00:00Hundreds of displaced POGO workers were hired on the spot
00:03in various job fairs of the Department of Migrant Workers
00:06in various places in Metro Manila.
00:08BN Manalo has the report.
00:13Ana Victoria is one of the applicants who went down
00:17in the various job fairs of the Department of Labor and Employment
00:20for the displaced POGO workers in the country.
00:23This is after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:26hired all the POGO workers in the Philippines
00:29until the end of the year.
00:31This is a big thing for those like her who are looking for a job.
00:35Thank you very much to DOLE for the products,
00:39DOLE's project because we had an opportunity to get a job.
00:47In total, DOLE held four special job fairs
00:52in various places in Metro Manila.
00:54More than 200 Internet Gaming Licensee or IGL workers were hired on the spot.
01:00More than 4,000 applicants were helped to avail
01:03the SSS Unemployment Insurance Benefit.
01:07More than 700 IGL employees were included in the employment facilitation.
01:11More than 100 IGL workers were given livelihood assistance
01:16and two IGL workers were placed under skills or technical training.
01:21Although we are focused on the workers
01:24of the legitimate operators of the IGL Internet Gaming Licensees,
01:30we will not turn away the workers who came from the illegal.
01:38Meanwhile, the average employment rate in the country increased by more than 1%.
01:43That's equivalent to more than 48 million Filipinos
01:46who were given a job that is higher than more than 47 million Filipinos last year.
01:53The average unemployment rate in the country decreased by more than 1%.
01:57The average underemployment rate is also increasing.
02:02We will ensure that we will help those who will come to DOLE
02:07and those who will not come, we will reach out
02:10either through DOLE Services or Peso.
02:14The DOLE Action Plan and Transition Project is led by Project DAPATA
02:19for the betterment of the transition of POGO workers.
02:22BN Manalo for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.
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