Published July 27, 2021 10:37am Manila-based multilateral lender Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday announced it has approved a $400 million policy-based loan to support the Philippine government in expanding youth employment and skills development programs to help young Filipinos find quality jobs. In a statement, the ADB said its Facilitating Youth School-to-Work Transition Program, Subprogram 3, “builds on nearly a decade of ADB support to the government in shortening the time at-risk young Filipinos spend to find work after leaving school.” The multilateral lender said the program will assist the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in boosting the job facilitation capacity of Public Employment Services Offices (PESOs) nationwide, strengthening labor market programs, improving workplace skills development, and creating a healthy work environment.
NEDA cites key reforms implemented under 2017-2022 PH Dev t Plan philippinetimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from philippinetimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published January 7, 2021, 7:34 PM
Senator Joel Villanueva
Senator Joel Villanueva is the guest judge on the popular segment Bawal Judgmental of the longest-running noontime show Eat Bulaga! on Saturday, January 9.
“Isang karangalan po ang ma-imbitahan ng Eat! Bulaga sa kanilang Bawal Judgmental segment. Excited po tayo pakinggan ang mga kwento ng ating mga manlalaro,” Villanueva said.
Villanueva is known for steering the lead agency promoting technical-vocational education to greater heights.
In his five-year stint as director general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), he offered a fresh perspective on how tech-voc can enable workers lift themselves out of poverty through the “Training, Trabaho, TESDA” campaign, which produced over nine million skilled workers.