Twenty-nine residents of Brgy. Magsaysay, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, received land titles through the "Handog Titulo Program" of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Office, recently, a DENR-CENRO press release said.

The Land Management Sector of CENRO-Cadiz last year identified 127 hectares of public alienable land for distribution to the residents, followed by a "pulong-pulong" or People's Day, and a survey.

Present at the turnover of titles ceremony were Rep. Alfredo Marañon III, Cadiz Vice Mayor Samson Mirhan, Councilor Patrick Escalante, city PNP chief Jefferson Descallar, Ernesto Laspinas of the PENRO, representatives from the Register of Deeds, Office of the Assessors, local officials, and residents of the neighboring barangays, the press release added.*

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Jobs fair set tomorrow

The News and Current Affairs Department of ABSCBN-Bacolod is holding a jobs fair called "Trabaho Patrol" 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow, at the Panaad Park and Stadium, in Bacolod City, a press release from the station said.

There will be 37 hiring agencies and skills training providers accepting applications, among them the OWWA, POEA, DOLE, NSO, NBI, SSS , Philhealth, DFA as well as the Provincial Public Affairs Office for mobile passporting, DTI, DOST, TESDA, Carlos Hilado Memorial State College and private entrepreneurs.

Livelihood opportunities are in silkscreen printing, styropore cutting, macrame, soap-making, food processing, bar-tending and reflexology, and others, the press release said.

Pre-registration is ongoing until noon today, at ABSCBN Broadcast Complex, 26th Lacson Streets, or those interested may call Tel. Nos. 434-2357 to 58 for details, the press release added.*

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