The Public Employment and Services Office of Bacolod City is a nominee for the Best PESO in the Philippines.

It won in the regional highly urbanized category, awarded by the 7th National PESO Congress, at Punta Villa Resort, Arevalo, Iloilo last year.

Executive Assistant Moises de la Cruz yesterday said the PESO has sent 1,771 workers abroad and facilitated local employment for 7,198 in 2007.

From January to February 2008 alone they have already sent 1,016 Overseas Filipino Workers and they expect to triple their record last year, he said.  

Mayor Evelio Leonardia said this is an achievement by itself and if the PESO gets to be recognized further, it will already be a bonus.

“In a sense this is already good enough although we have made it our philosophy to try to do better than our best,” Leonardia said.

This is inspiring because it came at a time when they were informed that in the Peace and Order Council evaluation, Bacolod is also among the finalists, he also said.

In the POC contest, Bacolod has consistently been among the top five, Leonardia said. Last year Makati won and Bacolod missed by only one slot, he said. “We always try to do much more than the minimum expected of us,” he added.

Meanwhile, Leonardia said they are trying to make adjustments in the budget to be able to accommodate additional traffic enforcers.

He said he will meet with Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr., chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Traffic, on the matter.*CGS

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