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New living quarters for NPO women workers hailed
NPO FEMALE QUARTERS. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary Ana Maria Rafael, together with National Printing Office (NPO) Director IV Francisco V. Vales, lead the ribbon-cutting during the inauguration of NPO’s female quarters at the NPO building in Quezon City on Friday (March 29, 2019). Rafael hailed the opening of the new living quarters for female employees of the NPO as the National Women’s Month winds up this week. (PNA photo by Oliver Marquez)
“This is a very important (initiative), especially to those women who are doing their midnight shift.
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“Ang mga kababaihan po namin dito naka-expose, dahil ito po ay isang printing plant. So exposed sa mga kemikal at napakaraming papel (Our female employees here are exposed to chemicals and dirt because this is a printing plant),” he said.
NPO paper cutting machine operator, Julie Pearl Suyat, said they often sleep at the corners of their division, which is sometimes infested by rats.
“We don’t have quarters there, only makeshift beds from chairs.
With this new space, we now have privacy, at least we have a place that is safe and comfortable,” Suyat told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) in Filipino.
Sixty-four-year-old Caridad Lagsac, who has been working at the NPO for more than 20 years, expressed elation over the new quarters. “There was a time when I’m all alone sleeping in our division.
For me, this new quarters would be a big help,” she said.
