FREE BIKES. Displaced or disadvantaged workers in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur received on Monday (Jan. 31, 2022) free bicycles to aid their livelihood. Each unit comes with an Android phone loaded with a PHP5,000 in electronic payment application.(Photo courtesy of DOLE Region 1) LAOAG CITY - Some 1,047 displaced or disadvantaged workers in Ilocos Sur received a total of PHP7 million worth of livelihood assistance courtesy of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday. Among the latest batch of beneficiaries include some 60 rural women of Santa in Ilocos Sur engaged in making seasonal bagoong ipon (salted goby fry). Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello, who hails from this town, gave the women a check worth PHP1 million to restart their business after the seasonal catch of goby has dwindled over the years. In a separate phone interview, Atty. Ma. Karina Trayvilla, director of the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns, said at least 52 sari-sari store owners were likewise given a to
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