Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma leads the 2024 National Search for Best Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Awards in Tagaytay City, one of the highlights of the 2025 National PESO Congress. Out of 80 entries evaluated by the Bureau of Local Employment (BLE), 12 PESOs and Job Placement Offices (JPOs) emerged as this year’s best of the best, for their outstanding performance in employment facilitation, labor market information analysis, and implementation of career development support and other DOLE programs. Awardees include the Lyceum of the Philippines University–Batangas (1st row) for the JPO category; and PESO Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental; PESO Jimenez, Misamis Occidental; and PESO Talavera, Nueva Ecija (2nd row) for the municipality category.
Also among the winners are (third row) PESO Mati City, Davao Oriental; PESO Tarlac City, Tarlac; and PESO Biñan City, Laguna for the Component and Independent Component City category; and PESO Iloilo City for the Highly Urbanized City category (fourth row). Completing the list of winners are (fifth and sixth rows) PESO Kalinga, PESO Antique, PESO Davao del Sur, and PESO Bataan for the provincial category. Each winner received a trophy and a cash prize. The Lyceum of the Philippines University–Batangas JPO, PESO Iloilo City, and PESO Bataan were also elevated to the Hall of Fame for winning the Search for Best PESO for three consecutive years in the same category. (Photos by Ali Creo, DOLE-IPS)
