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98 OFWs finish POLO skills training
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Posted on Apr 28 2006
Another batch of overseas Filipino workers finished the first quarter batch of Philippine Overseas Labor Office Skills Upgrading Training Courses.
The 98 OFWs that underwent eight consecutive Sundays of comprehensive training in four courses—Basic Sewing, Nihonggo Class, Building and Fixing Computers, and English Developmental Class—received their certificates of completion last Saturday at the Fiesta Hall, Hafa Adai Hotel in Garapan.
The trainees finished the courses that ran from Jan. 22 to March 12.
Ma. Teresa A. De Jesus, Leopoldo O. Rodriguez Jr., Marcelo V. Masilungan and Fe Y. Calixterio presented the graduates to distinguished guests, including Consul Belinda M. Ante, Labor Representative Joan Lourdes D. Lavilla and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration welfare officer Mary D. Dait.
Class presidents Vicente C. Requiron Jr. and Onofre B. Macam led the response of graduates during the presentation ceremony.
Rev. Fr. Manny Corcuera led the invocation while Evans T. Contado sang the Philippine National Anthem. Teofilo L. Lumactod, one of the class presidents,opened the ceremony.
Ante was the keynote speaker during the commencement exercises.
Following the dinner were a series of presentations performed by the graduates themselves. Each class rendered a song and dance number. Bayani Association showcased its group members’ folk dancing skills during the event.
Ending the event was a speech from another class president David A. Damaso.
Lovely Lopez, Lailanie Dela Cruz, Randy Ramos and Phil Lumactod hosted the event.
