Beneficiaries of Las Piñas job program reach 9,000

Another batch of Las Piñas City residents has acquired local and overseas employment through the "Trabaho Para Sa Mamamayan" program of the city government following a recently concluded jobs fair.

This brings to 9,000 the total number of Las Piñeros who have been given assistance and referred to various business establishments and employers by the program since the early part of the year.

Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the high percentage of employment was a manifestation of the city’s continuous effort to provide livelihood opportunities to cushion the current economic instability the country is experiencing.

Records from the city’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO) said there were 999 job applicants for local employment and 390 for overseas employment.

PESO manager Leo Espino said the job opportunities abroad was made possible in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment. The job fair is held twice a month to help more residents get jobs.

This, Espino noted, was apart from the summer job program for more than 100 students hired under the Special Program for Employment of Students.

The job fair conducted last Oct. 12 was participated by 40 Las Piñas-based companies with two overseas placement agencies.

Aguilar, however, encouraged those who failed to qualify for jobs to enroll in vocational and technical courses offered for free at the Las Piñas Manpower Training Center to equip them with necessary skills for gainful employment.

The mayor has also strengthened the livelihood training program for women to provide them an opportunity to earn a decent living to augment the family income and help them cope with their subsistence.