“In my 17 years in [government] service, I can honestly say and convincingly say that 90% of all public servants are honest and competent.”
Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President and CEO Atty. Arnel Paciano Casanova said on March 17 the statement before an audience of public servants during the Good Governance for Social Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment forum of the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS).
The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) marks the International Women’s Month celebration this March with a host of previous and forthcoming activities underscoring the clamor for greater women empowerment in the country.
On March 6, ILS staff Ronell J. Delerio joined a solidarity walk organized by the National Youth Commission, featuring men from different government agencies and youth groups walking in heels to symbolize their empathy with women’s experiences still considerably characterized by discrimination and prejudice.
The technical staff of the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS) undertook a tracer study training-workshop on February 16 and 17, primarily in preparation for two research projects to be rolled out this year.
The Training-Workshop on Conducting Tracer Study, held at the Migration Information Resource Center, sought to assist ILS researchers in effectively developing and implementing tracer study undertakings, particularly on two programs of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
The Institute for Labor Studies (ILS), headed by OIC-Executive Director Mary Grace L. Riguer and OIC-Deputy Executive Director Stephanie B. Tabladillo, participated in the preparatory meeting for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High Level Policy Dialogue on Human Capacity Building (HLPD-HCB) held in Subic Freeport Zone from February 02 to 04 as a lead up to the main event on 06-07 May 2015 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
More than two-thirds of 9,820 sugarcane workers in Region II need skills enhancement training in order to advance to the medium-skilled labor market, reveals a study by the Institute for Labor Studies (ILS).
The sugarcane workers, whose monthly earnings range from P1,000 to P5,000, have current jobs considered low-skilled and unskilled, explained in part by their non-completion of secondary education.