Two overseas Filipino workers were honored in Taiwan for their “dedication and hard work despite the coronavirus outbreak, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Taiwan reported on Friday.
Evelyn Kaguitla, a factory worker, and Amelia Comilang, a careworker, were given the citation by Taipei City Mayor Hou You-Yi during the annual search for outstanding migrant workers by the Taipei City’s Labor Affairs Department.
They joined hundreds of model and outstanding Taiwanese workers and labor unions who were conferred with similar distinction in the Taiwan capital recently.
The Filipino workers, along with other winners, were hailed “for their dedication and hard work despite the COVID-19 outbreak.” They received a trophy and cash prize of NT2,000 from the Taipei City Mayor.
According to POLO, Kaguitla, a factory worker in Taiwan for the past four years, was chosen for her good working attitude and for “extending help to those who are in need.” She served as a trainer in the various training programs of her company and initiated quality reforms in her company’s production line.
Comilang, a careworker, was honored for her patience and caring skills. She takes care of her employer’s grandmother who is suffering from dementia.
“She is kind and hardworking that is why all members of the family, neighbors, and friends like her,” POLO Taipei said.
Mayor Hou congratulated Kaguitla and Comilang, and the other awardees composed of seven Taipei City model workers, 191 outstanding workers, 11 outstanding general affairs personnel of unions, and 63 outstanding unions during the awarding ceremony that highlighted the city’s Labor Day celebration dubbed "Making the Workplace Safer for Laborers.”
The Outstanding Migrant Worker Award is an annual ceremony of the New Taipei City Labor Affairs Department that honors legal foreign workers who have worked for at least one year in the city.
Taipei City, which has the biggest number of workers in Taiwan, considers these workers as “very important to the society regardless of which industries they came from and are the foundation of development by providing all kinds of essential services.”