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OFW News TSSD Chief for Labor Relations and Labor Standards Ma Rima Hernandez, CLOSHNET Prexy Wilmer Facundo, DOLE Central Luzon Regional Director Atty Ana Dione, OSHC Occupational Health Officer Dr. Reynold Sta. Ana, CLSOHNET Vice Prexy Dra, Jeanne TianghaGonzales, CLOSHNET Treasurer Bernadette Mangio, and CLOSHNET PRO Darwin Roque 135 Central Luzon safety practitioners join World Day for Safety and Health commemoration T A hundred and thirty-five (135) safety and health officers from all over Central Luzon joined this year’s commemoration of World Day for Safety and Health at Work, DOLE Region 3 Director Ana Dione reported yesterday to Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz. “Our commemoration of World Day for Safety and Health at Work is our pre-labor day activity in line with the 114th Labor Day Celebration anchored on the theme “Kinabukasa n Sigurado sa Disenteng Trabaho”, said Dione. “This is part of our continuing call for a stronger campaign in making safety and health in the workplace a way of life,” she said. Baldoz, commending the regional office for the preLabor Day activity, urged all the region’s safety officers to strictly implement their safety programs, saying this will ultimately minimize work-related accidents and make workers more productive and competitive. 16 “Safety has always been a prime concern of the DOLE. Aside from correct and timely-paid wages and benefits, safety and healthy workplaces is another very important thing we should consistently look after,” she emphasized. The DOLE regional office partnered with the Central Luzon Occupational Safety and Health Network (CLOSHNET) in organizing the annual event. The safety and health officers who attended the occasion are also officials and members of the CLOSHNET and who represented around 50 large companies, mostly inside the Freeport and Economic Zones. A motorcade around the City of San Fernando encompassing parts of McArthur Hi-way and Jose Abad Santos Avenue kicked of the regional celebration of World Safety and Health Day. CLOSHNET President Wilmer Facundo and the DOLE’s Ma. Rima Hernandez, chief of the Technical Support and Services Division for Labor Relations and Standards spearheaded the motorcade. This was followed by a