DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development-Davao Region (DSWD-Davao) Director Atty. Vanessa B. Goc-ong discussed the ongoing efforts of the agency in mitigating potential communist indoctrinations by some leftist organizations disguised as charitable institutions visiting the evacuation centers in Davao de Oro. These evacuation centers house victims of the recent Masara landslide incident.
COMPLETERS.Alternative Learning System (ALS) completers from the first district of Iloilo held their graduation and completion program in Tubungan town, Iloilo province on Sept. 18, 2022. Department of Education information officer for Western Visayas, Hernani Escullar Jr., said on Thursday (Sept. 22) the region has over 13,000 ALS completers for school year 2021-2022.(Photo from Iloilo Province Vice Governor Christine Garin FB page) ILOILO CITY - Over 13,000 learners from Western Visayas who, for various circumstances, were unable to pursue formal classes in elementary and secondary schools were able to graduate during the school year 2021-2022 through the alternative learning system (ALS). "ALS is a way to give education to our learners who are not members of the formal schooling or the basic K to 12 Program. As completers, they can look for decent jobs or proceed to formal school," said Department of Education (DepEd) information officer for Western Visayas, Hernani Escull
ASSISTANCE. Personnel of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Iloilo Field Office led by its head Melisa S. Navarra (3rd from left) talks with officers of the Manampunay Farmers Association on the sustainability of their proposed Rice and Farm Inputs Retailing Project following the turnover of their fund on Feb. 17, 2022. DOLE Information Officer John Mandario on Thursday (May 19, 2022), said monitoring of the progress of their funded projects is ongoing.(Photo courtesy of DOLE-6) ILOILO CITY - Sixteen barangays in Iloilo that have been cleared from the influence of communist insurgents are recipients of over PHP2 million in aid under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Program (DILEEP) this 2022. Information officer John Mandario, in an interview on Thursday, said DOLE is one of the members of the Poverty Reduction Livelihood and Employment Cluster (PRLEC) of the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC
BRIEFING.TUPAD workers get a briefing from Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc prior to their deployment as contact tracers of Covid-19 in their respective barangays. A caravan is set on Saturday (Oct.16, 2021) to promote DOLE's employment and livelihood services to the grassroot levels.(Photo courtesy of the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte) LAOAG CITY-Hundreds of displaced workers and unemployed in the province of Ilocos Norte will be coming together on Saturday in an employment and livelihood caravan that will be conducted here courtesy of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in partnership with other government agencies. DOLE Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III is expected to grace the event which features the different programs and services being undertaken by the agency to help Ilocanos recover from the pandemic. The caravan is also expected to raise public awareness on the government's blueprint to provide jobs, business opportunities and livelihood t