MANILA, Philippines – About 1,400 Filipino workers in Cebu City are now assured of job security after their employers became recipients of the Special Visa for Employment Generation from the Bureau of Immigration.In awarding the SVEG to the 25 foreign businessmen, Immigration Commissioner Nonoy Libanan said the Filipino workers need not worry about losing their jobs as their employers are now holders of indefinite visas.
Libanan said the purpose of the new visa is to encourage foreign businessmen to invest and do business in the Philippines. “More importantly, this visa aims to generate more employment opportunities for our countrymen, especially during trying times when we are feeling the effects of the global financial crisis,” Libanan said.
Libanan, together with Cebu City Acting Mayor Michael Rama, led the launching of the SVEG program in Cebu held last week at the Marco Polo Hotel. Various government officials, including consuls from the foreign consulates and representatives of foreign chambers in Cebu attended the project launching.
Dennis Mengote, immigration visa area director for Regions 7 and 8, said that 19 of the 25 foreigners who were issued SVEGs in Cebu are Korean nationals while the rest include a German, an American, an Austrian, a Japanese, a Pakistani, and a Taiwanese. Mengote said the foreigners represent 13 companies operating in Cebu which employ a combined total of 1,370 regular or full-time Filipino workers.
Under the rules, the SVEG shall be issued to a foreigner with an interest in a company that employs at least 10 full-time and regular Filipino workers either for managerial, executive, professional, technical, skilled or unskilled positions. – Rudy Santos, Philippine Star
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
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First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
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Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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