Mindanaotoday.com | DOLE MisOcc deploys 268 interns under GIP
By: Shaine Mae Nagtalon
OROQUIETA CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Misamis Occidental, in coordination with the provincial government, deployed 268 interns to the world of public service through its Government Internship Program (GIP).
An orientation was held at the Asenso Misamis Occidental Sports and Cultural Center to formally deploy them in their assigned agencies.
A lecture-discussion on the program’s legal bases and work ethics in the government, among others, was provided to equip them as they started their work.
These new college graduates will be sent to different government agencies to learn more about public service.
“To the currently selected beneficiaries of our GIP here in Misamis Occidental. The challenge that I will leave to them is that they will love their work wherever they are assigned to their respective LGUs; they will show their best to their heads of offices; we don’t know if they can be retained as job orders so they can go to the office where they work,” said Ebba Borbon-Acosta, DOLE Misamis Occidental provincial head.
Gov. Henry Oaminal, for his part, gave an inspiring speech to the interns in which he stressed the importance of work.
“What we need now is regular employment for our daily living. In the case of our provincial government and municipal/city government under our Team Asenso, what we need is that Misamisnon has to have a job, have an income, have a job, and have a business in order to achieve the goal of Asenso Misamis Occidental,” Oaminal said.
Meanwhile, Grace Paul Muta, a beneficiary of GIP from Jimenez town, extended her gratitude on the said program.
“This program is very useful for those who have just graduated, so this is a great opportunity for us fresh graduates to enter this GIP. Gov, thank you for the opportunity you gave us, and then to GIP, DOLE, and PESO, as well as our municipality. It’s really a big help for us because this is a milestone for us to step forward in our future work,” she shared.
The interns will work for three months in their designated offices, and DOLE will keep an eye on them through their submission of monthly accomplishment reports.
Each intern will get a stipend equal to the minimum daily wage for the City of Cagayan de Oro and Ozamiz City, which is P405 for as long as they work there.
The DOLE GIP aims to provide opportunities and engage young workers to serve the general public in government agencies and entities’ projects and programs at the national and local levels. (SMRN | PIA-10 | Misamis Occidental)
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