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MANILA- The national government continues to provide financial and livelihood assistance to workers affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Saturday. Lawyer Maria Karina Perida-Trayvilla, Director IV of the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC), said they continue to provide the flagship programs of the department such as Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged or Displaced Workers (TUPAD) Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP), Abot-Kamay ang Pagtulong (AKAP), and other programs that will allow them to start their own business. "The TUPAD program is for the informal sector. We provide a minimum wage in exchange for the community work they do - this ranges from 10 days to a maximum of 30 days. So their days are equivalent to the highest prevailing minimum wage in the region," she said at the Laging Handa briefing. "In the National Capital Region, they can work under TUPAD and they
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday announced it will no longer accept online applications for the Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) 3. "Pursuant to the Covid-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) Resolution No. 163-A dated 27 February 2022 placing all areas in the country below Alert Level 3, the Department's COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) 3 shall no longer accept online applications via the DOLE Establishment Reporting System effective 4 March 2022," Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in Labor Advisory No. 6. It added that acceptance of applications shall resume and the system will be reopened once Alert Level 3 is reimposed. The DOLE will continue to process and evaluate all applications received before the closure of the system. Applicants with submitted applications may track the status of their application via https://re
CASH AID. The Department of Labor and Employment-Central Luzon (DOLE-3) is close to completing the distribution of a P5,000 cash aid to each of the workers in areas placed under Alert Level 3. So far, the DOLE has released some PHP8.35 million to 1,670 pandemic-affected workers in the region. (Infographic courtesy of DOLE) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Labor and Employment-Central Luzon (DOLE-3) said Thursday it has released some PHP8.35 million for the cash assistance to some 1,670 workers in areas placed under Alert Level 3 early this year. Under the Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) 3, workers and individuals in the private sector whose jobs were affected by the declaration of Alert Level 3 are entitled to a one-time financial assistance of PHP5,000. Of the total number of beneficiaries in the region, 711 are from Bulacan; 587 from Pampanga; 180 from Zambales; 127 from Tarlac; 57 from Nueva Ecija; and eight from Bataan. As of March 1, only 57 out of th