12K jobs up for grabs at Labor Day job fair —DOLE

Around 12,000 job vacancies will be up for grabs at the Labor Day job fair organized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

According to the “24 Oras Weekend” report on Saturday, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the department would be offering job opportunities for Filipinos nationwide on May 1.

Meanwhile, the Overseas Filipino Workers Hospital, which was established in Pampanga's San Fernando City, would also be operational on Labor Day, according to the DOLE.

Health services for employment will be free for OFWs, including medical certificates and laboratory exams.

Some services will also be free for the relatives of the OFWs, but the guidelines are still being ironed out. 

President Rodrigo Duterte earlier approved the proposed implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the transition committee of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and its member agencies.

The creation of the DMW was signed into law last December 2021. The objective of the agency is to streamline the bureaucracy for overseas Filipinos with seven other agencies under several different departments “merging and transferring” to the proposed department which will now be tasked to “assume and perform all their powers and functions.” —Richa Noriega/LBG/KG, GMA News