3,000 Women, Youth in Central Visayas to Benefit from TESDA’s 2 New Training Programs

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February 6, 2013


CEBU CITY, Feb. 6 — Some 3,000 women in Central Visayas will benefit from two training programs which the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) launched in Mandaue City on Wednesday.

TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva said the two training programs are the Sari-Sari Store Training and Access to Resources (S3TAR) and Cash for Training Project (C4TP).

Its partners are Coca-Cola Export Corp. for the first program and the Department of Social Welfare and Development for the second program.

S3TAR, which started in Palawan last year, is a campaign for women 18 years old and above who run small stores in Palawan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, National Capital Region, Cebu, Davao, Bacolod, Misamis Oriental and Cagayan.

The program will provide basic entrepreneurial mentoring such as financial literacy training to 1,000 women sari-sari store owners in Bogo City, Balamban and beneficiaries of the Cebu Federation of Women’s Clubs Inc. (CFWCI)

TESDA reported that 99 women have so far passed from the 300 target beneficiaries in Bogo City, while Balamban has 126 registrants out of 200.

CFWCI has logged 218 beneficiaries and is aiming for 500.

Training in Bogo City is ongoing, while other participants will start in February.

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BOGO CITY SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD WINS LOCAL LEGISLATIVE AWARD

Written by MTLabarado   

Saturday, 12 January 2013 

Most outstanding legislative council in the province for the component city category.

For its “ultimate contribution to the attainment of desirable socio–economic and environmental outcome” the Philippine Councilors League–Cebu Provincial Federation together with the Department of Interior and Local Government presented to the Bogo City Council the Local Legislative Award as winner in the Provincial Level for the component city category.

The award recognizes the exemplary performance of sanggunians, particularly of cities and municipalities, for legislating measures that help build the foundation of meaningful local administration and development. The award criteria includes eff ectiveness of the Legislative Agenda and the legislative tracking system, availability of legislative documents, efficiency of performance of the sanggunian, and quality of office set-up and staff complement.

Most outstanding legislative council in the province for the component city category For its “ultimate contribution to the attainment of desirable socio–economic and environmental outcome” the Philippine Councilors League–Cebu Provincial Federation together with the Department of Interior and Local Government presented to the Bogo City Council the Local Legislative Award as winner in the Provincial Level for the component city category. 

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