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'HINDI NATIN DAPAT MAPIGILAN'

Malacañang said young Filipinos should not be discouraged from pursuing job opportunities abroad, even as the government works to strengthen the country's labor force through upskilling and reskilling programs.

Palace Undersecretary Claire Castro explained that the government wants to help young Filipinos gain skills that fit available jobs, both locally and abroad. She also said that Filipinos working overseas continue to support the country's economy by sending money home and helping their families. (Video courtesy of RTVM)

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/11/04/palace-we-shouldnt-stop-youth-from-working-abroad

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00:00The people who don't need to work in other countries are not going to be able to do it.
00:07So, there is a program for the government to do it with a re-skilling and a global competitiveness.
00:16There is a way to do it with our families in the Philippines or in other countries.
00:22Ang sinabi na maaaring maging 10% loss ay itinutumbok nila ang job mismatching at kaya nga po ang utos
00:38ng Pangulo,
00:39especially sa ating CHED, TESDA, at Department of Education, hasain ang ating mga kabataan para mas maging competitive sila sa
00:54kanilang pagtatrabaho.
00:55Kung sila man po ay mag-aabroad, hindi na sila maaasahan kung ano man ang kikitain nila abroad,
01:03ito naman po ay makakatulong sa kanilang pamilya, sa kanilang pangangailangan, pati na po sa ekonomiya ng ating bansa.
01:10Kaya, nandiyan dyan po ang pamumuhunan ng pamahalaan sa skills development, upskilling, at riskilling sa pamamagitan ng programa ng TESDA
01:22at iba pang ahensya.
01:23So, kailangan maging globally competitive ang ating mga kabataan para mas maging kapaki-pakinabang sa ating bayan,
01:33at kung sila maing tatrabaho sa ibang bansa, ito rin po ay kanilang mapapakinabangan para sa pansarili at pati sa
01:40ating bansa.
01:40Ang follow-up lang, kasi ang ating mga kabataan ay binibida, dahil medyo bata pa daw yung population natin ng
01:51mga workforce,
01:52ito po yung binibida ng ating mga investment promotion agencies na pambentahin ng Pilipinas.
02:02So, kung mababawasan po ito, nire-reskill natin para lumabas ng bansa, parang hindi po nagtutugma.
02:08Hindi naman lahat lalabas ng bansa. May mga pagkakataon na ibang mga kabataan natin.
02:13Ang kanilang kagalingan ay mas naaangko sa ibang bansa.
02:18Pero habang ito ay pinupunan ng gobyerno para mas mga namin pang mag-invest sa atin dito sa Pilipinas
02:24at magkaroon ng mga trabaho na talagang magmamatch sa kanilang kagalingan,
02:30hindi natin pipigilan ng ating mga kabataan at lalo pa nating paggagalingin ang ating mga kababayan
02:35para kung nais na makapagtrabaho sa ibang bansa, ito ay kanilang mapapakinabangan.

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