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Consulate eyes highlighting tailors and dressmakers at Independence Day event
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Posted on Mar 03 2012
By Clarissa David
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The Philippine Consulate General is looking at highlighting the students of its Tailoring and Dressmaking Batch 2 in this year’s celebration of Philippine Independence Day in June.
Students in other courses such as Building and Fixing Computers and Culinary classes were featured in past celebrations.
Consul General Medardo Macaraig said that this time, the Tailoring and Dressmaking students will have the spotlight and have their creations presented in a fashion show.
Macaraig said this would motivate the students to do well in their classes and, at the same time, acknowledge and recognize their talent and hard work.
Welfare officer Julie Fabian, in a separate interview yesterday, said a total of 15 individuals signed up for the Tailoring and Dressmaking class but a few have been missing a session or two because of part-time jobs or other personal errands. The class is under instructor Domingo Del Rosario.
“That’s why we plan to invite our batch 1 graduates to have more individuals join us during our Philippine Independence celebration so we can showcase more creations from our up-and-coming tailors and dressmakers,” said Fabian.
The classes are offered by the Consulate with the Philippine Overseas Labor Office.
In other news, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration signed up a total of 489 members in February.
Fabian said this is their highest number of new applications and renewal of membership in the last 12 months.
They are also working on following up with several companies that have asked for an OWWA presentation for their Filipino employees.
“We will be doing that after we’re done with our free health screening on Sunday,” she told Saipan Tribune.
Fabian said their hands are full for the health screening as the OWWA office only has two employees. The other one is Antonette Rosario Ocon.
