Forum tackles skills gap and workforce readiness

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/17/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Identifying the skills gap of graduate students and increasing employability were the topics of a one-day forum titled Education to Employment Pathways: Forging Strategic Alliances for Industry 4.0, was held at Waterworld Hotel…

‘Green skills’ training program to combat climate change, unemployment launched in Cebu

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 05/30/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A new initiative that aims to address climate change and unemployment in the Philippines has been launched in Cebu. On Wednesday, May 29, the Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST),…

Lola from Alegria, Cebu shows off diving skills at 75

Immae Lachica 10/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines— This 75-year-old lola from Alegria in Cebu is making waves online because of her diving skills. Meet Urusula Likido, the lola (grandma) who is trending online due to her amazing diving skills. Her video was…

Free work readiness and Tech-Voc training for 125 Cebu City out-of-school youth

PR 07/07/2021

The School of Knowledge for Industrial Labor, Leadership and Service (SKILLS) is offering free work readiness and technical vocational educational training (TVET) to 125 out-of-school youth (OSY). OSY who are 18 to 24 years old and residents…

ACADSOC Ltd. ties up with PHINMAEd in bid to boost students’ skills

Marc Cosep 04/21/2021

As they aim to upscale the skills of Filipino students, Shenzhen Acadsoc Limited Company signed a memorandum of agreement with PHINMA Education Holdings Incorporated on April 16, 2021. This agreement, according to the Project Supervisor, Wren Arceo,…

SM Foundation Scholar tops TECH-VOC course in Cebu

PR 06/09/2020

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the regular activities and events are now held online. The use of online video conferences became a trend such as the use of Zoom, Skype, Google Meet and others. This…

Primary group hopes to raise more scholarships through 2nd BPop Challenge

Rhobie A. Ruaya 10/24/2019

Cebu-based construction company Primary Group of Builders will hold their second BPop The Acapella Challenge on November 9, 2019 at the SM Seaside City Cebu Sky Hall. The BPop competition will be joined by four finalists who…

Cebu’s tech-voc school wins housing innovation award

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 10/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For its advocacy on industry certification that creates multi-skilled workers, a Cebu-based technical-vocational school was recognized with an international housing innovation award in Bangkok, Thailand last month, September 2019. The School of Knowledge…

Around 800K BPO employees may lose jobs by 2024 due to automation

Irene R. Sino Cruz 06/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Unless business process outsourcing (BPO) workers learn new skills or upgrade their skills, around 800,000 could lose their jobs in the next three to five years. Christopher Monterola, professor of Asian Institute of…

Sa-a: Cebu BPO industry in need of workers with high-value skills

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Stakeholders, academe and government need to equip future manpower with digital skills and content creation capability to meet Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry requirement for higher-value skills. Wilfredo Sa-a, managing director of the Cebu…

More construction-related skills course needed in PH

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—With the continued shortage of construction workers in the Philippines, technical schools should offer more courses on construction-related skills. Engineer Peter Paul Dy, chairperson of the Regional Technical Education and Skills Development Council (RTESDC), called…

DTI-7’s Arbon urges workers, youth to continue to develop skills

By Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/12/2019

CEBU CITY—The future of work requires constant learning among workers to remain relevant in the coming years. With this, Nanette Arbon, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Central Visayas assistant regional director, called on the youth…

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