TADIAN, Mountain Province – Some five residents from the different parts of the province were able to be selected as farm workers for several companies in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan as part of the ongoing Join Us for Progress: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs program of the Manila-based Philippine Human Resource Global Information center (PHGIC) and the Dominguez family.
The said farm workers already joined their respective employers in Japan early last week after they were selected to work in the companies that provided them the opportunity to work in the agriculture sector in the developed nation.
Michelle Kina-ud, coordinator of the Nihonggo language training center that was established in the municipality, named the newly deployed farm workers as Aimee grail Longao of Apat-awing, Alab, Bontoc; Decirie A. Atiwag of Lusad, Sabangan; Venus Lagamon of Bantey, Tadian; Francisca M. Mondiging of Tongalayan, Natonin and Jennifer Suanding of Suyo, Sagada.
Lungao and Atiwag were employed by the Kumamoto-based Maruyama Co. Ltd. Lagamon and Mondiging were hired by the Kumamoto-based Kira Foods Co. Ltd. While Suanding was employed by the Kumamoto-based Shimokawa corporation.
The recent deployment of the latest batch of farm workers brought to more than 30 the residents of the province who were able to land in gainful employment in Japan through the aforesaid program.
At present, there are some residents of the different parts of the province who are undergoing the Nihonggo language training in the established training centers in Tadian and Paracelis through the support of the PHGIC and the Bulacan-based Sage Asian Language Center.
The deployment of the overseas workers in Japan started last October following the expansion of the program to include farm workers from the previous caregivers which paved the way for the significant increase in the enrollment in the established Nihonggo language training centers in the province.
For his part, Clark Dexter Badaran, PHGIC president and chief executive officer, pointed out that the several batches of farm workers who were earlier deployed are now doing well with their respective employers which is a clear indication that the hiring and deployment of selected workers from the different parts of the province is legitimate.
He said that he was also able to visit the family members of several farm workers who were earlier deployed to Japan and that they are also doing good as the workers already started to send their remittances which are beneficial to sustaining the upliftment of their living conditions.
The PGHIC official assured that there will be more workers from the province who will be deployed to their respective employers in the coming months as soon as they are able to complete their requirements and have mastered the Nihonggo language for them to be able to effectively and efficiently communicate with their employers when working in their job sites.
