Youth employment

Some 900 disadvantaged youth, which include poor students, out-of-school youth and dependents of displaced or would-be displaced workers, are expected to benefit as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) strengthening implementation of the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) on July 4, 2024, at the DOLE Central Office in Intramuros, Manila. Signing the agreement are DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma (seated, second from right) and JFC Philippines chief human resources officer Ruth Angeles (seated second from left), with DOLE Undersecretary Carmela Torres (right) and JFC Philippines human resources director Gerard Joseph Juliano (left) as witnesses.