TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte (PIA 8) — Some 298 jobseekers were hired on the spot at the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-8-led Labor Day Jobs Fair at the Tacloban City Convention Center last Sunday, Labor Day.

Of the 298 hired on the spot, 281 were for local employment and 17 for employment overseas. DOLE 8 is expecting that this number will increase as the other recruiters have yet to submit their report.

Those hired is over 15 percent of the 1,709 total number of registrants in said Jobs Fair. Twenty local employers and 11 overseas recruiters joined in the one-day jobs fair.

O.C.D. 6 prepares for disaster

ILOILO (PIA) — The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) here said there are proactive disaster preparedness programs undertaken by different localities aimed at saving lives and minimizing damage to properties.

OCD-6 Information Officer Aletha Nogra said R.A.10121 or the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Act of 2010 steps up implementation of these programs, especially in high risk areas of Iloilo and Antique.

These programs include REDAS or Rapid Earthquake Damage Assessment System in Iloilo City and the READY Project in Iloilo and Antique, funded by the United Nations Development Programme and the United States Agency for International Development with various pertinent Philippine agencies.

Youth summit IN Canlaon city

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental (PIA) — To lure the youth from the clutches of vice and insurgency, a three-day Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) was held in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental last April 27-April 29.

The summit, spearheaded by the 11th Infantry “Lapu-Lapu” Battalion of the Philippine Army and held at the Multi-Purpose Canlaon Pension Haus, gathered 52 out-of-school youths, students, and members of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) and fraternities for discussions on topics such as the role of the youth in nation-building, leadership and team building, environmental awareness and consciousness and reflection/spiritual encounter.

P.R.C. Leyte orientation

SOUTHERN LEYTE (PIA) — The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) – Southern Leyte Chapter conducted an orientation for prospective and incumbent board of directors with the imminent election of the members of its board of directors this month in the province.

The local chapter will hold its First Chapter Biennial Assembly this month in which the main highlight will be the election of the members of the Board of Directors, Officer-In-Charge Noli Casas, designated as Chapter Administrator said during the orientation last Friday at the Villa Romana Hotel, Maasin City.