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Posted on Tuesday | March 26, 2024

Two hundred forty-one (241) examinees took the Nationwide Career Executive Service Written Examination (CESWE), the first examination stage for CES Eligibility, last 17 March 2024.



Posted on Monday | March 25, 2024

On 25 March 2024 at 9:00 in the morning, the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) “ducked, covered, and held” during their participation in the Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), as spearheaded by the Office of Civil Defense in partnership with various national and local agencies.



Posted on Monday | March 04, 2024

The Inaugural Session of the 2024 Quarterly Human Resource Managers Fellowship Meeting and Learning Session (HRMFMLS) as 110 government HR officers and officials from various agencies trooped to the Luxent Hotel, Quezon on 14 February.



Posted on Tuesday | February 27, 2024

More than 60 percent or 268 examinees passed the 17 December 2023 nationwide Career Executive Service (CES) Written Examination (WE). It is a paper-and-pencil exam and the first examination stage for CES Eligibility. The CESWE was held simultaneously in three testing centers, namely: University of the Philippines (Quezon City), University of Cebu (Cebu City) and DepEd-NEAP (Davao City).



Posted on Friday | February 23, 2024

Career Executive Service Board members welcome Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) President Majah-Leah Ravago as its newest member as she took her oath of office on 20 February 2024.



Posted on Monday | February 19, 2024

The CESB invites you to the 2024 CES Leadership Conclave with the theme: "Transcendence: CE50 Leadership Beyond Limits" on 20 March 2024, Wednesday, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the L’ Fisher Hotel, 14th Lacson Street, Bacolod City.



Posted on Wednesday | January 03, 2024

Four hundred nineteen (419) examinees took the Nationwide Career Executive Service Written Examination (CESWE), the first examination stage for CES Eligibility, last 17 December 2023. The exam was held simultaneously in three testing centers, namely: University of the Philippines (Quezon City), University of Cebu (Cebu City) and DepEd-NEAP (Davao City).



Posted on Friday | November 10, 2023

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) joins the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), the DAR-Association of Career Executives (DAR-ACE), and the RP Healthcraft Carrier Foundation, Inc. in the conduct of Hospital on Wheels (HOW) Mission at the DAR Gymnasium within the DAR Central Office Compound on 27 October 2023 as part of the agency’s participation in the CESB’s Race to 50: 50th CES Anniversary Community Passion (ComPassion) Project.  CESB Executive Director Maria Marcy Cosare-Ballesteros, CESO II led the team of CESB Staff to show its support and appreciation to the organizers for this laudable initiative.



Posted on Thursday | October 26, 2023

Thirty-one eligibles from twelve different agencies met for the first time on 9 October 2023 at the Eastwood Richmonde Hotel in Quezon City during the opening program of the Integrated Gabay ng Paglilingkod (Gabay) Training Course Session 48.



Posted on Thursday | October 26, 2023

Minsan nang sinabi ni Padre Jose Burgos na ang tunay at wagas na kasaganahan ay mararanasan lamang ng isang nilalang kung siya ay hahayo sa lugar kung saan hindi gagalaw ang mga dahon ng walang pahintulot ng Diyos. Sa pamamagitan nito ay kanyang ipinabatid na ang isang nilikha ay mayroong nang naiukit na kapalaran na pinagyayaman ng kanya ring tadhana.



Posted on Tuesday | October 03, 2023

Ninety (90) human resource managers from different national agencies filled Dimalupig Hall A of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Commissioned Officers’ Club (AFPCOC) at the headquarters of the Department of National Defense (DND) in Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City last 21 September 2023 for the Third Quarter 2023 Human Resource Managers’ (HRM) Fellowship Meeting and Learning Session.



Posted on Tuesday | October 03, 2023

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) showed up in full force to participate in a multi- sectoral coastal cleanup at the Dolomite Beach along Manila Bay in observance of International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day last 16 September 2023.



Posted on Tuesday | September 12, 2023

Twenty-nine learners from ten (10) different agencies form the latest batch of the Integrated Gabay ng Paglilingkod Training Course (Gabay) which was conducted from 24 July 2023 to 4 August 2023.



Posted on Thursday | August 07, 2023

A total of 303 examinees from the government and private sector took the nationwide Career Executive Service Written Examination (CESWE) on 03 September 2023 held simultaneously in three testing centers: University of the Philippines (Quezon City), University of Cebu (Cebu City) and Department of Education-National Educators Academy of the Philippines (Davao City).



Posted on Friday | September 01, 2023

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) held the second session of the 2023 CES Leadership Conclave at Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria last August 30, 2023.



Posted on Thursday | August 31, 2023

In celebration of its 50th founding anniversary this November 2023, the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) will relaunch the Career Executive Service (CES) Community Passion (ComPassion) Project this September.



Posted on Friday | August 11, 2023

Join us in a back-to-back learning and networking event with the second session of the Career Executive Service (CES) Leadership Conclave on 30 August 2023 and the 4th CES Public Leaders’ Summit (PLS) on 31 August to 1 September 2023. The exact venues in Quezon City will be announced.



Posted on Thursday | July 27, 2023

A total of 336 out of the 537 examinees or equivalent to 62.57% passed the Career Executive Service Written Examination (CESWE), the first stage of the CES Eligibility examination process, held simultaneously at the University of the Philippines-Diliman (National Capital Region), University of Cebu (Cebu City) and Davao City National High School (Davao City) on 18 June 2023.



Posted on Thursday | July 06, 2023

Five hundred thirty-seven (537) examinees took the Nationwide Career Executive Service Written Examination (CESWE), the first examination stage for CES Eligibility, last 18 June 2023. The exam was held simultaneously in three testing centers, namely: University of the Philippines (Quezon City), University of Cebu (Cebu City) and Davao City National High School (Davao City).



Posted on Monday | June 05, 2023

With the theme, Transcendence: CE50 Leadership Beyond Limits, the inaugural session of the 2023 Career Executive Service (CES) Leadership Conclave took over 200 members of the CES community through a learning journey to achieve the practice of good governance and improved bureaucratic efficiency last May 31, 2023 at the Seasons Ballroom, Luxent Hotel, Quezon City.



Posted on Tuesday | May 16, 2023

Join us on a trip towards the future of public service this May 31 with the first installment of the 2023 CES Leadership Conclave with the theme, "Transcendence: CE50 Leadership Beyond Limits".



Posted on Thursday | May 11, 2023

Twenty-eight (28) Career Executive Service (CES) eligibles from a total of 14 government agencies joined the 46th session of the Integrated Gabay ng Paglilingkod Training Course (GABAY) held at the Eastwood Richmonde Hotel in Quezon City from 17 to 28 April 2023.



Posted on Friday | April 14, 2023

More than three-quarters (76.6%) of the 184 examinees passed the nationwide Career Executive Service Written Examination (CESWE), the first examination stage for CES Eligibility, held simultaneously at the University of the Philippines (Quezon City), University of Cebu (Cebu City), and Department of Education-National Educators Academy of the Philippines (Davao City) last 12 March 2023.



Posted on Wednesday | March 29, 2023

Two (2) in every five (5) middle managers of the Department of Education (DepEd) or 109 out of 274 passed the Career Executive Service Written Examination (CESWE), the first in the four-stage CES eligibility examination process, last 28 January 2023 at the University of Cebu, Cebu City.



Posted on Friday | March 24, 2023

The Career Executive Service (CES) Governing Board issued on 13 March 2023 CES Board (CESB) Resolution No. 1681 discontinuing the Portfolio Assessment for the CES (PACES) eligibility process.



Posted on Wednesday | March 21, 2023

Twenty-seven participants from the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) and the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) went all the way to The Orchard Hotel in Baguio City from 10 to 12 March 2023 to participate in the 32nd session of the Project Paglaum Training Workshop. Project Paglaum, one of the training programs offered by the CESB, was born in November 2013, in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda.



Posted on Friday | March 17, 2023

One hundred eighty-four (184) examinees took the Nationwide Career Executive Service Written Examination (CESWE), the first examination stage for CES Eligibility, last 12 March 2023. The exam was held simultaneously in three testing centers, namely: University of the Philippines (Quezon City), University of Cebu (Cebu City) and DepEd-NEAP (Davao City).



Posted on Wednesday | March 15, 2023

Staying true to the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028, the theme of this year’s Human Resource Managers’ Fellowship Meeting and Learning Sessions (HRMFMLS), “Surge HR,” focuses on the key role of human resource managers as springboards of immediate and powerful actions to achieve transformation in their respective organizations.



Posted on Wednesday | February 22, 2023

Two hundred seventy-nine (279) out of 460 or 60.65% passed the nationwide Career Executive Service Written Examination (CESWE), the first examination stage for CES Eligibility. The exam was held last 18 December 2022 simultaneously in three (3) testing centers, i.e., University of the Philippines (Quezon City), University of Cebu (Cebu City), and Department of Education-National Educators Academy of the Philippines (Davao City).



Posted on Wednesday | November 23, 2022

The 2022 CES Lifelong Learning for Leadership Congress (2022 CESCON) jumpstarted on a high note with the presence of His Excellency, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr as Guest of Honor. Should be not to be missed are the other power packed actions during Day 1, 22 November 2022



Posted on Wednesday | November 23, 2022

“Let’s work together. This is the kind of thing that we need. As leader, as President, I cannot do my work without all of you, and that’s why you must be the best that you can be.”



Posted on Friday | November 04, 2022

President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr, appointed three (3) new members of the Career Executive Service Board (CESB), namely: Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Undersecretary Luis Meinrado C. Pañgulayan, Office of the President Undersecretary Lolibeth R. Medrano, and Office of the President Director Andrea Maila A. Ordañez.



Posted on Friday | October 28, 2022

Public managers took a break from their busy work schedules to bring out the inner artist in them in this year’s 2nd CES Club held last October 21, 2022. Dubbed as “Gogh-ing Artsy: Unleashing the Inner Artist in You”, the event was held at the Sip and Gogh Studio in Eastwood City.



Posted on Wednesday | October 26, 2022

Knowledgeable, experienced, and calm – these are the traits that we long for in a leader during challenging times and these are exactly the same traits that we see in Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire, CESO II.






Posted on Wednesday | October 26, 2022

Career Executive Service Officer (CESO) V Marilene C. Acosta has been appointed as Pag-IBIG Fund Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Acmad Rizaldy P. Moti as head of the country’s leading home financing agency, effective September 19, 2022.







Posted on Friday | October 14, 2022

“To give justice to every man, woman, and child, no matter the circumstance of birth, no matter the economic standing” is the vision of the Department of  Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla, a career executive service (CES) eligible. 



Posted on Friday | October 14, 2022

Public managers need to collaborate with others in planning, organizing, communicating, and achieving excellence everywhere and at any time. They particularly need those whose support and  advice can lead to the achievement of  purpose and  victory. They need to know how to choose their battles, how to manage both their subordinates and their superiors, and on how to inspire unity across the ranks. 



Posted on Friday | October 14, 2022

The leadership credentials of the new Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is as strong as the rocks that he specializes on, as the nation’s most distinguished expert on geology. 








Posted on Wednesday | October 12, 2022

Two hundred ninety-nine (299) officials from various government and private agencies took the 2nd in-person CES Written Examination (CESWE), administered by the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) last 25 September 2022. The exam was held simultaneously in three testing centers, namely: University of the Philippines (Quezon City), University of Cebu (Cebu City) and DepEd-NEAP (Davao City).



Posted on Satuday | October 08, 2022

The Career Executive Service Board is pleased to invite you to the Second Semester 2022 CES Club Learning Session on “Gogh-ing Artsy: Unleashing the Inner Artist in you” on 21 October 2022, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Sip & Gogh Studio in Eastwood City, Quezon City. Explore your artistic side in a relaxing, fun, and memorable painting experience where you can express your imagination and enhance your visual communication skills.



Posted on Friday | August 12, 2022

Do you think Career Executive Service Officers and Third Level Executives need to learn the basic tools of the lost art of social graces - of having a respectful behavior, correct business etiquette, and setting a good example? Do they really need a necessary sophistication and knowledge of observing internationally-accepted standards on social graces, etiquette, good manners and right conduct?



Posted on Thursday | August 11, 2022

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB), in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) - Region XI, administered the CES Written Examination (CESWE) last 16 July 2022 to a total of one hundred seventy-two (172) DepEd officials at the Davao City National High School, Davao City.



Posted on Wednesday | August 03, 2022

The CES Community mourns the passing of Land Transportation Office (LTO), MIMAROPA Regional Director, Hilarion E. Ulep on July 30, 2022.




Posted on Friday | July 29, 2022

The 3rd CES Public Leaders’ Summit (PLS) held at the Philippine International Convention Center from 26-27 July 2022 ended on a high note, as Civil Service Commission Chairperson Karlo Alexei B. Nograles called on the career executive service (CES) community to use the present political transition to emerge “not just to a new, but to a better normal.” This is done, according to Nograles, by harnessing the innovative spirit of the civil service.



Posted on Wednesday | July 27, 2022

The CESB just held its first in-person assembly of CESOs and Third Level Eligibles, since the start of the pandemic, and organized a set of important sessions on the opening day of the 3rd Public Service Leaders’ (PLS) Summit, held simultaneously via Zoom and live at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila scheduled from 26-27 July 2022.



Posted on Tuesday | July 26, 2022

Echoing a line straight out of the Career Executive Service’s mission statement – which emphasizes the need “to maintain continuity and stability in the civil service amidst change” – the distinguished speakers in the opening ceremony of the 3rd CES Public Leaders’ Summit (PLS) offered their various takes on what is required to lead in a time of leadership transition and in a highly-volatile governance context.



Posted on Wednesday | July 06, 2022

The nationwide CES Written Examination (CESWE), administered by the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) last June 26, 2022, registered a total of three hundred ninety-one (391) examinees from various government and private agencies. This was held simultaneously in three testing centers, namely: University of the Philippines, Quezon City, University of Cebu, Cebu City and National Educators Academy of the Philippines, Davao City.



Posted on Monday | May 30, 2022

Sixty-six (66) examinees from the Department of Education-Gingoog City and one (1) from the Department of Public Works and Highways took the face-to-face Special CES Written Examination (CESWE) last 28 May 2022 at the Gingoog City Hall Penthouse F. Dugenio Street, Barangay 22-A, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. Of the sixty-seven (67), 46 or 69% account for female examinees and 21 or 31% for male examinees.



Posted on Thursday | May 05, 2022

The Founding Congress of the Department of Agrarian Reform - Association of Career Executives (DAR-ACE) under its inaugural theme: "Taas Noo CESO! Pamumunong Tapat at Wasto, Dangal at Husay sa Serbisyo" was held on 02 to 04 March 2022 at the Clark Marriot Hotel, Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. It was attended by a total of nineteen (19) Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs), nine (9) Career Executive Service Eligibles (CESEs), and one (1) Career Service Executive Eligible (CSEE) among the Third Level Officials of the Department nationwide.



Posted on Friday | April 29, 2022

Change-Ready, People-Focused and Integral Leadership






Posted on Thursday | April 21, 2022

A total of forty-six (46) examinees comprising forty-one (41) officials from the Department of Education (DepEd) – Camarines Sur, two (2) from other government agencies, and three (3) officials from private institutions took the first face-to-face CES Written Examination (CES WE) since the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.



Posted on Friday | March 25, 2022

It was in 1977 when Jim O Sampulna, still a Bachelor of Science in Commerce student at the Notre Dame University, was appointed as a “Tree Marker” at the then Bureau of Forest Development. He was assigned as a budget examiner and for almost 20 years since then, he was involved in planning and budgeting functions until he was appointed as Provincial Environment Natural and Resource Officer (PENRO) in 1996.



Posted on Thursday | March 24, 2022

The CESB announces the opening of the nomination period for the 2022 Presidential Gawad Career Executive Service (CES).



Posted on Thursday | February 17, 2022

CESB Executive Director Maria Marcy Cosare-Ballesteros took her oath as Career Executive Service Officer (CESO) II in a virtual ceremony conducted on February 2, 2022.



Posted on Wednesday | February 02, 2022

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed on 26 January 2022 appointments to Career Executive Service (CES) ranks of forty (40) career officers.



Posted on Thursday | December 23, 2021

Thirty-three (33) participants from various government agencies completed the 41st Session of the Integrated Gabay ng Paglilingkod Training Course (IGabay) of the Leadership and Management for Proficiency (LAMP) Program held from 15 November 2021 to 7 December 2021.



Posted on Tuesday | December 01, 2021

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed on 05 and 09 November 2021 appointments to Career Executive Service (CES) ranks of 10 career officers, bringing the total to 32 CESO Rank appointments issued this year.



Posted on Tuesday | November 16, 2021

Samuel Kim might be of South Korean origin, but the Philippines will always be his second home, having spent 10 years here due to his parents’ humanitarian work, and it brought him great pleasure to share a few key insights on leadership gained in his years studying at Harvard University and as the Founding President of the Center for Asia Leadership, which will be outlined here



Posted on Monday | November 15, 2021

They come from all over the archipelago and work for agencies that are as diverse as their backgrounds, but one thing that all 79 graduates of the Career Executive Service (CES) Leadership and Management Proficiency Program or LAMPP in 2021 have in common is the determination to face their challenges squarely and make the best out of a difficult situation. It is only fitting therefore that this year’s batch of graduates are honored during day 2 of CESCON 2021, in an event that celebrates resilience, courage, and agility.



Posted on Saturday | November 13, 2021

CESB Executive Director Maria Marcy Cosare-Ballesteros led a touching tribute to CES Governing Board and Civil Service Commission Chairperson Alicia Dela Rosa-Bala, whose fixed term is ending in February next year. The surprise tribute happened during the closing ceremony of this year’s CES Lifelong Learning for Leadership Congress or CESCON 2021.



Posted on Saturday | November 13, 2021

Resilient. Courageous. Agile. These are the qualities that describe the kind of leadership that is ready and able to tackle the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. These are the very same qualities that characterize the 2020 finalists of the Presidential Gawad CES, who were conferred with the honor by President Rodrigo Duterte himself on the closing ceremony of the 2021 CES Lifelong Learning for Leadership Congress or CESCON 2021.



Posted on Saturday | November 13, 2021

From tips on how to better organize your WFH or work-from-home space, to a discussion on how to generate ideas via design thinking, the multi-track session on building future-proof skills held on Day 4 of CESCON 2021 provided its participants with a wealth of insights on the skill sets that are essential to navigate the present governance terrain that is defined by the Fourth Industrial Revolution.



Posted on Saturday | November 13, 2021

“Hope is not a strategy,” remarked David Hardoon, Managing Director of Aboitiz Data Innovation and Senior Advisor at Union Bank of the Philippines, at the beginning of his talk. While hope is something sorely needed in these challenging times, Mr. Hardoon goes on to talk about valid strategies that can help organizations leverage data science to the benefit of all, which itself is a source of hope. Before continuing, he prefaced that despite the benefits of data science and artificial intelligence, it must still fit within the context of an organization’s culture.



Posted on Monday | November 15, 2021

Since the beginning of CESCON 2021, various speakers have talked about the importance of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in creating an effective government that is agile in dealing with any challenge. In the opening moments of the final day, Aboitiz Equity Ventures President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Sabin M. Aboitiz shared concrete examples of how his organization was able to use data science to transform his organization.



Posted on Thursday | November 11, 2021

Here’s what to expect tomorrow, November 12, 2021, Day 4 of the CES Lifelong Learning for Leadership Congress or CESCON 2021



Posted on Tuesday | November 16, 2021

The third day of this year’s CES Lifelong Learning for Leadership Congress or CESCON 2021 saw the CES community pay a kind of homage reserved only for its dearest members. In the part of the program called Pagpupugay at Pag-alala, Tribute and Remembrance, those who retired from the service in the past year, along with those who departed from the same period, were given a solemn tribute.



Posted on Saturday | November 13, 2021

During the first half of her CES Congress Day 3 learning session, Ms. JV Wong, Chief Executive of People Ignite, not only talked the talk, but walked the walk as she expertly guided all the participants through a series of interactive plenary activities that made use of collaborative idea-sharing technology. Every key learning that flashed on the screen or popped up in the chat was quickly spotted by Ms. Wong as she relayed it back to the audience. Even when the breakout sessions didn’t go as planned, she was able to steer everyone back on course by instantly shifting the small group activity into a guided plenary activity.



Posted on Monday | November 15, 2021

In this fast-paced world, the only certain thing is change. Even strategic leadership terminology has to adjust its meaning so that it can remain relevant and useful in any age. Take, for example, the acronym VUCA which used to be the buzzword of leadership programs; it used to just mean “Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous”. That acronym suddenly became sandwiched between the two Ds of the past three years, brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, “Disruption” and “Diversity”, becoming D-VUCAD, a new way of looking at the world that acknowledges the need to have an agile mindset.



Posted on Friday | November 12, 2021

In case you missed it, here is a rundown of the events that transpired on the third day of the 2021 CES Lifelong Learning for Leadership Congress or CESCON 2021:



Posted on Friday | November 12, 2021

Incorporating short ‘wellness breaks’ in your daily work schedule has been shown to be effective in combating stress and in improving cognitive performance at work. In this era of WFH arrangements and of endless Zoom meetings, a five-minute mindfulness exercise could indeed spell the difference between productivity and of experiencing burnout at work.



Posted on Tuesday | November 16, 2021

In case you missed it, here is a rundown of the events that transpired on the second day of the 2021 CES Lifelong Learning for Leadership Congress or CESCON 2021



Posted on Friday | November 12, 2021

What does it take for a city to become resilient?



Posted on Friday | November 12, 2021

How can we remain people-focused in the age of rapid digitization that seems to put technology first over anything else? Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Dr. Rafaelita M. Aldaba presented during her CESCON Day 2 talk, a vision of the future for the Philippines that is gradually being realized and has been opening up many new opportunities for startup companies.



Posted on Thursday | November 11, 2021

“When you open that case folder filled with hand-written notes, I want you to remember that these were written with the blood and sweat of agrarian reform beneficiaries.” It was both an inspiring and sobering line from Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Undersecretary Luis Meinrado C. Pañgulayan during his talk this morning at CESCON 2021.



Posted on Thursday | November 11, 2021

COVID-era QR codes in malls that we scan with our phones and RFID stickers that allow us to quickly pass through toll gates without having to pay with cash -- these are just some of the examples by which digital technology is transforming how we live.



Posted on Wednesday | November 10, 2021

In case you missed it, here is a rundown of the events that transpired on the opening day of the 2021 CES Lifelong Learning for Leadership Congress or CESCON 2021:



Posted on Wednesday | November 10, 2021

President Rodrigo Duterte leads the list of high-ranking government officials and former government executives who sent in their messages of greetings and inspiration at the opening day of the 2021 CES Lifelong Learning for Leadership Congress or CESCON, which will run until Friday, November 12, 2021.



Posted on Wednesday | November 10, 2021

Anyone can become angry – that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, in the right way - that is not easy.



Posted on Tuesday | November 09, 2021

A Filipino fisherman who was recently awarded Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize and a civil servant from a Southeast Asian nation highly regarded for its exemplary COVID response shared the limelight at today’s opening of the 2021 CES Lifelong Learning for Leadership Congress or CESCON 2021.



Posted on Tuesday | November 09, 2021

Sometimes, the best lessons are learned outside the classroom and the comforts of a university. We often equate success and leadership with people who received a formal education; however, as many of us in the civil service can attest, academic achievements and superior intellect are put to the test in the real world. Perhaps few individuals can attest to the power of experience in the way that 2021 CESCON keynote speaker Roberto Ballon, or “Ka Dodoy” as he is affectionately called, can.



Posted on Tuesday | November 09, 2021

Despite being a self-sufficient country that has become a regional leader in terms of business and governance, Singapore prioritizes building as well as strengthening relations, whether it’s among their public servants, or with other countries. Ms. Pamela Lee, in her keynote speech at the 2021 CESCON reminded everyone that we are now living in a complex, interconnected world that requires us to be resilient and agile in order to solve problems. As the Director of Leadership Development in the Public Service Division of the Singaporean Prime Minister’s Office, Ms. Lee had a lot to share about how we can build future-ready public servants.



Posted on Friday | October 08, 2021

The CESB shares the joy of the appointment of Atty. Adonis P. Sulit as Undersecretary at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on 28 September 2021. He took his oath of office before DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista on 4 October 2021. He has been an assistant secretary at the Department of Justice since 2015.



Posted on Friday | August 20, 2021

The CES Governing Board, through a resolution dated 12 August 2021,entitled, “Application Fee for the Portfolio Assessment for the Career Executive Service (PACES) Eligibility Process,”has approved the collection of appropriate fee for a reasonable amount of One Thousand Pesos (Php1,000.00) in the application for thePortfolio Assessment for the Career Executive Service Eligibility Process or PACES.



Posted on Thursday | August 05, 2021

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed on 27 July 2021 appointments toCareer Executive Service (CES) ranks of 12 career officers, bringing the total to 22 CESO Rank appointments issued this year.



Posted on Wednesday | July 07, 2021

Ten (10) examinees from agencies within National Capital Region(NCR) took the first-ever Blended CES Written Examination on 26 June 2021 at the Career Executive Service Board Resource Center (CESB-RC) in Diliman, Quezon City. The Blended CES Written Examination was conducted following the approval from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) through IATF Resolution No. 115 dated 13 May 2021 allowing the conduct of the CES Written Examination (CES WE) and Assessment Center (AC) provided that minimum public health protocols are observed.



Posted on Monday | July 05, 2021

The CES community dedicates a moment of prayer for the eternal repose of the soul of former CES Governing Chairperson, Justice Bernardo P. Abesamis (2008-2012) and for peace and comfort of the friends and family he left behind.





Posted on Wednesday | June 30, 2021

Day 1 –Close to eight hundred members of the CES Community gathered virtually on 29 June to witness the powerful opening session of the 2nd Public Leaders’ Summit (PLS). 



Posted on Saturday | June 26, 2021



Posted on Wednesday | June 09, 2021

In this time of great disruption, it is now more than ever that the CES officials, as movers and shapers of the bureaucracy, must be the game-changers who are able and ready to redefine public service in the new normal.



Posted on Tuesday | June 08, 2021

The CESB announces the extension of the nomination period for the 2021 Presidential Gawad Career Executive Service (CES) Award until 31 July 2021.



Posted on Sunday | June 06, 2021

The online Career Executive Service Performance Evaluation System (CESPES) portal will be open from 1 July to 31 August 2021 for the performance review and evaluation of incumbents of CES position for the period January to June 2021.



Posted on Tuesday | May 18, 2021

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the conduct of the Career Executive Service Written Examination (CESWE) and the Assessment Center (AC), the first and second examination stages for conferment of CES eligibility, respectively. The approval was made through IATF Resolution No. 115, dated 13 May 2021, which specifically states that the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) may resume the conduct of both examinations (CESWE and AC) provided that the prescribed protocols and minimum public health standards shall be strictly observed.



Posted on Wednesday | May 05, 2021

This is the commitment shown by the CESB in conducting its first ever Online CES Leadership Wellness Program on 30 March, through the session “Mindful Mountaineering – Stepping Forward with a Retreat”. The session was attended by forty-seven (47) participants through the Zoom platform and 227 viewers via Facebook Live.



Posted on Wednesday | May 05, 2021

The Career Executive Service Board’s (CESB) initiative to revive the CES Strategic Conversation (StratCon) is now in full swing as it completed a series of Stratcons with the Department of Education (DepEd) Officials in March 2021. StratCons with DepEd Central Office, Region 11 and Region 1 were conducted on March 16, 19 and 23 after the successful pilot session with the DepEd Region VII in February.



Posted on Wednesday | May 05, 2021

I am so blessed to have reached the highest position that I have aimed for, the Commissioner of the Civil Service Commission. I am now enjoying my retirement while also actively involved in three non-government organizations: Health Justice, World Association for Psycho-social Rehabilitation and Children International.



Posted on Tuesday | May 4, 2021

The CES Governing Board resolved to make the CES eligibility process more responsive, inclusive, and developmental through the promulgation of CESB Resolution No. 1579 or the Guidelines on the Portfolio Assessment for Career Executive Service (PACES) Eligibility Process on 22 February 2021. The said policy took effect 15 days after the date of publication, on 18 April 2021.



Posted on Monday | May 03, 2021

The CES Community pays tribute to Dr. Patricio S. Faylon, who joined our Creator on May 2, 2021. The following article was published in the CESB’s 45th CES Anniversary Coffee Table Book where Dr. Faylon was featured as a Gawad CES Awardee for 2010.



Posted on Monday | April 26, 2021

“One’s attitude determines one’s altitude.”
This message capped the Second Quarter Human Resource Managers’ (HRM) Fellowship Meeting and Learning Session, which was attended by a hundred Government Human Resource (HR) Fellows via Zoom platform on 14 April 2021.



Posted on Thursday | April 22, 2021

The CES Community mourns the passing of Land Registration Authority Deputy Administrator Atty. Ronald A. Ortile on April 16, 2021.




Posted on Saturday | April 10, 2021

The CESB announces the Career Executive Service Performance Evaluation System (CESPES) compliance rating for calendar year 2020 of various national government agencies covered by the system on 8 April 2020.



Posted on Friday | March 26, 2021

The CESB believes that meaningful conversations through collaborative efforts of the whole CES Community should happen even during the current pandemic. This motivated the CESB to revive the CES Strategic Conversations (StratCon) as a venue to discuss various issues and foster stronger ties within the CES Community.



Posted on Friday | March 26, 2021

The Professional Development Division (PDD) of the Career Executive Board (CESB) conducted the 1st Quarter Human Resource Managers (HRM) Fellowship Meeting and Learning Session on 10 February 2021 via Zoom platform. Seventy-three (73) participants from various government offices participated in the event.



Posted on Friday | March 26, 2021

Hope shines in the month of love as twenty-seven (27) leaders completed the 28th Session of the Project Paglaum Training Workshop conducted on 3-5 February 2021 via Zoom. The program is named �Paglaum�, a Visayan and Bicolano word which means hope, to elucidate the program�s goal to rekindle hope and help rebuild the lives of survivors of calamities and disasters.



Posted on Thursday | March 25, 2021

The 2021 CES Leadership Conclave with the theme, �Resilience 4.0: Courage, Agility and Future-Ready Leadership� took off via Zoom on 26 February 2021. The event was attended by 476 CES officials via zoom and has obtained around 3,500 Facebook live views.



Posted on Thursday | March 25, 2021

The CES community celebrates the life of Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary Brenda Nazareth-Manzano as she joined our Creator on 4 February 2021.









Posted on Thursday | February 18, 2021

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte sets the new leadership of the CESB Secretariat with the appointment of Maria Marcy Cosare-Ballesteros as CESB�s Executive Director on 15 February 2021. The Secretariat received her appointment on 17 February 2021 through a transmittal letter signed by Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea.




Posted on Wednesday | February 10, 2021

By harnessing digital technologies to navigate the uncertainties and adversities brought out by the current pandemic crisis, the Career Executive Service Board � Eligibility and Rank Appointment Division (ERAD) spearheaded an online training entitled �Shifting to Online Performance Validation and Interview Process� on 22 January 2021 via the Zoom platform.



Posted on Wednesday | February 10, 2021

The CES Community mourns for the passing of Labor and Employment Undersecretary Ma. Joji V. Aragon on 7 January 2021.

USEC Joji as she was fondly called, was an expert in international relations, international labor and legislative liaising having worked extensively in these areas while working at the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).





Posted on Wednesday | February 10, 2021

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB), in preparation for the performance of its mandate this 2021, held its �Integration of Performance Directives and Target-Setting Workshop� via Zoom platform last 06-08 January 2021. At the core of this three-day workshop were the scenario building for 2021, setting priorities and directives, and alignment of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) critical for successful strategy execution and performance improvement.



Posted on Monday | January 25, 2021

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB), in pursuit of service excellence and continuous improvement, recently conducted its 2020 Year-End Performance Review and CESB PRAISE Recognition last 21, 22 & 28 December 2020 online via Zoom platform.



Posted on Wednesday | January 14, 2021

The Career Executive Service Board conducted the Career Executive Service Performance Evaluation System (CESPES) Reorientation for employees of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) on December 18, 2020 via the Zoom platform.� Fifteen (15) personnel from the Cabinet Secretary and NIA employees involved in the preparation of performance appraisal of top management executives participated in the said activity.



Posted on Tuesday | January 12, 2021

The CES community beams with pride as it congratulates CESO III Atty. Odilon Luis Pasaraba for his promotion to the position of Assistant Secretary for Special Concerns - Local Government Sector of the Department of the Interior and Local Government



Posted on Friday | January 08, 2021

More volunteers have joined the league of �Hope Bearers� as twenty-two kindred spirits from various government offices completed the 27th session of Project Paglaum via Zoom on 14-16 December.



Posted on Wednesday | December 23, 2020

Minus the usual Christmas funfare in December, 66 human resource managers and coordinators gathered on 4 December 2020 for the 4thHR Human Resources Managers Fellowship Meeting and Learning Sessions Series via Zoom.



Posted on Wednesday | November 11, 2020

William Dollente Dar, CESO I, has recently been honored with the Lifetime Contributor award in the prestigious 2020 Asia CEO Awards, joining the ranks of other esteemed former honorees like President Fidel V. Ramos and Former Trade Secretary Cesar Purisima.



Posted on Wednesday | November 04, 2020

Twenty-two (22) executives from various government agencies nationwide confidently took the driver�s seat� with their laptops and mobile learning devices, as they navigated the digital learning track of the thirty-eighth (38th) session of the virtual Integrated Gabay ng Paglilingkod (e-IGABAY) Training Course which roared off last 27 October 2020. The e-IGABAY Training Course, an intensive eighteen (18)-day executive development course for public leader-managers, is an integral component of the Leadership and Management Proficiency Program (LAMPP), the foundational capacity building program prescribed by the CESB for all career executives.



Posted on Thursday | October 29, 2020

�It always seems impossible until it is done.� This innocuous statement became the mantra that ignited the mindset and fueled the efforts of the CESB in hurdling the challenges leading to the successful conduct of the very first on-line Integrated Gabay ng Paglilingkod (e-IGABAY) Training Course Session XXXVII from 14 to 25 September 2020. �The first-ever virtual IGabay Training Course is a milestone for the CES. Amidst the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the CESB worked together towards digital transformation of its core programs to ensure service continuity so that CES aspirants and incumbents who are on-stream for their CES eligibility and rank appointment can fulfill the requirements to gain security of tenure,� said Director Maria Marcy Cosare-Ballesteros during e-IGabay.



Posted on Friday | October 23, 2020

Did you know that there is an insider code name to collectively call the officers and employees of the Career Executive Service Board?



Posted on Wednesday | October 1, 2020

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB), in pursuit of service excellence and continuous improvement, recently conducted its 2020 Mid-Year Performance Review and Planning (2020 MYPR) activity last 28-30 July 2020 online via Zoom platform.



Posted on Wednesday | September 09, 2020

Mr. Ponciano M. Ligutom was conferred the 2020 Outstanding Silimanian Award (OSA) by Silliman University as among the five alumni conferred as the 2020 Outstanding Sillimanian Awardees (OSA) during the119th founders Day celebration with the theme �Hope Arising from the Solid Rock�. Mr. Ligutom was among those who were honoured during a virtual conferral rite live-streamed via Facebook at 10 am last August 28, 2020.



Posted on Wednesday | September 09, 2020

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) extends its sympathies to the family of former Department of Interior and Local Government Region VIII�s Regional Director Pedro A. Noval, Jr. who passed away last August 20, 2020.



Posted on Wednesday | September 09, 2020

The 2018 and 2019 Presidential Gawad CES (Career Executive Service) awardees were honored on 25 August 2020 through a virtual conferment ceremony during the of the Fourth Quarter CES Leadership Conclave aptly themed �Spirit-Led Stewardship Leadership that Matters.� The ten (10) awardees were called one at a time during the opening program with the spotlight focused on each of them and on their respective achievements.



Posted on Thursday | September 03, 2020

Over 300 Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs), Eligibles, onstream applicants, and third level officials from Region 1 to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), took part in the culminating session of the 2020 CES Leadership Conclave series with the theme, �Spirit-led Stewardship: Leadership that Matters� held 25 August 2020 in its first-ever webinar format.



Posted on Monday | August 31, 2020

A full House of enthusiastic directors and human resource practitioners filled the Zoom meetingroom to witness the Third QuarterHuman Resource Managers� (HRM) Fellowship and Learning Session held on 14 August 2020. It was the second time that the CESB conducted the HRM Fellowship through a virtual platform following the health restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.



Posted on Monday | August 03, 2020

The Career Executive Service Community extends its deepest condolences to the families of National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) Chief, Dr. Roland L. Cortez, CESO IV and his driver Ernesto Dela Cruz. They were shot dead by unknown assailants last 27 July 2020 in Barangay Culiat, Quezon City.



Posted on Tuesday | July 21, 2020

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) lauds and congratulates Director Hiro V. Masuda, DBA, CESO IV on his recent appointment as Director IV in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Director Masuda served as Director III of the CESB from 11 January 2019 to 09 February 2020 and later designated by President Rodrigo R. Duterte as Officer-in-Charge of the CESB from 10 February 2020 to 08 July 2020.



Posted on Tuesday | July 21, 2020

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte recently appointed 30 career officers to Career Executive Service (CES) ranks on 3 July 2020, bringing the total to 87 CESO Rank appointments issued this year.



Posted on Thursday | July 2, 2020

In view of the national government�s restrictions on mass gatherings and the implementation of standard health protocols to mitigate and eliminate the threat of COVID-19, the CES Governing Board approved through a referendum on 25 June 2020, Resolution No. 1539 to temporarily suspend the CES Eligibility Process until further notice.



Posted on Thursday | July 2, 2020

Amidst the recent spike in Covid-19 cases, the members of the Integrated Salamin-Diwa ng Paglilingkod Training Course Session (SALDIWA) Batch 26 led by Bureau of Treasury Director of Legal Services Atty. William �Jojo� Beluso, Jr.�CESO IV, Career Executive Service Board Director III Ms. Marcy Cosare- Ballesteros, and Office of the Executive Director staff Miss Rebecca Villas distributed 92 Personal Protective Equipment that are reusable coverall suits made of taffeta with silver lining ,aterials to three hospitals: Lung Center of the Philippines, National Kidney Institute, and San Lazaro Hospital last 23 June 2020 with support from the CESB Secretariat headed by SALDIWA #26 Batchmate and OIC-Office of the Executive Director Hiro V. Masuda,�CESO IV.



Posted on Saturday | June 27, 2020

As we count more days under community quarantine, more people felt its impact to their daily lives.��While restrictions are slowly being lifted, many are still in dire need for support as they remain out of work and the last drop of savings has gone depleted. Cries for help are all over.



Posted on Friday | May 29, 2020

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 10 (Northern Mindanao) Regional Director Wilkins Villanueva, a CES Eligible, is now the agency�s new Director General.



Posted on Sunday | May 24, 2020

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) issued on 21 November 2019 CESB Resolutions Nos. 1516 � A and 1516 � B, revising the omnibus rules and procedures on appointment to, adjustment of, promotion in, demotion in, and revocation of CES ranks and further amending the guidelines on the reactivation of CES ranks, respectively, to ensure that policy issuances in the Career Executive Service (CES) are reflective of current developments and responsive to the ever changing needs of third level officials.



Posted on Members of the Career Executive Service (CES) Community are doing their share in responding to the needs of fellow Filipinos affected by the coronavirus disease- 2019 (COVID19) pandemic with their own random acts of kindness in their respective localities.� Most of these initiatives were undertaken� by Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs) and CES Eligibles (CESEs) either individually or together with their respective groups,� as they continuously implement their agency�s mandates as executive leaders and managers for their clients or stakeholders while working from home during the Enhanced Community Quarantine.

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Posted on Sunday | March 29, 2020

The Department of Education (DepEd) Region XI� gathered partners from the private sector and local government units on February 14, 2020 for a charitable Community Passion Project (ComPassion Project) with the slogan: �Rebuilding Hope in Togetherness.��The project aims to raise awareness among stakeholders on the importance of disaster preparedness and create a renewed sense of hope to overcome adversity through the conduct of psychosocial support. It also seeks to strengthen the sense of community and togetherness in service by bringing messages of hope and inspiration and distributing basic necessities to the affected community.



Posted on Wednesday | March 04, 2020

The Department of Education (DepEd) Region XI is blazing a trail in being the first group to equip its regional management team with the skill to extend psychological first aid (PFA) in the aftermath of disasters. Under the leadership of Officer-in-Charge, Office of the Regional Director Dr. Evelyn R. Fetalvero, CESO V and Officer-in-Charge, Office of the Assistant Regional Director Dr. Maria Ines C. Asuncion, CESO V, the Department of Education Region XI is planting seeds of hope ready to bloom when challenging seasons come.



Posted on Wednesday | March 04, 2020

In the book �Man�s Search for Meaning� written in 1946 by renowned psychologist, author, and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, he advocated that everyone must find their sole purpose in life and understand the meaning for one�s existence. Since leaders in government possess influence and wield power to effect change, the general public is entitled to expect from them their dedication to service with the welfare of the underprivileged in mind. The integral question of �why did you choose to be a public servant?� came into the minds of the 37 learners from different government agencies from across the country who attended the 42nd session of the Integrated Salamin-Diwa (SALDIWA) training course held last 3-17 February 2020 in Naga City.



Posted on Tuesday | March 03, 2020

Valentine's Day in the Philippines is a celebration that excites and captures the attention of ordinary Filipinos including Human Resource Managers in the public sector. Though not necessarily in a romantic relationship, they are inspired to share the love through great service. They think of creative ways to further enhance a supportive work environment for senior public managers and employees.



Posted on Tuesday | March 03, 2020

Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs) take on the various leadership roles in attending to mission-critical functions of government agencies. Known for their quality work, they focus on giving �life� to others, providing inner strength to groups and communities. They take advantage of people�s trust, time, and energy to improve the total well-being of the community. They believe that they can help uplift people�s lives so they do their work efficiently and effectively as leaders and managers. They continuously improve through individual learning, by dedicating specific number of hours for reading books on management, leadership, organizations, among others. They believe that their being leaders and managers is a calling, a vocation to serve people better, specially the poor, deprived, un-served members of the community.



Posted on Monday | March 02, 2020

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) formally welcomed Ms. Maria Marcy Cosare- Ballesteros during her oath officiated by Civil Service Commission and CES Governing Board Chairperson Alicia dela Rosa,�CESO I,�last 27 February 2020.� She was recently appointed as Director III of the CESB.



Posted on Monday | February 10, 2020

Thirty Career Executive Service officers and eligibles explored the rich history of Binondo through a gastronomic treat in the inaugural session of the 2019 CES Club entitled �The Big Binondo Food Wok Experience� on 29 January 2020, which kicked off at The Great Buddha Caf�.



Posted on Friday | February 07, 2020

Two hundred sixty-four (264) out of three hundred ninety-seven (397) examinees or 66.50% passed the Nationwide CES Written Examination (CES WE) held last December 1, 2019. The CES WE which is the first stage of the CES eligibility process, was simultaneously held in three testing centers, i.e., University of the Philippines (Quezon City), University of Cebu (Cebu City) and at the Department of Education-National Educators Academy of the Philippines (Davao City).



Posted on Monday | February 03, 2020

The inaugural session of the 2020 CES Leadership Conclave, with the theme �Spirit-Led Stewardship: Leadership the Matters� gathered 276 executives on 28 January 2020 at the Luzon Ballroom of the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City. This year�s theme seeks to surface a leadership paradigm that is grounded on aligned vision and values in support of steadily and carefully guiding public leaders towards attaining performance and societal goals.



Posted on Thursday | January 09, 2020

It was in 2011 that my wife, Fernandina, a School Governance and Operations Division Chief at the City of San Fernando Department of Education then, convinced me to take the Career Executive Service (CES) Written Examination (WE). At that time, I was a Marketing Manager at the biggest beverage company in the Philippines and I do not see the urgency to take the exam, but I followed her suggestion as an obedient husband.



Posted on Thursday | January 09, 2020

The 6.9 Magnitude earthquake that hit Davao del Sur last 15 December 2019 did not prevent the members of the Department of Education Schools Division Office of Davao City, headed by the Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Maria Ines C. Asuncion, CESO V and Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Emma A. Camporedondo, a CES Eligible, from holding their Community Passion Project attended by over 100 participants dubbed as �Pamilyang DepEd, Pamilyang Alaga� outdoors last Dec. 23, 2019, at their Office in Quirino Ave, Davao City.



Posted on Thursday | January 09, 2020

Those who read, lead. This is the agreed mantra of the Saldiwa Batch 38 Los Generales in guiding their activities after finishing their immersion in General Santos. As a consequence, on 23 December 2019, the community ComPASSION project of OIC ASDS Fernandina Otchengco of DepEd Division of Cabanatuan City became a read-along session for the students of ACA Elementary School.



Posted on Monday | December 23, 2019

Forty-seven (47) committed executives from different agencies nationwide emerged as the new hope-bearers from the Project Paglaum Training Course conducted by the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) last 4-6 November 2019 at the Villa Caceres Hotel in Naga City.



Posted on Tuesday | December 17, 2019

The fourth and last Conclave in the 2019 CES Annual Leadership Conclave Series was held last 6 November 2019, Wednesday at the Clubhouse of the Maranao-themed Marawi Resort Hotel in the sprawling Mindanao State University (MSU) Campus in the Islamic City of Marawi of the Province of Lanao Del Sur.� The event gathered 115 delegates mostly from public sector agencies and local governments from the newly-constituted Bangsa Moro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), other regions in the island of Mindanao, and some from even as far as Metro-Manila.



Posted on Tuesday | December 17, 2019

Forty-four participants from different government agencies in Region 3 became lantern-makers for a day as they attended the final conduct of CES Club for 2019 entitled �Appreciating the Art of Parol-Making�. The Career Executive Service Board with the help of its local partners � SDS Imelda P. Macaspac and Mr. Albert Magtoto Othchengco, both CES Eligibles from the Department of Education, San Fernando City, Pampanga gathered public sector managers-executives at Best Western Bendix Hotel last 10 December 2019 to learn from the master craftsman and Parol King himself, Mr. Rolando S. Quiambao about the basics of parol-making and the local history of its lantern industry.



Posted on Monday | December 16, 2019

�Our people are our best asset; they are the ones who will bring this country forward. That is why we continue to train them, give them the best working environment possible because this is the only way we can get our country to move fast�� These are the heartening words of Department of Finance (DOF) Undersecretary Gil Beltran, CESO II to the thirty-two (32) participants of the 4th Quarter Human Resource (HR) Managers� Fellowship Meeting and Learning Session as he welcomed the group to the renovated DOF premises on 11 December 2019.



Posted on Friday | December 13, 2019

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte recently appointed 33 more career officers to Career Executive Service (CES) ranks on 3 December 2019, bringing this year’s total number of Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs) to 177.



Posted on Friday | December 06, 2019

Three hundred ninety-seven (397) officials from various government and private agencies took the fourth quarter CES Written Examination (CES WE), administered by the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) last December 1, 2019. The exam was held simultaneously in three testing centers, namely: University of the Philippines, Quezon City, University of Cebu, Cebu City and Department of Education - National Educators Academy of the Philippines (DepEd-NEAP) � Region XI, Davao City.



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The second and third days of the CES Congress allowed career officers and aspirants to discover their inner selves and refresh or sharpen up their leadership and managerial competencies through multi-track learning sessions on self-mastery and organizational management.



A blue jeans-themed fellowship night and homecoming of the Salamin-Diwa ng Paglilingkod (SalDiwa) classes culminated Day 1 of the CES Congress.



Posted on Thursday | November 28, 2019

Following the simultaneous wellness and work-life balance and self-mastery sessions on the second day of the CES Congress was a plenary session entitled, �Self-Mastery in Practice: Confidently Conquering our Adversity�, featuring resilience champions Philippine Children�s Medical Center (PCMC) Executive Director, Dr. Julius A. Leccions, CESO III, and Filipina Women�s Network�s 2019 Most Influential Woman of the World under the Thought Leader and Innovator category, Ms. Anna Isabel C. Sobrepe�a.



Posted on Thursday | November 28, 2019

All but one Gawad CES finalists for 2019 highlight their notable achievements before the CES Congress delegates, as follows: (From left to right) National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Deputy Director General Rosemarie G. Edillon, CESO I; Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regional Director Sancho A. Mabborang, CESO III; Department of Education (DepEd) OIC-Undersecretary Diosdado M. San Antonio, CESO III; and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Florita R. Villar, CESO I.



Posted on Wednesday | November 27, 2019

The second day of the CES Congress capped off with the�CES@46: Gabi ng Parangal, Pagpupugay, Pasasalamat, Paggunita, at Pagtatapos�to celebrate milestones of achievement and distinguished service of retiring and remarkable members of the CES community and to honor outstanding individual and institutional partners of the Career Executive Service Board (CESB).



Posted on Wednesday | November 27, 2019

Leader-managers face communication challenges on a daily basis as they work with people with diverse personalities in carrying out the mandates and missions of their organizations.



Posted on Wednesday | November 27, 2019

The succeeding two (2) days of the CES Congress started off with invigorating simultaneous morning wellness sessions to advocate for healthy living and work-life balance among government executives.



Posted on Monday | November 25, 2019

A close to 800 career officers and aspiring leader-managers gathered for the CES Lifelong Learning for Leadership Congress (CES Congress) at the Taal Vista Hotel, Tagaytay City, 20 November 2019, to celebrate the gains of the Career Executive Service (CES) as an enduring institution and its continuing tradition of leadership and public service excellence on its 46thfounding year.



Posted on Thursday | November 28, 2019

Dubbed "ComPAWssion Project," career officials from various government agencies joined hands with volunteers from the Career Executive Service Board to help rehabilitate the PAWssion Project Shelter for rescued dogs in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan on 13 November 2019.



Posted on Thursday | November 28, 2019

�If you can�gain�an understanding of what motivates each�stakeholder, it can�become�much easier�to get�a larger share of�stakeholder buy-in.� This is practically what NCIP Regional Director Manny Jaramilla of Saldiwa #37 did to convince various stakeholders involved in creating a cultural safety through a whole of nation approach in getting various government agencies to protect and support indigenous peoples� communities in Region 1 last 25 October 2019 during the Regional Indigenous Peoples� Summit at the Municipality of Lidlidda, Ilocos Sur.



Posted on Friday | November 15, 2019

"If you build it, they will come," a quotation from the movie�Field of Dreams�must be in the mind of Ms. Gladys Amylaine D. Sales of SALDIWA 37; �Class Malasakit, Sibol ng Pag-asa� in constructing the�3rd�I.P. ClassHome and Balay Hinambalan�in Sitio Manara, Brgy. Celestino Villacin in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental from 17 September 2019 to 31 October 2019 as her personal ComPASSION Project to celebrate her being conferred as a CESO VI and to commemorate the 46 years of the CES Community, a corps of professional manager-executives in the public sector.



Posted on Friday | November 15, 2019

PLTCOL Rudy L Elandag, a CES Eligible and a member of SALDIWA # 35; GABAY#32, organized his team from the Philippine National Police (PNP), the 30th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army and Taganito HPAL Nickel Corporation (THPAL) in reaching out to three (3) Mamanwa communities in Brgy. Urbiztondo, Claver; Cawilan, Tubod; and Sitio Punta Naga, Brgy. Cagdianao, Claver; all in Surigao del Norte on November 5-7, 2019 by distributing assorted�rubber slippers�and holding�videoke singing contests�as part of the 46th CES ComPASSION Project.



Posted on Monday | November 11, 2019

One hundred seventy-nine (179) out of two hundred eighty-one (281) examinees or 63.70% passed the Nationwide CES Written Examination (CES WE), the first examination stage for CES Eligibility. The exam was held last September 1, 2019, simultaneously in three testing centers, i.e., University of the Philippines (Quezon City), University of Cebu (Cebu City) and San Pedro College (Davao City).



Posted on Monday | November 11, 2019

Forty-seven (47) public managers gathered for the third and final run of the 2019 Integrated Gabay ng Paglilingkod (Gabay) Training Course with Session XXXVI held at the Ace Hotel and Suites in Pasig City. Gabay provides learning modules aimed at addressing an executive�s needs to remain effective on-the-job and continually evolve to update managers of the know-how in running the bureaucracy.



Posted on Tuesday | October 29, 2019

Davao City hosts one of the few remaining nesting grounds in the country where the endangered hawksbill turtle (�pawikan� in the native dialect) spawns and hatches its young. Unfortunately, these same nesting grounds are now being threatened by increasing volumes of unmanaged and untreated waste and by the rapid encroachment of human activities on turtle habitats.



Posted on Monday | October 28, 2019

The CESB participated in the 2019 EROPA Conference and 27th�General Assembly held on 22 to 27 September 2019 at the International Center for Public Administration (ICPA) of the University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP NCPAG). The Conference was participatedin by delegates from Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal, Vietnam, India, China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines.



Posted on Friday | October 25, 2019

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has appointed Mr. Jim O. Sampulna,�CESO III, as the new Undersecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).



Posted on Thursday | October 24, 2019

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) retained its ISO 9001 Certification for all of its processes after successfully passing the surveillance audit by the Tuv Nord Philippines, Inc. last 23 October 2019.



Posted on Wednesday | October 23, 2019

There were no sophisticated mechanical raking machines nor sand sifting equipment on hand, when 1,300 employees from a water utility company, a private educational institution, and 13 national and local government agencies massed along the shores of Aplaya Baseco in Tondo District, Manila, in the early morning of Saturday, 19 October 2019. The collective action was in response to a �call to arms� sounded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for its October Coastal Clean-up Activity. Armed only with steel shovels, rakes, brooms, latex gloves and sacks, the army of �clean-up warriors� meticulously combed the beach and gathered all kinds of debris which accumulated over the years as garbage.



Posted on Thursday | October 17, 2019

�Three days are not enough, but hopefully it grounds you on the fundamentals and you continue to grow and be more confident to reach out on bringing yourselves in situations that calls for the skills that you have learned.��This is the core message of Atty. Maria Anthonette C. Velasco-Allones, CESB Executive Director during the closing session of the Project Paglaum held at the Bayleaf Hotel in the historic Intramuros, Manila from 9 to 11 October 2019 attended by sixteen (16) executives from different parts of the country who signed up to join the corps of well-trained volunteer hope-bearers.�



Posted on Thursday | October 17, 2019

The Philippine Society for Talent Development (PSTD) held its 44th National Convention aptly themed �TRANSFORM! Engage, Develop, and Transform the Philippine Learning Community� at the Marriott Hotel Manila from October 8 to 9.



Posted on Thursday | October 10, 2019

Two hundred twenty-two (222) public managers have trooped to Tacloban City to participate in the 3rd Leadership Conclave of the Career Executive Service Board held at the Biliran Hall of the Summit Hotel on October 2, 2019 with the theme: Greatful Leadership: Performance, Positivity, Possibilities.



Posted on Wednesday | October 09, 2019

In a fitting tribute and recognition to the dedication and service of our public school teachers, the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) kick-off the 2019 ComPASSION Project during the World Teachers� Day celebration at the Department of Education Schools Division of Makati last October 4, 2019. As part of its 46th Founding Anniversary, the CESB initiated ComPASSION Projects that aims to encourage the CES community to engage in community-based service delivery projects to address felt needs of their constituents and stakeholders in a way that supports the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).



Posted on Wednesday | October 09, 2019

How do we instill and cultivate a pro-technology mindset among public sector human resource (HR) managers, capacitate and empower them to spearhead future-ready and innovation-driven organizations that harness and nurture the diversity of human capital?



Posted on Monday | October 01, 2019

The third and final session of the Integrated Salamin at Diwa ng Paglilingkod (SALDIWA) Training Course for 2019 concluded with the graduation of thirty-one (31) public leader-managers. The class of SALDIWA Session XLI, collectively known as ORO MaKaTa (Maglingkod ng may Katapatan sa Taong Bayan), successfully completed the sixteen-day program from 9-24 September 2019.



Posted on Thursday | September 26, 2019

Thirty-three learners found new ways of seeing Bohol in the 3rd CES Club session for 2019 on 19 - 20 September 2019 at the Be Grand Resort Hotel in Panglao, Bohol. The two-day session entitled, �From the Urna to the Chocolate Hills: Rereading Bohol with an Education for Sustainable Development� provided a venue where participants visit heritage sites and in the process learn to practice systems thinking using Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) framework in viewing heritage sites.



Posted on Thursday | September 12, 2019

Thirty one (31) learners are about to forge lifelong partnerships with fellow public managers as session forty-one of the Integrated Salamin-Diwa (SALDIWA) ng Paglilingkod Training Course kicks off the first of the sixteen-day residential program in Cagayan De Oro City on September 9, 2019.



Posted on Tuesday | September 03, 2019

Two hundred eighty-one (281) officials from various government and private agencies took the third quarter CES Written Examination (CES WE), administered by the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) last September 1, 2019. The exam was held simultaneously in three testing centers, namely: University of the Philippines, Quezon City, University of Cebu, Cebu City and San Pedro College, Davao City.



Posted on Wednesday | August 28, 2019

Seventeen (17) executives from different agencies nationwide emerged as the new hope-bearers from the Paglaum Training Course conducted by the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) last 14-16 August 2019 at the Maskara Hall, Bacolod City Government Center, Circumferential Road, Bacolod City.



Posted on Thursday | August 15, 2019

The President appointed two Career Executive Service (CES) members as Secretaries of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on 05 August 2019.



Posted on Wednesday | August 14, 2019

One of the most dynamic Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs) in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has been recently appointed to a higher Career Executive Service (CES) position. Former DPWH Director of Bureau of Construction, Walter R. Ocampo,�CESO III,�is now the department�s new Assistant Secretary for Technical Services.



Posted on Wednesday | August 7, 2019

One hundred twelve (112) out of two hundred thirty-five (235) examinees or 47.65% passed the Nationwide CES Written Examination (CES WE), the first examination stage for CES Eligibility. The exam was held last June 2, 2019, simultaneously in three testing centers, i.e., University of the Philippines (Quezon City), University of Cebu (Cebu City) and San Pedro College (Davao City).



Posted on Tuesday | August 6, 2019

President Rodrigo R. Duterte appointed 37 more career officers to Career Executive Service (CES) ranks last 31 July 2019, bringing this year�s total number of Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs) to 144.



Posted on Friday | July 26, 2019

Driven by the mission to spearhead positive, meaningful and sustainable reforms in governance and development, twenty-six (26) career executives took on the challenge of being �Champions of Change� in attending the thirty-fifth (35th) Session of the Integrated Gabay ng Paglilingkod (I-Gabay) Training Course conducted at the Kew Hotel in the City of Tagbilaran, Province of Bohol starting 22 July 2019.



Posted on Thursday | July 25, 2019

Dr. Joselito R. Chavez, Deputy Executive Director for Medical Services of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) and a member of the Career Executive Service (CES) Community was conferred the 2019 Presidential Lingkod ng Bayan Award � Regional Winner by the Civil Service Commission � National Capital Region for his exemplary service in introducing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in the treatment of severe leptospirosis in the country.



Posted on Thursday | July 18, 2019

The CES Governing Board, in its 04 July 2019 statement, upholds the performance of duties of the CESB personnel who acted as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) during the 14 November 2018 National Union of Career Executive Service Officers, Inc. (NUCESO) general election for its National President and Executive Vice President held in Davao City.



Posted on Thursday | July 18, 2019

The CES Governing Board issued CESB Resolutions Numbers 1481 and 1482 on 04 July 2019 setting new parameters for engaging NUCESO towards a more productive public policy setting and formulation process.



Posted on Thursday | July 11, 2019

Who says that archival records cannot be fun?
Not the thirty-two (32) CESOs and third level eligibles who trooped to the Heritage City of Vigan to attend the 2nd Session of the 2019 CES Club entitled �Our Heritage; Our Future� on July 4, 2019 at the Hotel Luna, Vigan City.



Posted on Wednesday | July 10, 2019

Pursuant to the mobility principle that binds the members of the Career Executive Service (CES), the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) promulgated CESB Resolution Number 1464, setting its own guidelines on secondment of senior officials to further strengthen linkages and collaboration among government agencies and other institutions towards the continuous improvement of government services.



Posted on Thursday | July 04, 2019

Led by Executive Director Maria Anthonette C. Velasco-Allones, CESO I, the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) Secretariat trooped to Baguio City from 26 to 28 June 2019 to hold its 2019 Mid-Year Performance Review and Client Management Training.



Posted on Thursday | July 04, 2019

Twenty-six (26) public managers participated in the 40th session of the Integrated Salamin-Diwa ng Paglilingkod (SALDIWA) Training Course held at the Kapis Mansions Hotel in Roxas City, Capiz from 3-18 June 2019 to spearhead governance reforms and commit to make a lasting difference.



Posted on Wednesday | July 03, 2019

One hundred forty-five (145) executives from different government agencies in all parts of the country gathered to assimilate inspiring, compelling, and captivating talks from exemplary, pioneering and influential leaders from both the public and private sector at the second installment of the 2019 CES Leadership Conclave Series with the theme: �Greatful Leadership: Performance, Positivity, Possibilities� at the Emerald II Ballroom of the Limketkai Luxe Hotel in the City of Golden Friendships, Cagayan de Oro City on 21 June 2019.



Posted on Monday | July 01, 2019

Twenty-nine (29) Human Resource managers and executives from eighteen (18) government agencies met at the Bureau of Internal Revenue, National Training Center, BIR National Office Compound, BIR Road, Diliman, Quezon City and discussed CESB Policies and Updates, the Guidelines on Secondment, and learn how to manage a multigenerational workforce as part of the CESB HR Managers Fellowship and Learning Session on June 10, 2019.



Posted on Monday | June 17, 2019

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) successfully staged the First Public Leaders� Summit last May 29-30, 2019 at the Summit Galleria Hotel in Cebu City with the theme �Are you Game for Change?: Innovation, Inclusion, Inspiration drawing a diverse crowd from various government agencies all over the country.



Posted on Friday | June 7, 2019

The second quarter CES Written Examination (CES WE), administered by the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) last June 2, 2019, has registered a total of two hundred thirty-five (235) examinees from various government and private agencies. This was held simultaneously in three testing centers, namely: University of the Philippines, Quezon City, University of Cebu, Cebu City and San Pedro College, Davao City.



Posted on Monday | May 06, 2019

Fifty-one (51) learners coming from eighteen (18) agencies actively took part in the 21st�session of the 2019 CES Executive Leadership and Wellness Camp held 27-30 April 2019 at the HRTC Training Room of the Provincial Capitol in Basco, Batanes.



Posted on Thursday | May 02, 2019

Thirty-one (31) Career Executive Service officers and eligibles from various government agencies nationwide took on the challenge of the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) to �Serve Happy� during the 20th session of the CES Executive Leadership and Wellness Camp at the Coco Grove Beach Resort in Tubod, San Juan, Siquijor Island on 23-26 April 2019.



Posted on Thursday | April 25, 2019

More than a century after the publication of �Administration Industrielle et Generale� in 1916 by the French �Father of Modern Operational Management� Henri Fayol, we can still perceive the practicality of the theories he set forth to describe the functions of management, namely: Planning, Organizing, Commanding, Coordinating, and Controlling which modern management authors condensed to just four�Planning, Leading, Organizing and Controlling.



Posted on Monday | April 08, 2019

Twenty-seven (27) executives from eighteen (18) diverse agencies congregated on 1 April 2019 in the first class, highly-urbanized City of General Santos to harvest pearls of information that executives need in order to remain effective on-the-job in the ongoing 34th Session of the Integrated Gabay ng Paglilingkod Training Course (GABAY) currently being held in Greenleaf Hotel, General Santos City till 12 April 2019.



Posted on Friday | March 29, 2019

Seventy-eight (78) more career officers were appointed to Career Executive Service (CES) ranks by President Rodrigo R. Duterte last 25 March 2019. This was the second batch for the year bringing the total number of qualified incumbents of CES positions appointed to ranks to 107.



Posted on Wednesday | March 27, 2019

Twenty-five (25) government executives signed up in response to a call to increase the pool of hope bearers in the recently concluded Project Paglaum Training Workshop conducted from 19 to 21 March 2019 at the Microtel UP Technohub in Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City.



Posted on Tuesday | March 26, 2019

Cyber attacks will most likely come from your current employees. You cannot share employee�s personal information over the phone. Send documents through email with encryption or password. Be mindful of people you add in your online group or community. There should only be one administrator for your online groups or communities. Use Telegram or Viber for sending secured messages.



Posted on Monday | March 25, 2019

The CES community hails one of its members, Atty. Noreen Benadette S. San Luis-Lutey, Regional Director of Land Transportation Office – Bicol, as she was acclaimed as one of 2019 Outstanding Women in Law Enforcement and National Security of the Philippines!



Posted on Tuesday | March 12, 2019

Ninety-four (94) or 64.83% out of the total number of examinees represent those who took the exam in Quezon City and 27 examinees or 18.62% in Davao City and 24 examinees or 16.55% in Cebu City.



Posted on Friday | March 8, 2019

In the 1990�s book entitled,�A Force for Change: How Leadership Differs from Management�by renowned Professor Emeritus of Leadership at Harvard Business School and best-selling author John Kotter, he stated that leadership involves the process of �motivating and inspiring� and that a leader�should��appeal to very basic, but often untapped human needs, values and emotions.�


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Posted on Saturday | February 16, 2019

Exude positivity in the workplace, because positivity generates energy, generates innovation, generates new ideas how best we can do better in the bureaucracy.



Posted on Saturday | February 16, 2019

We are more than just executives of the Government.



Posted on Monday | January 28, 2019

The Association of Regional Executives of National Agencies in Region XI (ARENA XI) elected its new set of officers and Board of Trustees on 07 January 2019.



Posted on Friday | January 25, 2019

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) welcomes its new Director III in Mr. Hiro V. Masuda who took his oath before Civil Service Commission and CES Governing Board Chairperson Alicia dela Rosa-Bala, CESO I, on 25 January 2019.



Posted on Tuesday | December 18, 2018

A total of four hundred twenty-three (423) examinees from various government and private agencies took the fourth quarter Nationwide CES Written Examination which was held simultaneously in Quezon City, Cebu City and Davao City last December 9, 2018.



Posted on Monday | December 17, 2018

Forty (40) Human Resource (HR) Managers gathered last 13 December 2018 to conduct the last installment of their quarterly fellowship session at the Social Hall A of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources � Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB).



Posted on Monday | December 10, 2018

In line with its Quality Management System (QMS) Policy of continually improving work outputs and exceeding client requirements, the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) conducted its 2018 Performance Review last December 03-05, 2018 at the Green Canyon Eco Art Resort in Bamban, Tarlac.



Posted on Friday | November 22, 2018

Members of the CES community, learning partners, sponsors and friends attended the CES 45th Anniversary Gala last 10 November 2018 at the Reception Hall of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Pasay City. The landmark event provided the occasion to renew bonds, reminisce, honor and celebrate four and a half decades of memories, accomplishments, triumphs and inspiration which have infused life, meaning and purpose to the esteemed tradition of the CES.



Posted on Thursday | November 29, 2018

Members of the CES Governing Board warmly welcomed CHED Regional Director Maximo C. Aljibe in the November 29, 2018 CES Board Meeting as the newly elected President of the National Union of Career Executive Service Officers (NUCESO), Inc. The NUCESO President sits in the CES Governing Board on an observer status.



Posted on Tuesday | November 27, 2018

CES Governing Board Member Evangeline C. Cruzado administered the oath of office of newly elected NUCESO President Maximo C. Aljibe and Executive Vice President Enrique A. Tayag during the 2nd day of the 17th Annual CES Conference in SMX Convention Center, Davao City. ARNEL B. GARCIA/PHOTO



Posted on Friday | November 09, 2018

One hundred nine (109) out of two hundred seventy-two (272) examinees or 40.07% passed the Nationwide CES Written Examination (CES WE), the first examination stage for CES Eligibility. The exam was held last September 02, 2018 simultaneously in three testing centers, i.e., University of the Philippines (Quezon City), University of Cebu (Cebu City) and Department of Public Works (Davao City).



Posted on Monday | October 29, 2018

Governance is defined as 'the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (or not implemented).' As society is run by these decisions, it is imperative that we mold the values and principles of those who make them, namely, our leaders in the bureaucracy. It is for this specific reason that learners of the 33rd installment of the Career Executive Service Board�s (CESB) Integrated Gabay ng Paglilingkod Training Course (I-Gabay)...



Posted on Wednesday | October 17, 2018

Being the second installment of the Leadership and Management Program, the I-Gabay is a capacity-building training course which aims to expand and strengthen the management competencies of Third Level Officials for increased effectiveness on-the-job.



Posted on Friday | October 12, 2018

Members of the Career Executive Service (CES), the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) staff, and friends of the CES community made Christmas come early which brought joy to over one hundred seventy (170) in-patients and out-patients of the Philippine Children�s Medical Center (PCMC) last 07 October 2018.



Posted on Tuesday | October 02, 2018

The Career Executive Service (CES) Community celebrates anew as none other than the President of the Philippines graced to lead two CES Pride Events on 27 September 2018 at the Rizal Hall, Malacañang Palace, Manila.



Posted on Tuesday | October 02, 2018

Fueled by the realization of the bigger goals of the �Ambisyon Natin 2040� and the 2030 Global Sustainable Development goals, one hundred forty-eight (148) CESOs and Eligibles from different regions heeded the call to help eradicate hunger through an interactive outreach program.



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Seventy-nine (79) officials from various government agencies convened at the AMB FVR Hall in Baguio Country Club to learn more about the concept of resilience in the last installment of the Career Executive Service Board&rsquo



Posted on Monday | September 24, 2018

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) spearheaded the three-day training workshop entitled Project Paglaum, a competency building workshop on providing psychosocial support in post-disaster situations in work places, homes and communities, together with twenty-four volunteers from the Philippine Army at the Mardale Hotel and Convention Center in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur from 12-14 September 2018. 



Posted on Monday | September 24, 2018

“Except for the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, I bet no other government agency represented here in this gathering has a succession planning program or even a basic career pathing program,” dared CESB Executive Director Maria Anthonette C. Velasco-Allones in her opening remarks...



Posted on Monday | September 17, 2018

Thirty-eight (38) officials representing seventeen (17) agencies of the government recently graduated under the Career Executive Service Board�s (CESB) Leadership and Management Proficiency Program (LAMP) � Integrated Salamin-Diwa ng Paglilingkod (SALDIWA) Training Course held last August 25-September 10, 2018 in General Santos City.



Posted on Tuesday | September 11, 2018

A total of two hundred seventy-two (272) examinees from various government and private agencies took the third quarter Nationwide CES Written Examination which was held simultaneously in Quezon City, Cebu City and Davao City last September 2, 2018.



Posted on Thursday | September 6, 2018

The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) is pleased to announce that all of its processes are now ISO 9001:2015 certified!



Posted on Tuesday | August 28, 2018

Thirty-eight (38) senior government executives took the challenge to become better leaders as the 38th session of the Salamin-Diwa ng Paglilingkod Training Course commenced on 26 August 2018 at the Greenleaf Hotel, General Santos City, South Cotabato.



Posted on Tuesday | August 28, 2018

Shutter speed, aperture, and ISO were among the camera terms that the masterful photographer Troy Erwin A. Monsod discussed with the seventy-eight (78) photojournalists and hobbyists from the government during the 3rd CES Club for 2018 entitled �Ready, Set, Click: Basic Photography for Leaders� held in Tacloban City on August 24.



Posted on Wednesday | August 15, 2018

With this year�s theme �Ensuring Food Security, Preventing Disasters, Providing livelihood,� the activity aims to successfully rehabilitate the 26,125-hectare UMRBPL, which is a major source of water for Metro Manila and nearby areas.



Posted on Monday | August 13, 2018

Out of one hundred three (103) passers, sixty-seven (67) or 65.04% took the exam in Quezon City testing center, eighteen (18) each or 17.48% in Cebu City and Davao City.



Posted on Monday | August 13, 2018

In line with the agency’s thrust to further enhance office productivity as well as strengthen its employee values, the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) conducted its 2018 Mid-Year Planning and Assessment (MYPA) workshop in Baguio City from August 6 to 8, 2018.



Posted on Wednesday | August 1, 2018

Strong winds, rain showers and rough seas generated by the southwest monsoon and typhoon Henry failed to dampen the enthusiasm and interest of 33 CES eligibles who enrolled in Session 32 of the Integrated Gabay ng Paglilingkod (I-GABAY) Training Course under the CESB�s rebranded Leadership and Management Proficiency (LAMP) Program.



Posted on Tuesday | July 24, 2018

Resilience, widely seen as one of the common traits among successful leaders, sets the learning backdrop for CESB�s continuous learning programs for 2018. It is no surprise that leaders take in a daily dose of challenges. The higher the rung one is in the organization ladder, the larger the dose of adversities to face.



Posted on Thursday | July 05, 2018

�In this new assignment, I look forward to making a positive difference,� remarked Director Caancan in her acceptance speech during the simple turn-over ceremony held at the DENR Grounds last January 31, 2018.



Posted on Tuesday | July 03, 2018

Keeping our surroundings and environment clean and healthy is a responsibility that we all share. With the effects of global warming and climate change we are experiencing, there are little ways that each one of us can contribute to saving the planet, one of which is the practice of natural farming.



Posted on Friday | June 29, 2018

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region II Officer-in-Charge Odilon L. Pasaraba, CESO V; Department of Education (DepEd) Region X Assistant Schools Division Superintendent (ASDS) Agustines E. Cepe, CESO VI; DepEd Division of Caloocan City SDS Rita E. Riddle, CESO V; and DepEd Division of Navotas SDS Romulo B. Rocena, CES Eligible are the recipients of the 2018 1st Quarter CES Very Innovative Person (VIP) award.



Posted on Monday | June 18, 2018

Thirty�eight (38) learners comprised of senior government executives from different parts of the country completed their sixteen-day learning journey as the Session XXXVII of the Integrated Salamin-Diwa (SALDIWA) ng Paglilingkod Training Course under the Leadership and Management Proficiency (LAMP) Program culminated last 11 June 2018 at the Villa Caceres Hotel in Naga City, Camarines Sur.



Posted on Monday | June 11, 2018

Two hundred thirteen (213) examinees from various government and private agencies took the second quarter Nationwide CES Written Examination last June 3, 2018



Posted on Thursday | June 7, 2018

Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Bureau Directors will be taking on new assignments in the Budget Preparation and Execution (BPE) of the agency.



Posted on Saturday | May 26, 2018

DENR Secretary Roy A. Cimatu, CESB Exec. Director Atty. Maria Anthonette C. Velasco-Allones, PACC Chairman Dante L. Jimenez, Chalre Associates President Ms. Rebecca Bustamante and DEPED Principal Jesus C. Insilada - sharing stories of courage and hope with this year�s theme: Resilience: Steering through Adversity, Bouncing Back Bravely.



Posted on Monday | May 21, 2018

Paul Yang Chua is a CES Eligible who is as passionate about providing direction and management, as he is in positively contributing needed institutional reforms - which are all essential elements of a principled and impactful leader.



Posted on Monday | May 21, 2018

A little over forty-four percent or sixty-seven (67) out of one hundred fifty-two (152) examinees passed the Nationwide CES Written Examination (CES WE), the first examination stage for CES Eligibility



Posted on Thursday | May 10, 2018

The CESB trooped thirty-eight (38) government executives to the mystical island of Siquijor for the second leg of the 2018 CES Executive Leadership, Wellness and Work, Life Balance Camp or Wellness Camp #19 conducted on 2 to 5 of May 2018 at the Coco Grove Beach Resort, San Juan, Siquijor



Posted on Friday | May 04, 2018

Mixing the peace and tranquility of a secluded eco-park resort at the foot of Mt. Pinatubo with a strict diet and exercise routine of a fitness trainer or a tai-chi master, this intensive wellness escape pushed the body, mind and spirit to the limit



Posted on Friday | May 04, 2018

The CESO rank doesn�t reward you with greater rights and privileges but imposes on you the standard of excellence in your performance, confers on you a deeper sense of accountability



Posted on Monday | April 16, 2018

The second session of the CES Leadership Conclave was held in Park Inn by Radisson, Davao City on 5 April 2018



Posted on Monday | April 02, 2018

Twenty five (25) Schools Disaster Risk Reduction Management Coordinators (SDRRMC) from the Division of Dagupan City of the Department of Education (DEPED)



Posted on Wednesday | March 28, 2018

Thirty-six (36) government leaders hailing from different regions learned better ways to prepare for retirement, discovered more about the Results-Based Performance Management System



Posted on Monday | March 19, 2018

Roxas City, the seafood capital of the Philippines, served as home to the thirty-seven (37) Career Executive Service (CES) Eligibles



Posted on Friday | March 09, 2018

The first quarter Nationwide CES Written Examination, which was simultaneously conducted in Quezon City, Cebu City and Davao City on March 4, 2018, has registered a total of one hundred fifty-two (152) officials from public and private agencies



Posted on Monday | March 5, 2018

We are hope-bearers. We must accept the challenge given to us. We must always carry this positive outlook with us and be ready to share it with others



Posted on Monday | March 5, 2018

Executive Director Maria Anthonette C. Velasco-Allones led the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected officers of the Region Eight Administrator�s League (REAL) to cap the 2018 First Quarter Conference and Fellowship Dinner conducted on 13 February 2018



Posted on Monday | March 5, 2018

The lone recipient of the 4th quarter for 2017 CES Outstanding Cost Effective Officer (CEO), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Region IX Regional Director Jorge U. Sebastian, Jr., CESO III



Posted on Monday | February 20, 2018

One hundred thirty-one (131) out of three hundred forty-five (345) examinees or 37.97% of the total number of examinees passed the Nationwide CES Written Examination (CES WE)



Posted on Tuesday | January 31, 2018

There is no denying that the Career Executive Service is filled with visionary leaders who continuously strive to contribute exceptional innovations



Posted on Tuesday | January 23, 2018

�Psycho-Social Training is one of the priority programs of the DILG this year�. These, exactly, were the words of Assistant Secretary Alexander L. Macario



Posted on Tuesday | January 23, 2018

CESB visits Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral during the last day of the 2017 Year-End Assessment and 2018 Corporate Planning



Posted on Monday | January 08, 2018

President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed 169 CESO rank appointments of officials from Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Agriculture (DA)



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