DOLE cites best PESO offices in Central Visayas

CEBU: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday said the Public Employment Service Office of Bohol province was awarded the best 'PESO' for the first-class province category in Central Visayas. Lilia Estillore, regional director of DOLE-7, said that the employment information and assistance office of Bohol bagged the 2024 Search for Best PESO Regional Winners held in Cebu City recently. The Department of Manpower Development and Placement (DMDP)-PESO of Cebu City and Dumaguete City's PESO won in the highly urbanized city and the component city categories, respectively. The PESO in Talibon, Bohol also won the first-class municipality category while Mabini, Bohol bagged the top post for the 4th to 6th-class municipality category. Estillore said the regional winners would vie for the National 2024 Search for Best PESO Award in October this year during the 2024 National PESO Congress. The winners were judged based on their performance/achievement, including referral and placement of job applic ants, labor market information, career guidance and employment coaching, DOLE programs being implemented, recipient of labor-related awards from prestigious institutions and leadership and membership with active involvement in any organization which contributes to employment. The labor regional director lauded all the PESOs in the region for their commitment as an intermediary arm of the agency in delivering its programs and services. 'We are grateful to the different local government units through their PESOs for the continued efforts in serving as extension hands of DOLE in the service of providing employment facilitation,' she said. The initiative, she said, is an avenue to acknowledge the exemplary performance of the PESOs as labor market information hubs and providers of employment services. Source: Philippines News Agency