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DOLE Central Luzon This is the official page of the Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office No. III.

History

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) started as a small bureau in 1908. It became a department on December 8, 1933 with the passage of Act 4121. The Department of Labor and Employment stands as the national government agency mandated to formulate policies, implement programs and services, and serve as the policy-coordinating arm of the Executive Branch in the field of labor and employment. The organization and functions of the Department of Labor and Employment are in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order No. 126, as amended, the Labor Code of the Philippines , and other relevant and pertinent legislations. The Department has exclusive authority in the administration and enforcement of labor and employment laws and such other laws as specifically assigned to it or to the Secretary of Labor and Employment. Per Department Order No. 4, series of 1976, the composition of each DOLE Regional Offices was instituted/established, with Regional Office No. 3 comprising the provinces of Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Zambales, Bataan, and Bulacan and the cities of Angeles, Balanga, Cabanatuan, Olongapo, Palayan, and San Jose in Nueva Ecija.

๐‘๐„๐€๐ƒ: ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‹๐„ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉThe Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office No. III (DOLE 3) welcom...
03/09/2026

๐‘๐„๐€๐ƒ: ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‹๐„ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ

The Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office No. III (DOLE 3) welcomed its new Regional Director, Atty. Sarah Buena S. Mirasol, during the ceremonial turnover held earlier today, September 3.

Outgoing Regional Director Geraldine M. Panlilio formally handed over the key of responsibilities to RD Atty. Mirasol, symbolizing the official transfer of leadership and duties as the Department continues to strengthen labor and employment services and advance workersโ€™ welfare, consistent with the priorities of Labor Secretary Francis N. Tolentino.

Also present during the activity were Assistant Regional Director Alejandro Inza Cruz, heads of divisions and field offices in Region 3, and officers from DOLE-NCR, along with other DOLE 3 personnel.

๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ.



IN PHOTOS: ๐‚๐„๐‘๐„๐Œ๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐“๐”๐‘๐๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‹๐„ ๐‘๐„๐†๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐‹๐„๐€๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office ...
03/09/2026

IN PHOTOS: ๐‚๐„๐‘๐„๐Œ๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐“๐”๐‘๐๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘ ๐Ž๐… ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‹๐„ ๐‘๐„๐†๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐‹๐„๐€๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office No. III formally welcomes Atty. Sarah Buena S. Mirasol as its new Regional Director (RD) during a turnover ceremony held at DOLE Regional Office Conference Room in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga.

Regional Director Geraldine M. Panlilio formally turned over the symbolic key of responsibility to RD Mirasol, marking the transition of leadership in the regional office.

RD Mirasol brings extensive regional leadership experience having served for 9 years in the Department. Before her most recent assignment as the regional director of DOLE National Capital Region since 2019, she served as Assistant Regional Director of the same office and Regional Director of DOLE Region II.

Meanwhile, RD Panlilio served 36 years of experience in the Department, beginning as a clerical and technical staff in DOLE Region 3. She then rose up the ranks and held various key positions including Chief Labor and Employment Officer, Assistant Regional Director, and OIC-Regional Director, before serving as a full-fledged Regional Director of Central Luzon in 2021. Currently, she takes her new assignment as the Regional Director of DOLE Region V - Bicol.

The whole DOLE Central Luzon team looks forward to RD Mirasol's leadership as the region strengthens Secretary Francis Tolentino's labor agenda and impactful service across Central Luzon.



๐ƒ๐Ž๐‹๐„ ๐‚๐„๐๐“๐‘๐€๐‹ ๐‹๐”๐™๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐๐๐”๐€๐‹ ๐‘๐„๐๐Ž๐‘๐“This report presents the regional office's key accomplishments, programs, and miles...
03/09/2026

๐ƒ๐Ž๐‹๐„ ๐‚๐„๐๐“๐‘๐€๐‹ ๐‹๐”๐™๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐๐๐”๐€๐‹ ๐‘๐„๐๐Ž๐‘๐“

This report presents the regional office's key accomplishments, programs, and milestones in advancing decent and productive employment, protecting workers' rights, and extending social protection to vulnerable sectors.

๐Ÿ“– Access the digital copy of the report

Click the link:
bit.ly/DOLECL2025AnnualReport

Or scan the QR code below.



๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š: Labor Market Information Weekly update (21 August - 27 August 2026
01/09/2026

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š: Labor Market Information Weekly update (21 August - 27 August 2026

๐‘๐„๐€๐ƒ: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office No. III convened 177 Public Employment Service Offic...
28/08/2026

๐‘๐„๐€๐ƒ: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office No. III convened 177 Public Employment Service Office (PESO) managers and staff from Central Luzon for the 2026 PESO Mid-Year Performance Assessment and Target Reformulation and Planning Workshop cm Capacity Development Training held on August 25-27, 2026, at Royce Hotel, Clark Freeport Zone.

Through the activity, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.โ€™s thrust to strengthen employment facilitation, livelihood assistance, and social protection programs for Filipino workers was advanced and enabled the Department and its partner PESOs to review accomplishments, identify gaps, refine targets, and improve employment and livelihood services across the region.

DOLE 3 Statistician II Patricia Edejer presented the results of the Departmentโ€™s two-year monitoring and survey of its livelihood program, covering 5,036 individual and 449 group projects nationwide. Of these, 356 individual and 16 group projects were surveyed in Central Luzon.

For stronger implementation, DOLE Region 3 Assistant Regional Director Alejandro Inza Cruz called for continued monitoring and support to ensure sustainability of livelihood initiatives. He stressed the need to prioritize beneficiaries and projects capable of remaining sustainable beyond the initial assistance.

He also called for stronger follow-through for GIP and SPES beneficiaries through job fairs, referrals, and skills training, consistent with DOLE Secretary Francis N. Tolentinoโ€™s commitment to expanding access to decent and sustainable employment.

๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ.



๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š: Day 2 of the 2026 PESO Mid-Year Performance Assessment and Target Reformulation and Planning Workshop cm Capacity...
26/08/2026

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š: Day 2 of the 2026 PESO Mid-Year Performance Assessment and Target Reformulation and Planning Workshop cm Capacity Development Training

The activity brought together Public Employment Service Office (PESO) managers and staff across Central Luzon for knowledge-sharing, collaboration, and capacity building. Featuring program updates from the DOLE Bureau of Local Employment (BLE), TESDA, and the Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DepDev), today's session aimed to strengthen inter-agency coordination in delivering responsive employment services. Participants learned from the best practices of PESOs from Baliwag City, Bulacan; Talavera, Nueva Ecija; and the Province of Bataan.

Building on these discussions, PESO Baliwag City presented Project SHINE (Successful Habits for Interns and Next Gen Employees), a capacity development initiative that prepares jobseekers, interns, and youth beneficiaries through workplace orientations and employment-related seminars.

Meanwhile, PESO Talavera highlighted its "Angat Talavera" approach, achieving a 95โ€“100 percent placement rate and emphasizing the importance of being prepared before taking on opportunities. The municipality also underscored the puso at malasakit of its PESO managers in serving the community.

For its part, PESO Bataan showcased the Bataeรฑo Pass, a unified digital identification system that streamlines access to government services, reduces repetitive requirements, and helps ensure more accurate identification of beneficiaries. The province also presented WISE (Workforce Intelligence, Statistics and Employment), which generates labor market information reports to support data-driven employment planning.



: ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐„๐’๐Ž ๐Œ๐ข๐-๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ...
25/08/2026

: ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐„๐’๐Ž ๐Œ๐ข๐-๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 

177 Public Employment Service Office (PESO) managers and staff from across Central Luzon gathered to review first-semester accomplishments under employment and welfare and further strengthen their collaborative implementation of DOLEโ€™s employment and livelihood programs.

DOLE Region 3 Assistant Regional Director Alejandro V. Inza Cruz and PESO Managersโ€™ Federation of Central Luzon President Maria Luisa R. Pangilinan welcomed the participants and underscored stronger collaboration in delivering responsive employment services.

In his message, ARD Inza Cruz echoed DOLE Secretary Francis N. Tolentinoโ€™s call to strengthen TUPAD through meaningful community work, particularly in supporting communities affected by calamities. He also urged closer monitoring and stronger linkages to skills training and livelihood opportunities to help beneficiaries pursue sustainable employment or self-employment.

For her part, DOLE 3 Statistician II Patricia Edejer presented the two-year DILP monitoring results, covering 356 individual and 16 group projects in Central Luzon. The assessment identified challenges such as market competition, limited resources, lack of training, and credit concerns, highlighting the need for additional capital and enterprise enhancement support to sustain viable projects.



๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š: Labor Market Information Weekly update (14 August - 20 August 2026)
24/08/2026

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š: Labor Market Information Weekly update (14 August - 20 August 2026)

To the woman at the helm of the Department of Labor and Employment Central Luzon, may this birthday be the start of anot...
20/08/2026

To the woman at the helm of the Department of Labor and Employment Central Luzon, may this birthday be the start of another remarkable year filled with blissful happiness, good health, and countless opportunities.

Happiest birthday to our dearest regional director, RD Deng! ๐Ÿฅณโœจ

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San Fernando
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