East Visayas holds first-ever conference of professionals

By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
August 10, 2012

TACLOBAN CITY  –  The first ever Eastern Visayas Professional Conference is set to be conducted on August 25 at the Tacloban City Convention Center, Philippine Regulatory Commission Regional Director Gerry Palabyab informed.

Director Palabyab said the Conference will gather together all professionals in the Region in order to identify, establish, and calibrate the role of professionals who are the most valuable economic resource input to nation-building and global competitiveness.

Spearheaded by the Federation of Active Professional Organizations in Region Eight (FAPORE) in cooperation with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC-8), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED-8) and the City of Tacloban, the Eastern Visayas Professionals Conference has adopted the theme “Convergence of Professionals for Nation Building and Global Competitiveness” in support of the First Professionals Summit to be held in Manila in October.

All professionals under the aegis of the PRC from all over Eastern Visayas have been invited to attend the conference, Director Palabyab said. Among the invited participants are the Region Eight Administrators League (REAL) composed of directors, administrators, presidents, deans and local political leaders of their respective government agencies, SUCs, private Colleges and LGU officials.

Regional Director Pedro Noval of DILG-8 has graciously endorsed this conference as official business for LGU officials and professionals who will attend the conference, Director Palabyab added.

Leading the distinguished roster of speakers is Labor Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz as Keynote Speaker. She is expected to share the Labor and Employment Plan (LEP) of DOLE.

For her part, Secretary Corazon J. Soliman will rally all the Social Workers and Midwives in the region behind the Poverty Alleviation Program.

Meanwhile, Chairperson Teresita R. Manzala of PRC is expected to talk about the competitiveness of our professionals in Asia-Pacific and the rest of the world and the major milestones that are happening at the PRC.

Leyte Governor Carlos L. Petilla, Chairman of the Regional Development Council (RDC) will talk about the Regional Medium Term Economic Development Plan.

ASEC Elena R. Ruiz, Programs and Projects chief will talk about DepEd’s K to 12 Curriculum as the academic foundation of the country’s future professionals.

Chairperson Patricia Licuanan of CHED was invited to talk about preparation of our professionals at the Tertiary level. FAPORE has made arrangement for chairperson Licuanan and Secretary Armin Luistro to address the Conference via video-conferencing. This is one of the unique features of this conference. The video conferencing is being sponsored by Nimbus Technologies and SMART Communications.

Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez together with Congressman Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, First District of Leyte will welcome all the guests and participants as host LGU official and Representative respectively.