Mindanao

The Muslim Mindanao healthcare workers planned to immunize 95% of children against polio and measles in a region-wide campaign.

Over 60 jobseekers were hired at the Zamboanga job fair during the Labor Day celebration and were mostly placed in the healthcare sector.

In celebration of Labor Day, farmers’ cooperatives sell farm products at Kadiwa ng Pangulo while the labor department offers over 3,000 job vacancies to residents.

The Department of Labor and Employment recorded more than 200 Filipino applicants were hired on the spot during their launched job fair in celebration of Labor Day.

The members of Sultan Kudarat State University gave an honorary recognition to First Lady Liza Marcos for being an outstanding public servant.

The Department of Labor and Employment offered livelihood and emergency employment assistance in Zamboanga to celebrate Labor Day.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development distributed cash assistance to low-income residents in Samal Island to help with their daily living.

The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation has given local rice and corn farmers indemnification payments to assist them after recent calamities.

The Department of Labor and Employment will launch Kadiwa stalls and job fairs this May to celebrate the 121st Labor Day.

Pope Francis has appointed 66-year-old Ipil Bishop Julius Tonel as the new archbishop of Zamboanga.