The Business Post Global Irish Diaspora Awards were held at the Waldorf Hilton, London on Friday, February 24, 2023. With over 70 million people across the globe who claim Irish ancestry, these awards have been established to recognize and celebrate the vast contribution to the world of business that Ireland and its people have made.
(PNA file photo) CEBU CITY - Over 2,000 workers in Central Visayas benefited from the PHP44.6 million Single Entry Approach (SEnA) program of the Department of Labor (DOLE) for the whole year of 2022, an official said Friday. DOLE-7 OIC-Regional Director Lilia A. Estillore said the benefits were an offshoot of the settled requests for assistance (RFAs) filed by the workers under the SEna program. The months that registered the highest amount of monetary awards produced under SEnA included February with PHP5.6 million; November (PHP5.3 million); January (PHP4.9 million); September (PHP 4.3 million); and April (PHP4.2 million). "These accomplishments are credited to the settled requests for assistance or RFAs that were received and handled by the different field offices and divisions of DOLE-7. We have our Single Entry Assistance Desk Officers or SEADOs, who ensure the disposition of RFAs received not later than the 30 calendar days process cycle time," Estillore said. Among th