Leo Quintilla, regional director of DSWD-Bicol(Photo by Connie Calipay) LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Social Welfare Development-Bicol (DSWD-5) is now preparing for and providing technical upgrading and capacity building to its employees who will be affected by the Supreme Court's Mandanas-Garcia ruling. Leo Quintilla, DSWD-5 regional director, in an interview on the sidelines of his State of the Region Address here on Thursday, said some 700 of their employees will lose their jobs once the ruling is implemented anytime this year because their functions will be devolved to the local government units (LGUs). He said they want to ensure that the employees who will be terminated will be prioritized in the hiring programs of their respective LGUs. "For LGUs, these DSWD staff are already trained, they know the programs and services, and they can implement it immediately, then it already solves half of their problems," Quintilla said. DSWD-Bicol, he noted, shall discontinue
Leo Quintilla, regional director of DSWD-Bicol(Photo by Connie Calipay) LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Social Welfare Development-Bicol (DSWD-5) is now preparing for and providing technical upgrading and capacity building to its employees who will be affected by the Supreme Court's Mandanas-Garcia ruling. Leo Quintilla, DSWD-5 regional director, in an interview on the sidelines of his State of the Region Address here on Thursday, said some 700 of their employees will lose their jobs once the ruling is implemented anytime this year because their functions will be devolved to the local government units (LGUs). He said they want to ensure that the employees who will be terminated will be prioritized in the hiring programs of their respective LGUs. "For LGUs, these DSWD staff are already trained, they know the programs and services, and they can implement it immediately, then it already solves half of their problems," Quintilla said. DSWD-Bicol, he noted, shall discontinue