ANOTHER 2,000 Caloocan City job applicants have been hired by private companies and businesses through Mayor Oca Malapitan’s continuous efforts to provide better economic opportunities for his constituents and uplift their standards of living.
Out of more than 12,000 newly-hired employees, some 2,365 jobseekers were hired on the spot during the job fairs initiated by the city’s Labor and Industrial Relations Office and Public Employment Services Office.
Anchored on Mayor Malapitan’s “Tao ang Una” brand of service, the LIRO has implemented 37 job fairs for the ‘Caloocanians’ for the year 2014 as compared to only four during the previous year.
Apart from these, the Malapitan administration also managed to address child labor in the city by granting 70 livelihood assistance for parents with child labor, amounting to P349,770, in cooperation with the Department of Labor and Employment.
Graduates of the Caloocan City Manpower Training Center also bagged 100 percent passing rate for the Skills Assessment conducted by the national government through the Technical Educational and Skills Development Authority.
Outreach trainings have been likewise conducted for the inmates at the city jail giving them opportunity to earn for their families and transforming them to productive citizens of the country.
TAC CITES 2 COURAGEOUS WATCHMEN
In nearby Malabon City, Bgy. San Agustin chairman and national shooting champion Nathaniel “Tac” Padilla commends his two watchmen who ‘courageously’ collared a 40-year old man who’s been known for maintaining a drug den.
Henry Opena, of 57 Sacristia St., has been charged for violation of the provisions of R.A. 9165 otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 before the City Prosecutor’s Office.
“For courageously catching this man, I am so pleased by the efforts of our local peacekeepers and they deserve to be cited for a job well done,” says the doubly-elated Chairman Tac.
Barangay Executive Officer Chime Padilla, the village chief’s nephew, says Opena was arrested by ‘Tanod’ Glen Golondrina and Ernesto Orquiza, Jr. recently after a concerned citizen informed them about the on-going pot session inside the suspect’s house.
Wasting no time, the duo while under the supervision of the younger Padilla swooped down on the suspect’s house where they said to have caught Opena and four minors, aged between 13 to 16-years old, red-handed while sniffing shabu.
Recovered from the arrested suspect were several pieces of plastic sachet of suspected shabu and drug user’s paraphernalia, according to the San Agustin ‘Ex-O.’
‘Chime’ says the anti-drug operation was also in response to the orders of the elder Padilla to implement pre-emptive measures on possible crimes brought about by the illegal drugs.
The national shooting champion says the four arrested minors have immediately been turned over to the City Social Welfare and Development Office for proper disposition.
“Lawless elements have no place in Malabon especially in Bgy. San Agustin,” declared Chairman Tac. GOOD RIDDANCE/ARLIE CALALO
