The Department of Labor and Employment will host the 2006 Independence Day Jobs and Livelihood Fair at the Luneta Park (near Lagoon Area) in Manila on June 12, 2006 from 8 am to 4 pm.

According to acting Labor Secretary Danilo P. Cruz, there are other mega jobs fair at Quezon City Hall area, the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Vito Cruz, Manila, and other areas across the country happening simultaneously during the celebration of the country's 108th Independence Day.

The said event that will offer some 10,000 local and overseas jobs is still part of the Arroyo administration's legacy agenda of creating millions of jobs for Filipinos. As well as pursuant to the DOLE Administrative Order No. 127 Series of 2006, directing the conduct of the fair to bring together employers and applicants in a convenient venue to facilitate jobs and skills matching which was issued by Labor and Employment Secretary Patricia A. Sto. Tomas.  

He also said that the job fair is a major part of the inter-agency services at the park on Independence Day featuring the Departments of Interior and Local Government, Energy, Health, Tourism, Science and Technology, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the Metro Manila Development Authority.

“The fair shall be supervised by the DOLE's National Capital Region Office in partnership with the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce, Inc. (FFCCCII), the Regional Coordinating Council-National Capital Region (RCC-NCR), Public Employment Service Office Association of Metro Manila (PAMM), private establishments and non-government organizations (NGOs), and various agencies,” he said.

As part of the job fair, there will be a showcase of products of the beneficiaries of the DOLE's Poverty Free Zones (PFZ) and PRESEED (Promotion of Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship Development) programs with the participation of Jollibee, Goldilocks, the San Miguel Corporation, CDO Foodsphere, Portal, Supervalue, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.

The DOLE's Labor Relations Cluster will provide onsite legal and welfare assistance to workers, pre-employment counseling, along with the pre-employment services of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the National Statistics Office (NSO), the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the Social Security System (SSS), Pag-Ibig Fund, and Phil-Health, and a special booth to facilitate on-line job and skills matching services through Phil-Jobnet system will be set up.

Here are the other schedules of local and overseas jobs fairs nationwide given by acting Secretary Cruz:

June 7-8

Provincial Convention Center, Dipolog City, Zamboanga Del Norte

June 10-11

Sagay City Gymnasium, Negros Occidental

June 12

DOLE- Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Building, Cabinet Hill, Baguio City

Municipality of Rosales, Pangasinan

SM Entertainment Plaza at Clarkfield, Pampanga

SM Sta. Rosa, Laguna

Emilio Aguinaldo Shrine at Kawit, Cavite

Molave Coliseum, Molave, Zamboanga Del Sur

FITMART Mall, Koronadal City

June 15-16

Pagadian City Sports Complex, Pagadian City.