CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Governor Lilia “Nanay” G. Pineda was conferred as the “Most Outstanding Governor” of the Philippines on Public Employment Service during the 12th National PESO Congress held at the Baguio Country Club in Baguio City last October 11.
Luningning Vergara, Pampanga’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO) manager disclosed that Governor Pineda is now included in the roster of “Hall of Fame Awardees” as far as provision of employment services in the country is concerned.
And for the third time in a row, Vergara bagged the 2012 national championship award as the “Best PESO Manager” for first class province category.
Vergara said that this is an affirmation of the commitment of Pampanga PESO to support the Aquino agenda in ‘strengthening local employment, of solving the job-skills mismatch, and of pushing back unemployment.
The PESO Manager attributed the Pampanga’s winning the much-coveted award to key factors – the full support and effective working relationship with municipal based PESO coordinators in the province, the governor, PESO’s partner agencies which include the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Bureau of Labor and Employment (BLE).
Vergara said, they have enable to deliver the needed public employment services because of the cooperation of all the said stakeholders as she also cited the support of the Federation of PESO managers in Central Luzon.
Vergara said, the PESO’s good working relationship with its partners from the regional down to the provincial and municipal levels with PESO coordinators and government agencies is not merely inter-office but more of an interrelation between
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She said, they are committed to persistently adopt innovation to accommodate the changes brought about by progress.
The search for Best PESO aims to recognize the contribution of the PESO on employment facilitation programs
The Search for “National Best PESO” is an annual recognition of the contribution of PESO on employment facilitation programs and of the implementation of relevant initiatives for its constituents.
By Joel P. Mapiles, PIO Pampanga
