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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

DOLE celebrates 80 years of valued service thru environmental preservation

By Alma L. Tingcang
PAGADIAN CITY - To celebrate its 80th anniversary, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Zamboanga del Sur Field Office conducted a cleanup drive along the shoreline of Barangay White Beach, this city last Dec. 6.

Ms. Lourdes B. Amores, DOLE provincial head led the cleanup activity in coordination with Punong Barangay Rey R. Rabanos with the full support of DOLE employees, barangay officials and residents.

“Commemorating 80 years of program implementation and employment facilitation, our theme this year is ‘Walumpung Taong Pag-unlad, Walumpung Taong Paglilingkod’,” said Ms. Amores. 

Meanwhile, DOLE Sibugay also conducted a similar environmental undertaking through a tree planting activity and orientation on Green Productivity.

Mr. Elamsalih E. Ungad, DOLE chief of Zamboanga Sibugay said partner agencies were the Zamboanga Sibugay Federation of Family Welfare Committees, Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-9, DENR-Sibugay and Goodyear Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (GARBEMCO).

The tree planting activity was held along the riverbanks of Banker in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay Province. (PIA9)