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By Connie B. Destura LEGAZPI CITY --- At least six hotels and restaurants in Camarines Norte have committed to employ the first batch of beneficiaries of the Department of Labor and Employment’s program that seeks to eliminate child labor in small-scale mining sites in Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte. Raymond Escalante, public information officer of DOLE-Bicol, said the program’s beneficiaries are currently completing a three-month course in housekeeping provided by the Technical Skills and Development Authority (TESDA). He said after completing certification requirements from TESDA, the children will be deployed by March in six hotels and resorts in Camarines Norte that have committed to support the program. These establishments are Mila Garden Resort and Conference Center, Bagasbas Lighthouse, Arsen’s Farmville Resort, Wiltan Hotel, Dolor Hotel, and Pineapple Resort. Escalante said DOLE’s “Skills Training to Children Engaged in Mining for Employment” program poses a viable solution in preventing, if not totally eliminating, child labor in Camarines Norte. He said the project is a continuing collaborative work between DOLE, TESDA and the local government of Jose Panganiban, a gold-rich town in Bicol, where big miners come and go for centuries now, just like its neighboring town of Paracale. Escalante said by ensuring that children have adequate skills to be employed by various service sectors in the province, the children could be weaned away from engaging in dangerous mining activities to earn a living for their families. Escalante said hotels and similar enterprises in Camarines Norte have committed to employ at least one child laborer from Jose Panganiban’s mining site every year for as long as they pass the training and certification requirements of TESDA. “TESDA will train the next batch of beneficiaries on food and beverage, which is more needed in their establishments,” said Escalante. He said the hotels and resorts owners will continue to look for other available job opportunities in their establishments for the beneficiaries.

LEGAZPI CITY --- As the government’s war against illegal gambling is starting to warm up, at least 232 persons were arrested in police operations across the six Bicol provinces, a ranking official of the Philippine National Police in Bicol said over the weekend. Chief Superintendent Melvin Buenafe, director of Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO5), said police have carried out 76 anti-illegal gambling operations during the period February 3 to 18. “The crackdown came in the form of street arrests of jueteng (illegal numbers games) bet collectors and raids in gambling dens operating table games such as ‘pusoy,’ ‘tong-its,’ poker and mahjong.” Most of the arrested suspects were also involved in the illegal operation of cockfighting, bookies, lotteng, card games and cara y cruz. Buenafe said aside from those arrested, the police operations initially yielded some P47,841 in bet money confiscated from illegal gambling bet collectors and gambling dens across the region. Buenafe vowed to stop all forms of illegal gambling believed to be the root of criminality in the region, including drug addiction. He said many drug dependents resort to doing petty crimes and get involved in illegal gambling to earn money for drugs. During a command conference last week, which was attended by all the highest officials of PRO5 along with the six PNP provincial directors and the city director of Naga City Police Office, Buenafe ordered them to double their efforts to stop any kind of illegal activities in the region, particularly illegal gambling. Buenafe had warned all the provincial directors and chiefs of police about “the three-strike policy” with the implementation of “Target Output Policy (TOP) Charlie,” which he said “temporarily replaces the anti-illegal drug campaign called Oplan Tokhang.” Under TOP-Charlie and the chain of command responsibility, the provincial director, city director and the chief of police who will fail three times in the implementation of the program will be facing administrative cases and automatically relieved from their posts. Senior Inspector Ma. Luisa Calubaquib, PRO5 spokesperson, said the officers and men of PNP Bicol are already familiar with the target output policy especially during the time of then PRO5 director Victor P. Deona. During Deona’s term, there were provincial directors and chiefs of police who were relieved and had to undergo a re-training course after they failed to meet the target output policy assessment given to them by the advisory board created by Camp Gen. Simeon Ola, headquarters of PRO5 here. The advisory board consists of heads and representatives of non-government organizations, academe, religious group, government line agencies and some of high ranking police officers of PRO5. Calubaquib said there were parameters also set up in assessing the performance of the provincial directors and chiefs of police with the board given the power to recommend the corresponding penalty. The PRO5 is still consolidating the reports of police provincial offices regarding their operations against the most wanted persons, illegal fishing, illegal logging and other criminal activities in their respective areas of responsibility. PNA

By Paulo DS. Papa NAGA CITY--- With President Duterte’s directive to the police to run after operators of illegal gambling, the Naga City Police Office has so far netted 6 persons for playing cara y cruz, soliciting jueteng bets, and collecting bet money for PBA’s so-called ‘ending’ game. Nabbed were John Carlo Calising and Ian Lamar while playing cara y crus, a toss coin game in Bgy. Sabang last Feb. 10. Also collared for playing cara y cruz was Hector Reverente in San Rafael, Bgy. Cararayan last Feb. 13. On Feb. 17, one Lazaro Masaga was caught in Bgy Cararayan while in possession of cellphone that more messages about jueteng bets and transactions. Also on Feb 17, two women were brought to Police Station Number 3, identified as Winafreda Obal and Emerlita Salvador after they were nabbed collecting bet money for PBA’s ending game at Clupa in Bgy. Calauag. Confiscated from the two women were bet money amounting to P1,954.

By Juan Escandor Jr. NAGA CITY---Reaching out to the regions, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is launching film education for teachers to provide them with basic knowledge on the art of film making and the film industry. Wilfredo Manalang, executive director of the FDCP, said the film education program they are pursuing now is dubbed “Planting the Seeds, the Future of Philippine Cinema.” “We conducted open forum in the regions with film makers and stakeholders. We tried to assess what are the needs of the film industry and what came out was the basic needs for education like how to make a film, what is a film,” Manalang said. He said the FDCP film education program therefore is intended to educators who will be taught on the general and basic knowledge of film making and the film industry for them to spread the knowledge to their students. “So, we are expecting that the teachers will be equipped with basic knowledge on film making that they can teach to their students. So, we expect them do the planting (the knowledge in film making) to some degree,” Manalang said. He said after the film education for teachers, they will mobilize next the students by conducting series of workshops in which the teachers will also invited. Manalang said the topics in the series of workshops include story development, script writing, cinematography, production design, actual directing, acting, editing, and post-production work. “We will dissect the process of film making for the students to fully understand in a series of workshops to encourage them to make a film,” he said. Manalang said that in some regions they launched inter-collegiate festivals after the series of workshops in which schools will compete in a short-film festival. “Hopefully, by the end of the year we will have screenings of best films from the regions,” he said. Manalang said the film education program would raise the level of film making in the Philippines from the cultural to professional and to an industry. Tito Valiente, film critic and educator, said the film education program for teachers here comprised of the film education on the first day, and on the second day, the topic will be creating synergy between students and the school on how to put up and conduct film conference and festival. Valiente said the topic about film making will also be discussed on the third day by Raymond Red, a famous film director.

By Norman B. Tamar MASBATE CITY --- Masbate Gov. Antonio T. Kho is leading the newly formed “Oplan Sagip Karagatan” (Oplan save the seas), composed of various government agencies and law enforcement units, to put an end to illegal fishing in the island-province. “This is a concerted effort that will involve the police station commander, maritime police, Philippine Coast Guard, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Prosecutor’s Office, Masbate Advocates for Peace (MAP) and others concerned,” he said in an interview early this week. Kho said he has met with the heads of the said agencies and the chiefs of police to bring to their attention his plans to curb illegal fishing in the province. Vowing to impose stiffer penalties for those who will be caught and increase the reward for the apprehending teams, he urged the agencies to “seriously get involved” in curbing illegal fishing. Judge Igmedio Camposano, MAP president, in a separate interview, said, however, the funds allotted for the campaign to stop illegal fishing could go “down the drain” as the cases against the illegal fishing boats who are apprehended often end up being dismissed. It is common knowledge in the province that illegal fishing operators often bribe the apprehending authorities in exchange for the release of their boats. Kho said he believes this happens because the reward money given to the apprehending team is “very small” and “seems so insignificant.” He promised to increase the reward fund this year, from the current P5M to P10M. Kho said the reward will vary depending on the kind of vessel caught, such that smaller boats apprehended will fetch a reward of P25,000, the bigger boats--P50,000, while for large steel boats and ships, the reward will amount to P500,000. He added that a stricter case will be filed against the violators while police officers who drag his name in their illegal activities will not go unpunished. Kho said he has also ordered Provincial Board Member Jamon Espares to draft a resolution for the purchase of two speed boats mounted with a machine gun and other high-powered firearms so the illegal fishing boats could be caught easily. He said he fears the illegal fishing boats are more equipped with high powered firearms than the law enforcers and apprehending team. “We must upgrade our men in uniform for this task,” said Kho. He said the launching of Oplan Sagip Karagatan, which provides for a holistic approach, is “a first in the political history of the province” that could totally stop illegal fishing in the province. “We should be 101 percent successful in this,” he added.

SM CITY LEGAZPI. Legazpi Mayor Noel Rosal, Albay Gov. Al Francis Bichara, along with offIcials of Sm Prime Holdings lead the groundbreaking rites for the proposed SM City in Legazpi City, the second SM mall to rise in Bicol. Story on page 8. MAR S. ARGUELLES By Mar S. Arguelles LEGAZPI CITY --- Officials of SM Prime Holding and the City government of Legazpi broke ground yesterday (Feb 22) for the proposed construction of the P1.5B SM City Legazpi, the second SM City Mall to be built in Bicol. Annie Garcia, President of SM Super Mall said yesterday’s event marked the start of construction works for the planned three-storey commercial complex to rise in Barangay Bitano, at the city’s business district. City Mayor Noel Rosal said a Public Private Partnership (PPP) between the SM and the city government gave rise to the building of a super SM Complex in a 5.8-hectare lot in this premier city. Garcia in an interview said the mall would occupy an 84,000 square meters of land area to showcase the SM brand in the mall and retail market. It is expected to be completed and opened for business by the second quarter of 2018, Garcia said. Garcia cited why it built another SM Super Mall in this city saying “Legazpi has shown the best of both worlds: It is a top destination tourist paradise and a buzzling business center with the same prospective that the SM brand of shopping will bring to Bicol.” She said the mall would be typhoon resilient edifice that can withstand strong typhoons. The mall would also offer hundreds of stalls that would feature local and high-end merchandisers such as shoes, bags, clothing apparels, appliances, hardware’s bookstore, restaurants, coffee shops, Garcia said. Aside from the stores, the complex would house six state-of-the art cinema houses She added there would be a spacious multi- level parking area that can accommodate at least 800 units of motor vehicles. “We will follow the local ordinance wherein we would be hiring local personnel to jump start the project,” Garcia said. In this region, we will strive alongside with you to be the best employers of choice in nurturing the community and serve as a catalyst for growth,” Garcia told the guests during the groundbreaking rites.said. She expected that thousands of prospective customers a day would visit and shop at the SM-Legazpi where it would offer people and families a unique feature of shopping while having fun. Rosal as he welcomed the start of the SM joint venture said that “with the SM in our midst, we can help decongest Metro Manila this is way and provide opportunities and employment to those in the provinces.” “We will again put in the map that Legazpi would be a trading hub not only in Bicol but maybe in the entire southern Luzon,” Rosal claimed. He said the city is a center of trade in Bicol because Legazpi is in the strategic area where 4 million people from the provinces of Sorsogon, Catanduanes, Masbate including Samar and Leyte provinces do their shopping, Rosal claims. “Huwag tayong matakot if we want to be known we have to be aggressive, if we want opportunities to come in that would be for everyone, let not our intentions separate us and our discussion divide us, nobody gets there without everybody getting there dapat sama-sama tayo,” Rosal said. He believes that “We just don’t see things happen but rather we make thing happen.” The city would remain a top tourism destination in the country’s tourism road map because of the Majestic Mayon Volcano, its resorts, hotels and restaurants. With the upcoming SM City, Legazpi will have hosted at least seven major malls, which are: Ayala Mall, LCC Mall, Metro Pacific Gaisano Mall, Embarcadero, Yashano, and Gregorian Mall.

ADDITIONAL FLIGHT. Bicol Tourism Regional Director Maria ‘Nini’ Ravanilla (standing, 2nd from right) during the inaugural ceremony with officers of Cebu Pacific for the airline’s upcoming Masbate-Cebu air flight. BOBBY LEYCO By Norman B. Tamar MASBATE CITY --- Top local government officials in Masbate province welcomed the launching of Cebu Pacific’s maiden flights to the province as they see it as an opportunity to hasten economic development and make it more accessible to travelers and investors alike. Masbate Vice Governor Kaye Revil, in an interview, said Cebu Pacific now flies between Manila and Masbate four times a week--on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. She said she received a symbolic plane from Alexander G. Lao, president and chief executive officer of Cebgo, Cebu Pacific’s wholly owned subsidiary, to signify the start of the airline’s operation in the province located west of mainland Bicol. Lao said the Masbate-Manila route was launched on the same day as its newest Manila-Tablas route was also launched in Romblon. He said Cebgo has chosen the world’s lightest aircraft seat, Expliseat, for its 72-600 aircraft. “The titanium seat installed on this aircraft is expected to help decrease fuel burn while allowing the carriage of more guests and cargo on board,” he added. Lao said Expliseat’s ultralight seats that allow for comfort seating of guests and a more fuel-efficient operation will lead to more affordable fares. Low fare Lao said their lowest one-way-all in year round fare for Manila to Masbate is P1,879 while Manila to Tablas is P2,439. “With CEBS’s low fare offer, we hope to further stimulate inter-island connectivity and contribute to the economies of the destinations we operate in,” he said. Lao said that even if ATR 72-600 can load up to 78 passengers and can land in Masbate City airport safely. He explained that the plane will only hold a limited passenger of 69 to fly off Masbate airport because the runway condition therestills needs to be strengthened. “Maybe 5 or 10 years down the line we can look forward and it is more than possible to have jets here in Masbate if airport conditions are all set,” he said. Before Wednesday’s inaugural flight of Cebu Pacific’s Manila-Masbate route, Philippine Airlines was the only airline of choice of those wishing to visit the province. Masbate City Mayor Rowena Tuason thanked Cebu Pacific EB for its offer to fly to Masbate. “Ceb’s maiden flights here will give comfort to travelers. They can now choose flight schedules that suit their needs,” she said. Revil added that this could become a chance for Masbate to compete in the market as one of the main tourist destinations in the country. She pointed out that Masbate has been promoted here and abroad as among the beautiful provinces in the country because of its rich natural resources but tourists and investors have been shying away because of its inaccessibility and steep air fare. “Air fare (of the lone air passenger carrier) was the same as when one has to fly to international destinations that had made travelers back off and opt to go to other destinations,” said Revil. Rodeo capital The province, which has been tagged as the country’s “rodeo capital” because of its dominant cattle industry is composed of three major islands—-Masbate, Burias and Ticao. Masbate is also blessed with wide stretches of fine beaches, rock formations and rich marine life that are largely unexplored. It is also touted as the country’s “manta ray capital” due to the discovery of Ticao Pass as habitat of the world’s biggest ray because of the concentration of planktons, making it an ideal manta ray feeding station. Revil said as Masbate becomes more accessible, investors would also have the chance to visit the province and help push economic development in the province. She said the challenge for Masbateňos and the provincial government is to ensure the “sustainability” of the new route. “It means that we all have to do our part in terms of promotions so Masbate can be considered as a major tourist destination and be able to provide a shield for investments,” said Revil. She said the provincial government will not waiver in its efforts to promote Masbate and do the “best that we can.” Revil said the investors should be encouraged into staying in the province. “We want them to stay here forever,” she added. Lao said on top of offering more seats available to and from Masbate, Cebgo is the only airline flying to Tablas, Romblon, the marble capital of the Philippines. He added that both leisure and business travelers alike will take delight in visiting these two places to further stimulate trade and tourism. Lao said the aircraft ATR 72-600 delivered for this year brings CEBGO airline’s total fleet to 58. “It operates one of the youngest and most modern aircraft fleets in the world with an average of 4.92 years,” he said. Lao said the addition of the two newest routes will establish stronger cargo services within the area of Luzon, specifically in the Bicol and MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) regions. He said Cebgo has two strategic hubs in the Philippines namely, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 4 in Manila and Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) in Cebu.

By Juan Escandor Jr. NAGA CITY---Lowering the age of criminal liability to 9 years old now pending in Congress is fine with the top cop in this city, even as he said it is his personal stand. Senior Supt. Julius Muñez, Naga City police director, believes a 9-year-old kid already knows what is wrong and what is right which made them responsible of criminal acts they commit. Muñez said 30 percent of theft cases last year were committed by minors while criminal syndicates use children to commit crimes. Naga’s police director stand is contrary to the stand of a regional inter-agency group tasked to promote juvenile rights and welfare in Bicol which is against the lowering of the criminal liability of youth offenders to 9 years old from 15 years old. Assistant Regional Prosecutor Remiel O. Nibungco, a member of the Regional Juvenile Justice and Welfare Committee (RJJWC)-Bicol, said the general sentiments of the members of the RJJWC is to retain the present minimum age of criminal responsibility to 15 years old under the present law. Among the members of the RJJWC are representatives of the Department of Justice, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Interior and Local Government, Public Attorney’s Office, Commission on Human Rights, Department of Education, Department of Health, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Jail Management of Penology, and two representatives from non-government organizations. The JJWC is a policy-making, coordinating and monitoring body tasked with the implementation of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act (Republic Act. 9344) as amended by RA 10630. RA 9344 is the law that raised the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 9 years old to 15 years old and took effect on May 20, 2006 while R.A. 10630 further clarified the procedures, establishment of center for intensive juvenile intervention and provision on victim assistance and emphasis in the processes. Muñez said at present the police in Bicol concentrates on seven focused crimes including murder, homicide, robbery, theft, carnapping, “motornapping” and physical injury. In addition to seven focused crime, Bicol police had included rape in the list of priority crimes since the region has the highest recorded incidence of rape among the regions in the Philippines, he said. Muñez said that in Naga City alone, there were 32 rape cases recorded in 2015, 17 in 2016 and three from Jan.-Feb. this year. He said in 2016 the number of focused crime and rape cases recorded in the city has reached 2,430 incidents. But Muñez said that upon his assumption as police director of Naga City from July to Dec. 2016, the number of theft incidence decreased by 72 cases. Overall, he claimed, the focused crime incidence had decreased by 181 incidents upon his assumption to office. Muñez said in the first seven weeks of 2017, the Naga City police has recorded 217 incidents under the seven focused crimes. “If the trend continues, the Naga City police office will be able to lower the crime incidents in the city by almost one half at a projected 1,606 incidents at the end of 2017,” he said. But Muñez said he would not be able to finish the implementation of the police strategy of keeping the crime low in Naga City because of his pending assignment at the Camp Crame in May.

By Jason B. Neola NAGA CITY --- Soon this city will be seeing families working dynamically with the Naga City Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office/Council during calamities or emergency situations as first responders as the city government here continues to build disaster resilient communities. This, after the Sangguniang Panlungsod enacted Ordinance No. 2017-007which aims to empower families that would enable them to deal with calamities and other emergency situations by way of institutionalizing a community-level disaster preparedness program with focus on first responders and Basic Life Support trainings. Authored by City Councilor Joselito SA Del Rosario, the measure will serve as a facility to make families disaster-ready, thus making the communities, the city as a whole, to cope with natural or man-induced calamities. City Councilors Jose Rañola and Cecilia V. De Asis co-authored the ordinance. In his explanatory note, Del Rosario stressed that by increasing the level of preparedness and resiliency of families, which is the society’s most basic unit, could lessen the vulnerabilities they face when bad times occur could be lessened. “This ordinance would expand the number of individuals benefiting from the city government’s programs and projects which are focused on increasing the level of preparedness and resiliency of its institutions and citizenry,” says Del Rosario. The city government in close coordination with different national line agencies is pursuing the holding of strategies like disaster preparedness trainings for schools, businesses, establishments, and communities, which Del Rosario said in his explanatory note, could effectively be done through community-based trainings with families as leading participants. Donning the catchphrase “Pamilyang Nagueño, Preparado para sa Futuro,” the training program to be known as the Naga City Community First Responders and Basic Life Support Training Program carries the objective of providing each family in the city’s 27 barangays with knowledge and skills necessary in coping with natural and man-made calamities and emergencies. Invitation to support the implementation of the ordinance will be extended to national line agencies like the Department of Health, Office of the Civil Defense, Dept. of Social Welfare and Development, Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, Dept. of Public Works and Highways, Philippine Army, Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bicol Medical Center and non-government organizations such as the Philippine Red Cross, the local media, and the Metro Naga Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The manifestation of support and commitment by the aforementioned agencies will be embodied in a memorandum of cooperation that will be signed in an appropriate occasion which will signal the start of the implementation of the program. The program, as the ordinance provides, shall be designed, developed, and implemented by Mayor John G. Bongat as chairperson and his co-chairperson who is the chair of the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s Committee on Peace and Order, Public Safety and Disaster Management with the chairpersons of SP Committee on Health and Nutrition, and Committee on Family and Women as members. Other members of the program organization are: Liga ng mga Barangay president, the 27 Punong Barangays, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), the DRRM chair of the Sangguniang Barangays, the head of Least Economically Resilient Communities (LERCs) Program, the head of the Naga City People’s Council and selected partners from inter-agency Joint Operations Center (JOC). The program’s training committee includes the heads and/or representatives of the CDRRMO, the City Health Office, Naga City Hospital, and other institutions possessing the capability and willingness to participate in the trainings that are to be conducted.

NAGA CITY --- A revolution in state-of-the-start treatment for skin, veins and hair will take place in this city with the product launch of the newest technology in skin care at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, at the La Piazza Hall of Avenue Hotel, this city. Maryjane Guazon-Uy, a leading dermatologist in the city, said the product launch by Cutera will be introducing technology and machines for efficient hair removal, treatment of vascular lesions on face and body, and procedure for skin revitalization. She said that no less than Dr. Angie Lavadia, president of the Philippine Dermatological Society, and her vice president, Dr. Peachy Paz Lao, will be present during the product launch. Cutera’s broad menu of intense pulsed light options provides a full range of treatments for the signs of aging. In addition to hair removal, there is also a technology that promises to diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and dyschromia, as well as provide deep dermal heating.

By Gina V. Rodriguez LEGAZPI CITY --- Initial reports received by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Bicol from its provincial offices in the region show an increasing number of employers in the region who are giving the 13th month pay benefit to their workers, particularly those based in Camarines Norte. The number of establishments that voluntarily complied with labor law regulations on the 13th month pay for the period January to December 2016, has reached 148 with a total of 2,945 workers all over the region receiving the benefit, said DOLE Bicol Director Ma. Karina Perida-Trayvilla. She cited initial reports gathered by labor employment officer Lynette Heat-Dela Fuente from the six DOLE provincial officials as of the middle of January this year. “Ang ibang (kumpanya) ay nagbibigay naman. Yun nga lang kung minsan nakakaligtaan nila itong reportorial requirement na dapat ay on or before January 15 ng susunod na taon,” (The others [establishments] are also giving (the 13th month) except that they become remiss in reporting this (to DOLE) as required on or before Jan. 15 of the succeeding year), stated Trayvilla in a press release this week. DOLE-Bicol records show Camarines Norte has 82 establishments voluntarily giving 13th month pay benefits to 1,144 employees. Second is Catanduanes with 32 establishments and 1,323 employees. Albay with 20 establishments and 198 employees is third. In Camarines Sur, records show seven establishments with 184 employees giving out the benefit while Sorsogon has six with 91 employees and Masbate, one with five employees. Trayvilla said an evident means of knowing whether the workers are really receiving the 13th month benefit is the fewer number of complaints received by DOLE’s “Request for Assistance or RFA to the Single Entry Approach (SENA).” She said SENA is a major DOLE program that seeks to provide immediate action to resolve the workers’ complaints and grievances by working out an amicable settlement between the two parties involved. Trayvilla said DOLE-Bicol has also noted the fewer complaints being received by DOLE-Bicol Hotline (0918) 309-665 on the 13th month benefits. She clarified, however, that DOLE-Bicol is not being complacent as the agency is continuously verifying if the said companies have really given the 13th month benefits to their employees. “That verification will be made by our inspectors who will go out to the field this February,” said Trayvilla.

PILI, Camarines Sur --- CamSur Governor Migz Villafuerte, on his initiative to continuously open employment opportunities to his vast provincial constituents has a standing order for the CamSur Employment Center (CSEC) or popularly known as CamSur PESO to step up its manpower pooling by partnering and entering into solid tie-ups with legitimate and reputable recruitment agencies that will provide suitable jobs and work positions in the country and overseas to help uplift the economic status and productivity among qualified residents in the province. In view of this orders, another Special Recruitment Activity (SRA) will be held on February 27-28, 2017 from 8:00AM to 4:00PM at the Capitol Main Lobby, Capitol Complex, Cadlan, Pili, Camarines Sur with Pacific Star Employment Agency Corporation will be sourcing possible and qualified applicants for the following positions: Waiter/Waitress for Kuwait – male-21 years old and above, female-23 years old and above; with at least 2 years experience; able to speak and write in English; hardworking, and possess good attitude; Civil Engineer/Site Engineer/Mechanical Design Engineer/IT Engineer for Japan: with experience and knows how to speak Nihongo; Ramp Agent/Ground Staff for Turks Island; Nurses and Physical Therapist for Kuwait; Pastry Decorator, Pastry Chef, Salesman, Florist (Flower Decorator), IT Technician, Photo Technician, Electrical Technician, Waiter Cleaner, Cashier, Crane Driver, Gypsum Installer, Machine Operator Foreman, Helper, and Carpenter for Qatar; Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, QA/Q C Engineer, Electrical Draftsman, Safety Officer, Mechanical Draftsman, Fabricator, Welder, Cook, Block Mason, Carpenter, Pre Cast Installer, Civil Engineer for UAE; Family Driver, Home Nurse, Labor, General Cook for Vegetables and Fruits Cook, Kitchen Supervisor, Barista/Bartender, Waiter, Cleaners, Service Crew for KSA; and Domestic Helper/Household Worker Service for Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Kuwait, and Jordan. All interested job seekers must bring the following requirements in two (2) sets on the day of screening: comprehensive resume with detailed job description with 2x2 or passport size photo in decent attire; 1 pc. 2x2 and 1x1 photos; original and photocopy of School Credentials (Diploma and Transcript of Records); Certificate of Employment (if applicable)/Trainings/Seminars Certificates; valid passport with photocopy of the bio date page (if available) for Overseas Applicants only. Meanwhile, a mobile job fair is scheduled to go around selected campuses to conduct a Job Fair especially targeted towards graduating students and even fresh graduates seeking lucrative employment among local and overseas companies. On March 06, 2017, the group will be at Partido State University (PSU Goa) Covered Court from 8:00AM-5:00PM; on March 15, 2017 at Camarines Sur Polytechnic College (CSPC Nabua) College Gymnasium from 8:00AM-5:00PM; and on April 10, 2017 at Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA Pili) LRV Student Atrium from 8:00AM-5:00PM. All interested applicants need to bring the necessary requirements as stated and mentioned above. For more details and other queries, the CamSur Employment Center may be reached at 09988868269/ 09175020406 or may be visited at their office located at the 2nd Floor, Capitol Main Bldg, Capitol Complex, Cadlan, Pili, Camarines Sur or better check out their email address and Facebook account: camsur_peso@yahoo.com. JMTS/RBMJr.-MMEC with reports from CamSur PESO