Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz yesterday lauded the recent agreement between the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and Autodesk Inc. to explore advance technology as a tool for a new learning environment in Philippine Technical Vocational Education and Training, a press release from DOLE said.

“Exploring the innovative software that are made available to all TESDA-owned institutions, including other public and private TVET institutions across the country shall be of great advantage to our skilled workers as we prepare them to become at par with the fast-paced and highly advanced working environment,” Baldoz said in the press release.

Gov't workers
welcome GSIS' citation

Government workers in Negros Occidental welcomed the “excellent” rating given by the Civil Service Commission to the Bacolod office of the Government Service Insurance System and praised it for the professionalism and excellent service of its management and staff, the GSIS said in a press release.

In March this year, the CSC rated the Bacolod GSIS office 91.57, or “Excellent” in its Anti-Red Tape Act Report Card Survey, the first government office in the country to get the rating.

"It's very different now," Nona Escandelor, president of the Administrative and Personnel Officers of State Colleges and Universities Association when asked how she assesses the Bacolod office of the state pension fund said in the press release.

NGCP surpasses FOT target

The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines surpassed the target limit for frequency of tripping set by the Energy Regulatory Commission for the year 2012, the firm said in a press release.

The FOT is a corporate performance indicator set by the ERC that measures the number of times the high-voltage transmission lines tripped or experienced forced outages for every 100 circuit kilometers.

The ERC established the indicator to ensure minimal disturbance on power delivery service and to continuously improve the transmission system operator's facilities.