Florencio T. Miraflores to implement the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) or Summer Job. It was in this year and succeeding years that construction boom in the Boracay Island was in its peak, hence with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the Provincial Government of Aklan, thru the newly-reopened PESO, sponsored several trainings for skilled workers (i.e., Carpenters, Masons, Electricians and Welders), who were awarded with starter tools during their graduation. Pursuant to Republic Act No. 8759, otherwise known as the PESO Act of 1999, the Provincial Government of Aklan sustained and maintained the office as a multi-employment service facility. By the year 2006, PESO was transferred under the Economic Enterprise Development Department (EEDD) – Tourism Operations, ensuring the prompt, timely and efficient delivery of employment services and provision of information on the different programs and services of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and other link agencies including Local Business Establishments and Licensed Recruitment Agencies.
