Wednesday, October 22, 2025

DOLE-7, Cebu City strengthen support for youth career growth, livelihood for community workers

CEBU CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Region VII, in a meeting on October 21, strengthened its partnership with the Cebu City government to support initiatives for youth career development and livelihood for community workers.

DOLE-7 regional director, Atty. Roy Buenafe with the Department of Education--Schools Division of Cebu City (DepEd-SDCC) and the Cebu City Public Employment Service Office (PESO), launched the Career Development Support Program (CDSP) for Grades 10 and 12 students.

Buenafe bared that DOLE-7, DepEd-SDCC with Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Nimfa Bongo and Cebu City-PESO with Mayor Nestor Archival signed the memorandum of agreement on October 10, making Cebu City the first local government unit (LGU) in the country to implement the program locally.

“I commend Cebu City’s proactive move to empower the PESO to ensure that career guidance and employment readiness reach every learner where it matters most, at the community level.  This initiative reflects our commitment to building a future-ready workforce starting with today’s youth,” Buenafe said. (Photos: DOLE7)

Under the CDSP, the Cebu City PESO will lead activities on career coaching, labor market orientation, and employability skills training to help young learners make informed choices and prepare for future work opportunities, Buenafe added.

In similar developments, DOLE-7 and the Cebu City Government also joined forces for the “PasiLimpyo NA!” project under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) program.

Buenafe and Archival had a comprehensive discussion on how to institutionalize the clean-up project to maintain cleanliness in Cebu’s coastal areas.  This means that aside from 50 TUPAD workers initially hired for the said project, an additional 20 TUPAD beneficiaries are deployed in three phases to conduct a coastal cleanup and solid waste removal at the mouth of the Guadalupe River in Sitio Mahayahay, Pasil, Cebu City. (Photos: DOLE7)

 

 

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