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==[[Sorsogon News]]==
==[[Sorsogon News]]==
'''10 hurt as quake jolts Masbate '''
'''DOLE Sorsogon holds Career Coaching Seminar'''
*Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId=63&articleId=784530
*Source: https://sorsogonunited.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/dole-sorsogon-holds-career-coaching-seminar/
*March 07, 2012 12:00 AM  
*MARCH 8, 2012 • 10:32 AM
:by   Cet Dematera
:by (MAL-PIA V/DOLE V)




LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – At least 10 people – mostly minors – were injured when a 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Masbate and the nearby provinces of Albay and Sorsogon in Bicol at 7:06 a.m. yesterday.
LEGAZPI CITY, March 6 (PIA) — Sorsogueños are looking forward to better employability and career path in the coming years after the field office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here led the Capability Training in Career Coaching for stakeholders held last week.


Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) director Renato Solidum said the quake was felt at intensity 6 in Masbate City; intensity 4 in Roxas City and in Irosin, Cabid-an and Sorsogon City in Sorsogon; intensity 3 in Sigma, Capiz; Catarman and Capul Island, Northern Samar; Almagro and Tagapul-an, Western Samar; intensity 2 in Iloilo and Legaspi City; and intensity 1 in Kalibo and Numancia, Aklan.
DOLE V was able to train 18 managers of Public Employment Services Office and 11 guidance counselors from Sorsogon province; they will eventually guide graduating students in deciding what career path to take.


Classes were suspended in all levels in Masbate and portions of the province were plunged into darkness, according to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) at Camp General Simeon Ola here.
DOLE V was assisted by the Bicol Career Guidance Network (BCGN) and PESO Federation of Sorsogon (PESO Sorsogon) in holding said training event.


OCD-Bicol director Raffy Alejandro identified the injured as Rex Devida, 8, of Barangay Bantique; Jinky Azares, 16, and Cesar Garapan, 31, of Barangay Nursery; Leonard Dimetellar, 3, and Christine Decos, 17, of Barangay Centro; Jeho Emilio Antonio, 2, of Barangay Bagumbayan; Liza Tidon, 34, of Barangay Tugbo; Victoria Dumas, 10, and Andrew Mortega, 3, of Barangay Batuhan; Jamnor Boungan, 2, of Barangay Bapor.                            
DOLE V regional director Nathaniel V. Lacambra explained that career coach is a well trained officer responsible in determining the talents and skills of a client, whether a student, a job seeker, or an employee, needing advice in choosing a career or helping students in trying to figure out the right college course.


The 10 sustained injuries mostly in their hands and feet and were taken to the Masbate Provincial Hospital.
The two-day training equipped the participants to become career coaches on career pathing, latest employment trends, recruitment and placement, illegal recruitment, overseas opportunities, cultural employment attitude orientation, entrepreneurship skills, and personality development.


Senior Superintendent Heriberto Olitoquit, Masbate police director, reported cracks in some portions of the provincial police office as well as in the perimeter fence of Camp Boni Serrano.
“ Career coaches are very much needed since the region has a high 38.4 percent underemployment rate,” he noted.


Two buildings of the Kinamaligan Elementary School, the Masbate City Hall concrete perimeter wall, a pawnshop, a food chain outlet, and at least four private establishments in the city’s commercial district were also damaged, according to Alejandro.
Lacambra said the unemployment rate in the region entails that the career choices or the courses being taken by Bicolanos do not match the skills needed by the local industries here.


Amy Danao, Masbate Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer, reported that the old house of one Vicente Lim partially collapsed after the tremor.
He added that in the U.S. and other developed countries, career coaches are employed by the government to align the skills demand of that country and this has given these countries an edge in placing workers to specific jobs.


Bicol resident geologist Ed Laguerta said that the tremor’s epicenter was traced at 12.04 degrees north, 123.63 degrees east, or three kilometers north of Masbate City, with a depth of 23 kilometers.
In Sorsogon, concerns on skills mismatch and unemployment incidence of four-year courses graduates have prompted DOLE Sorsogon, headed by provincial director Imelda E. Romanillos, to intensify its campaign in establishing more career coaches in order to guide high schools and college students, in choosing their college courses or career paths so to speak.


At least five aftershocks were recorded until 8:30 a.m.
“We have seen youngster in Sorsogon taking up courses because their friend took it or because their parents wanted them to take it. Later these youngsters would realize that they are nor really inclined to it and this is the reason why they perform poor and more often drop out from school. Waste of time, money, effort,” Romanillos said.


“But this earthquake is unlikely to generate tsunami because the shake was horizontal,” Laguerta told The STAR.
The training is the first BCGN activity this year and is in-line with the Project Jobs Fit (PJF) and Skills Registration System (SRS).
 
The earthquake occurred exactly one month after the deadly magnitude 6.9 tremor in Negros Oriental, which killed over 50 people.
 
Solidum said the earthquake was caused by a movement along the Philippine Fault Zone.
 
“It is not related to the Feb. 6 earthquake in Negros,” he stressed.
 
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said it has activated its emergency operations center to respond to the needs of the affected areas. Disaster management personnel have also been placed on blue alert to ensure the availability of manpower in case of emergency.
 
Regional disaster management councils have been directed to alert residents living in coastal areas for possible evacuation.
 
They have also been ordered to spread earthquake advisories and to monitor developments in their area.
 
The OCD has requested an Air Force aircraft to assess the damage as well as meet requirements in affected areas.
 
“Our disaster response units are prepared for any task,” said Maj. Angelo Guzman, spokesman of the Army’s 9th Division.
 
Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) Undersecretary Romeo Momo said they are checking government buildings affected by the earthquake, but reported no major damage. – With Helen Flores, Celso Amo, Alexis Romero, Evelyn Macairan, AP


==Photo Gallery of Sorsogon, Philippines==
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