Post by taga banwa on Jun 16, 2007 18:20:30 GMT -5
Lot owners to get priority 
on airport employment
ILOILO City – The lot owners or their children will be the priority in terms of employment at the New Iloilo Airport of Development Project (NIADP) in Sta. Barbara-Cabatuan towns in Iloilo province.
Iloilo 3rd District Cong. Arthur Defensor who was with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo when she inaugurated the new airport last Wednesday said it has been agreed upon that the lot owners or their children would be given priority in terms of employment provided they are qualified for the positions.
“I hope the Department of Transportation and Communications and the Air Transportation Office would honor this commitment,” said Defensor, who was reelected for his third and last term last May 14.
Likewise, Cabatuan Mayor Ramon Yee said he expects his constituents to be able to get employment when the NIADP starts its operation.
He contended that even during the construction of this airport, some of his constituents have already been employed as construction workers and office personnel of the contractor, Taisei Shimizu Ventures. So far there, has been no problem.
“They are already in the DOTC priority list so long as they are qualified,” Mayor Yee said.
ATO Iloilo Area Manager Alan Java said that he is just waiting for the approval and allocation to start hiring additional personnel, hopefully, by July for the new airport.
He said that with a bigger airport now, there is really a need to add the current number of ATO personnel which is 146 for smoother operation.
However, he said that other services such as maintenance and security would just be sourced out or contracted to private companies.
The office of Iloilo Gov. Niel Tupas Sr. is now being besieged by applicants seeking his recommendation to work in the airport.
Tupas said that he is only recommendatory since the decision would really come from the DOTC and ATO.
on airport employment
ILOILO City – The lot owners or their children will be the priority in terms of employment at the New Iloilo Airport of Development Project (NIADP) in Sta. Barbara-Cabatuan towns in Iloilo province.
Iloilo 3rd District Cong. Arthur Defensor who was with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo when she inaugurated the new airport last Wednesday said it has been agreed upon that the lot owners or their children would be given priority in terms of employment provided they are qualified for the positions.
“I hope the Department of Transportation and Communications and the Air Transportation Office would honor this commitment,” said Defensor, who was reelected for his third and last term last May 14.
Likewise, Cabatuan Mayor Ramon Yee said he expects his constituents to be able to get employment when the NIADP starts its operation.
He contended that even during the construction of this airport, some of his constituents have already been employed as construction workers and office personnel of the contractor, Taisei Shimizu Ventures. So far there, has been no problem.
“They are already in the DOTC priority list so long as they are qualified,” Mayor Yee said.
ATO Iloilo Area Manager Alan Java said that he is just waiting for the approval and allocation to start hiring additional personnel, hopefully, by July for the new airport.
He said that with a bigger airport now, there is really a need to add the current number of ATO personnel which is 146 for smoother operation.
However, he said that other services such as maintenance and security would just be sourced out or contracted to private companies.
The office of Iloilo Gov. Niel Tupas Sr. is now being besieged by applicants seeking his recommendation to work in the airport.
Tupas said that he is only recommendatory since the decision would really come from the DOTC and ATO.
