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Labor Day may have passed, but more job fairs are in store for jobseekers in May and June, the Department of Labor and Employment said this week. But DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz reminded jobseekers availing of the fairs to bring relevant documents and requirements, including: – resume or curriculum vitae– 2 x 2 ID pictures (bring extra copies for multiple job applications)– certificate of employment, for those formerly employed– diploma and/or transcript of records– authenticated birth certificate The job fair schedules and venues can also be accessed in the government’s job and skills matching portal,http://phil-jobnet.dole.gov.ph. The schedules are as follows: Cordillera Administrative Region:La Trinidad Jobs Fair, Benguet State University Gymnasium, 22 May; City Jobs Fair, Tabuk City, 19-20 June; Flora Jobs Fair, Poblacion, Flora, Apayao, 22 June; and, LGU-Conner, Caglayan, Conner, Apayao, 25 June. National Capital Region:Mega Job Fair, Ampitheater, Malabon City, 22 May; Philstar Daily, Inc., Trinoma Activity Center, Trinoma Mall, 27-28 May; Independence Day Job Fair, Luneta Park, Manila and SM Center Muntinlupa, 12 June; Mega Job Fair, Caloocan North City Hall, 13 June; Caloocan City South Job Fair, Maypajo Area, Caloocan City Hall South, 18 June; Mini Job Fair, Amphitheater, Malabon City Hall, 19 June; Mega Job Fair, Caloocan (Main) City Hall South, 19 June, and Caloocan City North Job Fair, Caloocan City Hall North, 26 June. Region 1:PESO Pangasinan Overseas Job Fair, Provincial Training Center, Lingayen, Pangasinan, 9 May; Anda Mini Job Fair, Municipal Gym, Anda, 16 May; Bayambang Job Fair, Bayambang, Pangasinan, 19 May, Mangaldan Read More …

Vhong Navarro mauling suspects Cedric Lee and Simeon “Zimmer” Raz avoided detention at the Taguig City Jail after posting bail Thursday of P120,000 each. The two will remain at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) detention facility for now. In an interview with GMA News’ “24 Oras” Thursday, Lee’s lawyer Connie Aquino clarified that the decision of Taguig City Metropolitan Trial Court (MTC) Branch 74 junking Lee and Raz petition to extend their stay at the NBI only applies to the grave coercion case. The decision was issued on May 6. “The previous order of the judge is for the grave coercion case, but as we have already posted bail in that court, we’re no longer required to be transferred in the Taguig City Jail pending the decision of the judge in the serious illegal detention case,” Aquino said. Lee and Raz, who are also suspects in the serious illegal detention case filed by Navarro in connection with the January 22 mauling incident, also filed a petition to extend their stay at the NBI before the Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 271.  The court has yet to issue a ruling on the petition. Lee and Raz were supposed to be transferred on Thursday at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) detention facility in Taguig City had they not posted bail of P120, 000 each past 12 p.m.  Lee and Raz failed to attend the arraignment of the grave coercion case earlier in the day. Deniece Cornejo pleads Read More …

Muslims call on lawmakers, PNoy to pass Bangsamoro Basic Law. Muslims residing in Quiapo, Manila on Monday, May 5 show their support for the Bangsamoro Basic Law after their prayer time at the Golden Mosque. Danny Pata The Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels have started the procedure to create the different bodies that will implement the normalization process for the proposed Bangsamoro political entity, which includes the decommissioning of the MILF. Mohagher Iqbal, MILF peace panel chairman and head of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission, said the two panels met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from April 24 to 25 to discuss the composition of the bodies. International Decommissioning Body The gradual decommissioning of MILF forces and weapons will be overseen by the International Decommissioning Body (IDB). The IDB shall be composed of three foreign experts, including the chairperson, and four local experts jointly nominated by the parties. The parties shall also invite three states to provide the foreign experts. In a phone interview with GMA News Online, Iqbal said they have sent a letter to Brunei and Norway to ask them to nominate members for the IDB. “Hindi pa formally nako-constitute kasi yet to reply pa yung Brunei and Norway sa invitation namin; they have yet to agree sa nomination,” he said. Asked when they expect the two countries to reply, Iqbal said they have set no deadline for it. “Wala namang issues nung meeting, pinag-usapan lang yung constitution ng bodies at ang infrastructure,” he Read More …

Registration starts for new voters. A newly registered voter undergoes biometric scanning on the first day of registration of new voters for the 2016 elections at the Commission on Elections office along Arroceros Street in Manila on Tuesday, May 6. Danny Pata At least 9 million of the country’s 52 million registered voters still need to register for the biometrics system to be able to vote in the 2016 local and national elections, and the Commission on Elections is urging them to register in the next 17 months. The registration period, which is also open for new voters, started Tuesday, May 6, 2014, and will last until October 31, 2015. Under the biometrics system, voters information such as picture, fingerprint and signature are recorded on Comelec database, which is then used to purge multiple registrants from the final voters’ list. To know where one can register or have his or her biometric data taken, check the list of Comelec local offices. Find out more about the registration process via this infographic produced by GMA News Online. — Rose-An Jessica Dioquino/KBK, GMA News

Kiko Pangilinan sworn in as new food security czar. President Benigno Aquino III swears in former Senator Francisco Pangilinan as Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization in a ceremony at Malacañang on Tuesday, May 6. Pangilinan, an administration ally, has been given power over NFA and three other agriculture agencies. Gil Nartea President Benigno Aquino III’s marching order to former Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, his newly appointed food security assistant, is to “clean up” the four agencies, including the National Food Authority (NFA), put under his office. “Ang sinabi ng ating Pangulo, I am here to help clean up these agencies, ‘yon ang kanyang sinabi sa akin,” Pangilinan said in a press briefing at Malacañang on Tuesday. “Kasama ang pag-address dito sa mga usapin ng katiwalian at itong smuggling.” In Executive Order 175 and Memorandum Order 70, the President transferred to Pangilinan, as the newly appointed Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization, authority over NFA, National Irrigation Administration , Philippine Coconut Authority and Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority. Proceso Alcala Pangilinan said the President did not mention any personality who should be included in the ‘cleansing,’ not even Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, whose office has been tagged in the P10-billion pork barrel scam. “Wala naman siyang binanggit kung sino ang isama, kung sino ang hindi isama. So kung sino ang dapat isama, isasama—sino man ‘yon,” he said. Alcala had earlier belied allegations that his office was used in the systematic funneling of lawmakers’ Priority Development Assistance Fund—or Read More …