THE Blas F. Ople Policy Center will hold its annual job fair
on March 8 to 9 at the Activity Center of Robinson's Galleria Mall in Ortigas
Avenue.
The job fair is in commemoration of International Women's Day
and hopes to draw in job applicants and fresh graduates looking for employment
opportunities here and abroad.
Former labor undersecretary Susan Ople, head of the Ople
Center, said the job fair hopes to bring together prospective employers in
search for qualified applicants. "We believe this is a worthy undertaking that
also helps re-connect my father's legacy to the younger generation," she said,
adding that they are targeting a broad range of job vacancies for applicants of
all ages and skills.
The job fair is also raising funds for the scholars of
Samahang Plaridel, an association of senior journalists and PR practitioners.
The scholarships are for the children of journalists and those who wish to take
up journalism in college.
The Center is involved in the distribution of school shoes to
indigent children around the country and in an outreach program for distressed
overseas Filipino workers and their families.
All companies on hiring mode are invited to contact Jaypee
Espinosa and Estelle Osorio at the Blas F. Ople Policy Center thru telephone
833-5337 and 833-9562, or at blasoplecenter@gmail.com.
Green Cross owners to challenge
DOJ findings of estafa in court
THE family that owns Green Cross Inc. has decided not to
appeal a Department of Justice ruling charging them with estafa, saying it would
be a futile exercise since the DOJ appears to give more weight to the say-so of
the complainant, Co It, than the several contrary documentary evidence
presented.
Atty. Estelito Mendoza, counsel for the Co family led by
Anthony Co, said in a manifestation filed with the department yesterday that the
resolution of the department is "not in accord with the evidence and the
conclusions not in accord with the applicable law."
He said the Co family will challenge the DOJ findings in
court.
Mendoza said he presented to the justice department several
documents Co It himself had signed showing that Co It gradually sold his shares
from 1971 until his last sale in 1986; that Co It knew of the transfers of
shares among his siblings in the 1970s and 1980s at the times those transfers
were being made; and documents signed by Co It, his children and their lawyer in
2001 where they all affirmed that his siblings and their children were the true
owners of GCI, among others.
Mendoza said Co It did not present any contradictory
evidence.
Co It is suing his siblings and relatives, claiming he still
owns shares in the company that has grown tremendously since he sold out in
1986.
Cop gets life for killing of
ex-FVR security
A MAKATI court yesterday sentenced a Pasay cop PO3 Dominador
Gonzalez to life imprisonment and ordered his immediate transfer to Muntinlupa
for the 1996 murder of a security officer of former President Fidel Ramos.
Judge Zenaida Laguilles also ordered Gonzalez to pay the
heirs of victim Eleuterio Rodriguez P75,000 as civil indemnity, P2,464,000 for
loss of earning capacity, P100,000 as moral damages and P100,000 for exemplary
damages.
In handing out the guilty verdict, the court gave weight to
the detailed testimony of the prosecution's witnesses, including the victim's
wife, Alona that positively identified Gonzales as the one who shot Rodriguez on
May 3, 1996 at Tropical Village in Gen. Trias, Cavite.
The accused and the victim were former residents of Pasay
City who availed themselves of Ramos' Pabahay 2000, a low-cost housing project
for some 3,000 families in Cavite. The killing apparently stemmed from their
bitter rivalry over the presidency of the homeowners' association.
Gonzalez was proven to have threatened and bullied the victim and of going
into hiding after the killing. He also tried to settle the case with the
victim's widow while he remained at large. - Ashzel Hachero
