Cagayan de Oro City News May 2015

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St. Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral

Wars of ancient history were about possessions, territory, power, control, family, betrayal, lover's quarrel, politics and sometimes religion.

But we are in the Modern era and supposedly more educated and enlightened .

Think about this. Don't just brush off these questions.

  • Why is RELIGION still involved in WARS? Isn't religion supposed to be about PEACE?
  • Ask yourself; What religion always campaign to have its religious laws be accepted as government laws, always involved in wars and consistently causing WARS, yet insists that it's a religion of peace?

WHY??

There are only two kinds of people who teach tolerance:
  1. The Bullies. They want you to tolerate them so they can continue to maliciously deprive you. Do not believe these bullies teaching tolerance, saying that it’s the path to prevent hatred and prejudice.
  2. The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.
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Flood Waters in the streets of Cagayan de Oro City
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Cagayan de Oro City Buildings
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Bus Terminal, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City

Error on land scope delays Phase-1 Oro dump rehab project

By Jennica Diaz (MSU-Marawi intern)

THE Phase 1 of the closure and rehabilitation project of the Cagayan de Oro City dumpsite in Upper Dagong, Zayas in Barangay Carmen has been stalled due to some problems that cropped up as it neared completion.

The rehabilitation project started in December 2014 and its Phase 1 was set for completion last April 15.

But Edwin Dael, chief of the City Local Environment and Natural Resources Office (Clenro), told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro that the Phase 1 is still ongoing, citing the problem on overlapping the project to the adjacent land in which its owner filed a complaint for the error on the measurement.

Phase 1 includes the retro-filling, soil covering and the perimeter fencing, which has been stalled due to the current problem.

“April 15 unta siya matapos but because of the complaint, we have to redo it,” Dael said.

Due to that circumstance, “the contractor did cautious computations on the placements of fences to avoid extension of the operation,” he added.

He also said that barb wires will soon be put up after the concrete fences will be assembled.

With regard to the target date of its completion, he said he could no longer give the timeframe but assured it will be completed.

Budget for Phase 2

The Phase 2 of the project, which includes the filling of soil, piping, road network construction and social engineering, would still be pushed, Dael said.

He said three weeks ago, they started the program of work for Phase 2 despite the zero-fund that the majority of the City Council gave for the project.

“Disapproved pa rin yung budget sa City Council, but the mayor said he will find ways to look for the funds,” he said.

He added that Phase 2 could hopefully be finished if there were only enough money for the materials.

“The Phase 2 could have been finished earlier because both phases could be done simultaneously since they have different processes and scope of work,” he said.

Solid waste management project

Whether there is a zero-fund on the landfill rehabilitation and sanitary projects, Dael said the city administration will go on with the plans for each barangay in the city.

With a P4.2-million left on Clenro’s fund, he said it won’t stop them [Clenro] to lay out projects for the environment.

With the city’s endless and massive wastes, he said Clenro continues to campaign against throwing garbage anywhere that could clog city drain and waterways and segregating these wastes.

The Solid Waste Management project of Clenro for each barangay was launched in Barangay Lapasan early this May. The project provided instructions on classifying non-biodegradable and bio-degradable wastes and recycling. Hopefully, they will launch it soon in Barangay Gusa, Dael said.

Mindanao coop leaders unite for environmental protection, peace

(PNA), FPV/CD/CD

THE spirit of cooperativism lives on.

Leaders of Mindanao cooperatives are now pushing for inclusive, community-driven solutions to address climate change issues and the decades-long conflict in the second largest island of the Philippines.

The 46thCooperative Leaders’ Congress and General Assembly on May 1-2 in Butuan City marked the unity of the coops to start taking actions toward the said issues at their own local level.

“We have to be united, 13 million coop members nationwide, to develop and improve not just the quality of our lives but more importantly take care of our environment and resources,” said Orlando R.Ravanera, chairman of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA).

The coop congress drew together more than 600 delegates from more than 140members of MASS-SPECC Cooperative Development Center.

Empowering members

Ravanera shared that cooperatives can empower their members who are mostly fisher folks, factory workers, housewives, vendors, indigenous peoples, among others, through capacity building,knowledge dissemination, and strengthening their sense of community ownership.

Citing government statistics, the total volume of business of registered cooperatives in the Philippines in 2013 amounts to P437.6 billion or 3.8 percent of our 2013 gross domestic product.

Moreover, the total volume of business of registered coops in Mindanao in 2013 is P101.88 billion and at least 60 percent of the latter came from Northern Mindanao and Davao Region.

Cooperativism for Mother Earth

Ravanera challenged the different cooperatives to come up with their own long-term initiatives to make their communities resilient and more prepared for disasters.

In 2008, according to the Brussels-based Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), the Philippines was one of three countries hit by most disasters, and leads the list of (vulnerable) nations most in danger of facing frequent and more intense storms.

Cooperatives serve as partners of Xavier University’s Valuing Ecosystem Services Together (VEST) project in an environmental undertaking for Mt.Kalatunganin Talakag, Bukidnonand the Cagayan de Oro River Basin.

Challenge

"The challenge is helping cooperatives to be resilient and sustainable as it is not only about saving lives but preserving livelihoods as well,” said Analyn B. Mejares, VEST technical officer and environmental consultant of MASS-SPECC.

VEST is the social marketing arm of the Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) for Mt.Kalatungan which acts as a “rewarding mechanism” with a slew of activities to encourage Kagay-anons to participate in the fund drive to reforest the denuded mountain range.

Different sectors—corporations, cooperatives, the academe, religious groups, and households—in NorMin will reward the lumad community with economic incentives for acting as forest managers to ensure that watersheds along the region develop high water infiltration capacity.

“What more can cooperatives do?” she asked.

Mejares recommended that cooperatives can invest a significant portion of their community development fund to the PES/VEST project, sustainable agriculture and solid waste management, among other interventions.

“The Philippines ranked second in the world in terms of vulnerability to disaster and natural hazards, according to the World Risk Index 2014 report and one of the major reasons why the Philippines is at high risk is poverty,” said Mejares, who studied Environmental Systems, Markets and Climate Change at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.

“We still lack the resources, technical capacities and infrastructure to cope with disasters,” she said, highlighting the urgency for a sustainable resource management in the hope that cooperatives can create localized disaster risk reduction and management programs.

Achieving peace through cooperatives

Cagayan de Oro-based MASS-SPECC is the largest cooperative federation in the Philippines with a total of 272 active members and with assets amounting to more than one billion pesos.

Former Senator Aquilino“Nene”Pimentel Jr., one of the guest speakers at the coop congress, presented federalism as an option for lasting peace and sustainable development in Mindanao.

“The unitary form of government or a centralized government that has its orders coming from Metro Manila or the ‘imperial Manila’ has been proven inefficient and culturally insensitive to the many ethno-linguistic regional groups and to the indigenous and Moro people, especially in Mindanao,” Pimentel said during one of the thematic sessions.

For Pimentel, Mindanao cooperatives play a huge part in achieving understanding and peace because of the diverse ethnicities of their members.

According to Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Davao Region, the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao, Soccsksargen (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos City) and NorMin have the most number of registered cooperatives in Mindanao.

“Through federalism, unity in diversity can become a living and powerful statement that can break the chain of poverty and inequality that has characterized our history as a people,” he continued.

Cooperatives are considered “drivers of development” in the country especially in rural areas.

Both Pimentel and Ravanera believe that the issues on peace, environment and social inequalities are intertwined with one another, and aside from aiming for poverty alleviation, coops serve as platforms in reaching out to more marginalized sectors of our society and mainstreaming them in the development saga.

Police launch ‘Oplan Night Watch’ in Northern Mindanao

(PNA), FPV/CD/CD

CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan De Oro City, May 8 (PNA) – The police regional command here has implemented “Oplan Night Watch” as part of the no nonsense campaign against criminal activities in Northern Mindanao.

Chief Supt. Lyndell Desquitado, the regional director of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Region 10, on Friday, said that “Oplan Night Watch” started this week.

The operation directed all staff officers of the PNP regional headquarters here to monitor the supervision of police directors of various police stations to assist police personnel in performing the assigned duties and responsibilities.

Operation Night Watch also directed all police sub stations and offices to conduct regular checkpoints, increase police actions, speedy resolution of cases and close monitoring of internal security operations.

Desquitado said the PNP regional command wants to ensure public peace, safety, and security of the community of Northern Mindanao through various interventions against all forms of criminalities.

“However, the success of an effective crime prevention lies in the active participation of the community by providing the law enforcers relevant and timely information about suspicious activities and questionable persons,” Desquitado said.

DBP grants P250M loan to Misamis Oriental

By Butch D. Enerio

THE Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), in its continuing mandate to stir economic development in Northern Mindanao, signed a P250-million loan agreement with the Provincial Government of Misamis Oriental on Thursday.

DBP said the loan would finance for the acquisition of heavy equipment to develop, rehabilitate and maintain 1,800 kilometers of barangay roads and 1,080 km of farm to market and alternate access roads based on the province’s Enhanced Provincial Development Plan (EPDP) for the period 2013-2018.

Neogen Chaves, DBP senior assistant vice president and head regional Marketing Center for Northern Mindanao, said that loan awarded to the local government unit (LGU) of Misamis Oriental is part of the bank’s mandate in stirring economic development in the entire country.

“DBP is always ready to extend assistance to LGUs where we see it’s needed, and in the case of MisOr the loan amount would justify the need of the province to acquire the needed heavy equipment for the road projects and address the lack of hospital equipment, among others,” said Shirley Mae Serate, head DBP Cagayan de Oro Branch.

Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny Emano said that the bulk of the loan amount or P200 million would be for the acquisition of the heavy equipment such as bulldozers, backhoes, pay loaders, dump trucks, pick up vehicles, for the road projects, while the remaining P50 million would be spent to rehabilitate and equip the eight hospitals of the province with X-ray machines, air conditioning systems, ambulances and various medical and hospital equipment, complete mobile clinics, among others.

The loan is payable in seven years inclusive of one year grace period.

The province has a total road network of 4,301.42 km consisting of 2,751.41km barangay roads, 180.50km municipal roads, 1,066.51 km provincial roads and 303 km national roads.

Out of the 4,301.42 road network only 559.15 km are concreted. The rest are graveled, earth-filled or asphalted.

The province also has 109 bridges with a total reach of 6,455.05 linear meters.

The government hospitals in Misamis Oriental include eight provincial and one municipal hospital.

Based on the EPDP (2013-2018), the province aims to improve operational performance and diagnostic capabilities of district and provincial hospitals by upgrading the Gingoog and Alubijid provincial hospitals to Level III and the three other provincial hospitals to Level II by 2018.

“The acquisition of various hospital and medical equipment: two mobile clinics and eight units of ambulance is the province’s initial step in upgrading health care facilities and providing greater access to health services to the people of Misamis Oriental,” Emano said.

The loan agreement was signed by Emano on behalf of Misamis Oriental and Shirley Mae Serate for DBP and witnessed by DBP AVP Neogen Chaves and the members of the provincial board and other local officials.

Normin food processors conduct pasalubong fair in CDO

By Loraine C. Brillantes (DTI-MisOr/PIA10)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 6 -- Over 25 local food processors participated in the banner event of the Food Processors Association of Northern Mindanao (FOPANORMIN) for a three-day pasalubong fair that formally opened on April 24, at the Centrio Activity Area, Centrio Mall.

The formal opening ceremonies was led by Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez together with FOPANORMIN President, Gina M. Obsina, Department of Trade and Industry Provincial Director Ma. Eliza A. Pabillore, Department of Trade and Industry Division Chief, Liza V.M. Alcantar and Department of Science and Technology, Junelyn-Louvena Ruiz.

Popular brands such as SLERS, Vjandep Pastel, Malunggay Pastel, TGO Pines, Darling Foods and Missy Bonbon were among the participants of the event.

The activity was also a celebration of the 15th anniversary of FOPANORMIN which was established in the year 2000 with the assistance of the different line agencies including the Department of Agriculture, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Tourism, Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Science and Technology.

World’s first Rafthon event to be launched in CdeO

(CIO/PIA10)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 5 (PIA) -- The one of its kind test of endurance – a combination of race running, biking, and rafting called Rafthon will add color and unique flavour on Cagayan de Oro City’s fiesta events this August.

Rafthon, or rafting, marathon, and biking, was conceptualized and initiated by youth and sports advocate Sean P. Moreno, who is also the Rafthon director.

Rafthon aims to boost local tourism through Cagayan de Oro City’s famous white water rafting adventure. The event is said to be participated by 120 teams from the different cities around the Philippines.

The Rafthon will take place on August 29, serving as the fiesta’s culminating activity. It has two categories, namely; Category 1 – rafting the last 8 rapids of the Cagayan River (equivalent to 14 kms) + 4km/11km running and Category 2 – last 8 rapids + 10km running + 35km biking.

The young Moreno said Rafthon is a Filipino home-grown sport which hopes to attract local and foreign tourists.

Oro’s Casino leads Butuan leg winners in netfest

By Lynde Salgados

CAGAYAN de Oro’s Clyde Mari Casino brought home the premier 18-under boys title of the 2015 Cebuana Lhuillier-Dunlop Sport Age Group Tennis Tournament’s latest Summer Series leg in Butuan City.

Casino, however, went through the deciding third set before wearing down George Gogo of Camiguin in the finals, 6-3, 2-6, 10-5 of the group 2 event held from April 29 to May 2 at Butuan Capitol Tennis Club in Butuan City.

Although Rupert Ohrelle Tortal of Surigao City forced the retirement of Nash Agustines of Oroquieta City in a 6-4, 4-1 duel for the 12-under boys diadem, the much younger Agustines still hold a good promise as he continues to lord it over in the unisex 10-under at the expense of John Christopher Sonsona of Tubod, Lanao del Norte whom he overcame in three sets, 3-5, 4-1, 4-0.

“We missed some of the best age group netters in the region, but with a total of 138 participants…the Butuan leg was still an interesting tourney,” organizer and ITF-licensed referee Mario Inguito Craiz told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro via text messaging.

Here’s the complete results:

SINGLES -- EVENT

10 years & under (unisex) Champion: Nash Agustines (Oroqieta City)35 41 40 Runner-up: John Christopher Sonsona (Tubod, Lanao del Norte)

12 years & under (Boys) Champion: Rupert Ohrelle Tortal (Surigao City) 64 41(RETired) Runner-up: Nash Agustines (Oroquieta City)

14 years & under (Boys) Champion: Janus Al-Najeeb Ringia (Marbel City) 26 63 10-2 Runner-up: Marc Nicole Suson (Cebu City)

16 years & under (Boys) Champion: Janus Al-Najeeb Ringia (Marbel City) 76 62 Runner-up:

18 years & under (Boys) Champion: Clyde Mari Casino (CDO) 63 26 10-5 Runner-up: George Gogo (Mambajao, Camiguin)

12 years & under (Girls) Champion: Joshea Dominique Malazarte (San Francisco, Agusan del Norte) 63 26 10-8 Runner-up: May Alejandro (Butuan City)

14 years & under (Girls) Champion: Janmarie Anghag (Ozamiz City) 63 61 Runner-up: Winona Cabardo (Davao City)

16 years & under (Girls) Champion: Carmeville Gervacio (Ozamiz City) 62 76 Runner-up: Janmarie Anghag (Ozamiz City)

18 years & under (Girls) Champion: Mary Aubrey Calma (CDO)63 62 Runner-up: Immaville Gervacio (Ozamiz City)

DOUBLES -- EVENT

10 unisex Champion: John Christopher Sonsona/Nash Agustines 42 41 Runner-up: Kurt Gervan Bandolis/Kristin Guia Margarrette Bandolis

14 years & under (Boys) Champion: Marc Nicole Suson/Justin Yepis 8-3 Runner-up: Prince Najeeb Langitao/John Steven Sonsona

18 years & under (Boys) Champion: Auden Aaron Paduganan/Francis Hidalgo 8-3 Runner-up: Duma Hakim Boloto/Clyde Mari Casino

14 years & under (Girls) Champion: Janmarie Anghag/Farrah Kris Caroline Emata 8-5 Runner-up:Joshea Dominique Alejandro/May Alejandro

18 years & under (Girls) Champion: Immaville Gervacio/Mary Aubrey Calma 8-3 Runner-up: Hillary Olga Reserva/Erika Aguillon

‘Cagayanons’ believe Pacquiao won the fight against Mayweather

By Cris Diaz (PNA), SCS/CD/CD

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 3 (PNA) – Like most of the Filipinos, the “Cagayanons” believed Manny Pacquiao won the fight against Mayweather during live broadcast on Sunday.

Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan De Oro City said he believed Manny Pacquiao won the fight after landing many punches compared to Mayweather.

“Manny Pacaquiao was the aggressive fighter right from the start to the end as Floyd Mayweather kept on running away all time,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez said that Pacquiao carried the fight with determination and dignity as the Philippine flag flew high during the fight, upholding the Filipino pride and honor.

“Undoubtedly, Pacquiao’s colleagues in Congress are proud of the Filipino fighter who demonstrated the epitome of the Filipino’s determination and courage,” Rodriguez said.

Likewise, the more than 4,000 people who watched the pay-per-view of the Pacquiao-Maweather fight here also believed that Pacquiao should have won the fight.

About a dozen restaurants and hotels on Sunday broadcast live the pay-per-view Pacquiao-Mayweather fight here, selling entrance tickets from PhP250 to PhP350 per person.

Most wagers bet a minimum of PhP20,000 and up in favor of Pacquiao even before the fight started, but only a few took the bet since most Cagayanons favored Pacquiao to win.

Police on full alert in today's Mayweather-Pacquiao match

By Lynyrd Alexsei N. Corrale (With Jennica Diaz/MSU intern)

WHILE many barangays and private enterprises are preparing for the Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao fight today, the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo) chief of operations and plans Lemuel Gonda said they are on full alert.

Cocpo has deployed police units to all public viewing areas in coordination with local government units and barangays. Patrol mobiles, explosive ordnance unit (EOD), K9 units, and all alert teams are on standby, Gonda added.

Preparations have been made to witness the fight of the century.

Viewing areas

The provincial government of Misamis Oriental has prepared a 9x5 LED screen at the Provincial Capitol Grounds to provide the people free viewing of the match, said Allyn Peñalosa, provincial information officer.

“We will start the showing at 7a.m. until the end of the match,” Peñalosa said adding that they are also showing the match at the provincial government’s extension in Tagoloan town in Misamis Oriental.

According to Julius Maximo of Cagayan de Oro Information Office (CIO), the city government has its public viewing at Duaw Park across City Hall at 9 in the morning.

Since most of the barangays in the city are going to do the same thing, “Katong mga tao nga wala gyud, dili makapalit sa tickets, mao among target na audience sa free viewing,” Maximo said. Duaw park can only accommodate about 100 persons, he added.

Christine Sabalo-Monforte, 36, has already prepared her sound system and projector with three flat screen TVs for the fight of Pacquiao-Mayweather. Monforte is inviting her neighbors in Barangay Kauswagan to watch the fight. She added that this is not the first time she has opened her house for free pay-per-view.

“Eight years na namo ni ginabuhat ug kani ang nakapabibo basta daghan kayo mulantaw,” Monforte said.

She also said that her husband, Jude, bought a video splitter and a sound system. With a little free snack, peanuts and fish crackers, she is expecting people to enjoy watching the fight.

There are also other houses in the neighborhood which are sponsoring for the venue, Tata Pacana, 48, also a barangay official in Kauswagan, is one of them. According to Pacana, because of the bigger space he has, his house was chosen. He added that it was sponsored by First District Representative Klarex Uy.

Meanwhile, there are 24 areas in Barangay Carmen which have been prepared for the event. In its barangay hall, the staff has prepared the projector and sound system Saturday afternoon.

Romarey B. Gorro, congressional staff of Uy who is holding office at Carmen barangay hall, said the pay-per-view is open to all. He added the viewers are going to receive ‘freebies.’ “Naay uban na maghatag ug free liquor and junk food every time naay pay-per-view diri,” he said.

He furthered that their staff has assembled approximately 100 satellite dishes for districts 1 and 2. All residents from those districts will be accommodated.

“Karun ra jud ni na daghan kumpara last time kay 50 ra,” he said.

Bernadette Murphy, a barangay official in Nazareth, said that pay-per-view at the barangay hall is being sponsored by an airlines through an FM radio station for the airing of the fight. She explained that this is the barangay’s first time to have a pay-per-view.

Expensive pay-per-view

Barangay Consolacion chairman Dante Roa wanted to subscribe pay-per-view for the residents in his barangay but cancelled it since it is expensive. “Dili madayun, dili makaya sa budget,” he said.

The subscription cost P30,000 if one is going to show it outside their house, in this case, the barangay’s covered court, while P2500 when viewing the fight inside the house, Roa added.

Still, some of the residents in the barangay guaranteed that they will subscribe in their homes.

Roa briefed the barangay tanods to be on alert and rove in the area.

Bound to earn for the day

The big fight will not stop Ali Macapasir, a pedicab driver in Carmen to do his income generating job. He said that ‘earning’ is his first priority. However, he said that if passengers are fewer, perhaps he could find time to witness it.

Meanwhile, Gilbert Dauba, 30, a resident of Puntod and also a driver of RBC Pier route for 12 years said: “Dili na importante sa ako, ang importante makakita ug kwarta pangbuhi sa pamilya,” he said when asked if he would stop driving in the meantime to watch the fight.

“Mingaw gyud na kada away ni Pacquiao kay,” he said adding that he may only drive half-day. He is also a fan of Pacquiao but he has three children to feed, the food on the table is more important, he said.

Fund raiser for face reconstruction

Aside from free pay-per-views, Loreto’s grill and restaurant at Tomas Saco, Nazareth, is hosting a fundraiser. John Loren Ocampo, the owner of the restaurant, mentioned that the fundraiser is at P350 per head and it will benefit his friend, Micheal Comique, his batch mate at Xavier University who got in a motorbike accident—his friend’s sport.

The proceeds will help his friend’s face reconstruction. Ocampo added that he didn’t have pay-per-views of Pacquiao’s fights in the past admitting that he is not a fan. However, this is his only way to help his friend’s family for his operation.

“Win or lose man si Pacquiao but him [his friend] will win [the operation],” he said.

10,000 flock to the Labor Day ‘mega job fair’ in CDO

(PNA), FFC/CD/EM/CD

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 1 (PNA) -– Around 10,000 job seekers flocked the day-long “mega job fair” in an uptown mall here Friday on the occasion of the 113th anniversary commemoration of the Labor Day, employment officials said.

Raymundo Agravante, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), said that 71 private and public agencies participated in the Labor Day job fair here.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has also processed around 5,000 job vacancies for overseas employment submitted by eight accredited recruitment agencies in the region, the labor official said.

Agravante said that the locally based private and public agencies also announced the availability of more than 4,000 job vacancies in the region.

Among the top vacancies for local employment are Customer Service Representatives, Candidate Soldier Course, Security Guards, Product Support Representatives, Officer Candidate Course, Officer Preparatory Course, Revenue Officers, Business Transcribers, Proofreaders, Administrative Assistants III, Retail Sales Team and Business Developer.

The vacancies for overseas employment include Service Crew, Delivery Drivers, Security Guards, Janitors, Food Servers, Carpenters, and Nurses. Most of the overseas vacancies are in the Middle East countries.

He said that the 10 members of the Regional Coordinating Council also joined in providing help desk assistance, renewal of professional licenses, receipts of single entry approach, request for assistance on labor and employment concerns.

The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Region 10 also facilitated skills demonstration during the event.

Agravante said that the month-long Labor Day celebration in Northern Mindanao adopts the theme: "Dissenting Trabaho at Kabuhayan" (Decent work and Livelihood).

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