaling to P13,463,244.60 for the current year, thanks to the Department of Labor and Employment 9’s (DOLE 9) enhanced SPES online system. The program is being implemented by the DOLE 9 through its Zamboanga Sibugay Field continue reading : 1,152 Sibugaynon Students Receive DOLE SPES salaries

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office IX (DOLE9) thru its Zamboanga City Field Office (ZCFO) has successfully conducted the Zamboanga Peninsula Trabaho Negosyo Kabuhayan (TNK) Job Fair on October 8, 2018 at the East Wing Atrium, KCC Mall de Zamboanga. DOLE 9 Regional Director Ofelia B. Domingo said that 32 continue reading : 2018 TNK Job Fair records 23% HOTS

The Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office IX (DOLE 9) and the Zamboanga Economic Zone and Freeport Authority entered into a usufruct agreement for two parcels of land for Project HOPE on October 8, 2018 at KCC Mall de Zamboanga, Gov. Camins Avenue, Zamboanga City. Regional Director Ofelia B. Domingo said that the initiative continue reading : DOLE 9, ZAMBO ECOZONE sign usufruct agreement for Project HOPE