POEA
HAS A NEW ADMINISTRATOR
The
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has a new administrator. Rosalinda
Dimapilis Baldoz, a former undersecretary of the Department of Labor and
Employment, replaced Reynaldo A. Regalado. Baldoz was the second woman
administrator to head POEA after Patricia Santo Tomas who is now the Secretary
of Labor. Regalado,
who has been the POEA Administrator for more than 2 years
is returning to his previous post as Labor Attache in Tokyo, Japan. Regalado
formally handed the POEA banner to Baldoz During the turnover, Baldoz stressed the importance of POEA in the country's efforts to reduce unemployment and cited the Baldoz
said under her leadership, POEA will aim for excellence. "Through conscious
and deliberate choice, POEA will set its mark on services and systems at par
with international quality management standards," Baldoz added. Baldoz
is a Career Executive Service official with CES Rank II. She was commissioned as
Reserve Officer with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the Philippine Army after
graduating with honors at the National Defense College of the Philippines with a
master degree in National Security Administration in 1994. Baldoz
was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1974 after finishing the Degree of
Bachelor of Laws in 1973. Baldoz
entered government service as a mediator-arbiter in 1975 at the Bureau of Labor Relations and was promoted senior med-arbiter in 1980. She
transferred to the National Labor Relations Commission as labor arbiter in 1982
and was designated special technical assistant to the undersecretary of labor
relations. She
was appointed deputy executive director of the National Conciliation and
Mediation Board in 1987 and
subsequently executive director in 1997 Baldoz
is a widow with a 23-year old son. |