Department of Labor and Employment's Ormoc City, Leyte beneficiaries (Photo courtesy of DOLE-Region 8) MANILA - More than 2,000 workers from Ormoc City benefited from the PHP12.14 million worth of livelihood and emergency employment assistance awarded recently by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Livelihood funds amounting to PHP3 million went to the procurement of motorized banca and fishing gear of 100 beneficiaries while the PHP2.88 million livelihood assistance budget was for the "negokart" (business carts) projects of 96 beneficiaries, according to a news release on Saturday. "It is in the interest of the government that informal workers, whether in times of crisis or not, are able to get the livelihood support they need for the betterment not only of their personal lives but also of their communities. We are honored to be given the opportunity to provide assistance and respond to their call for help," DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said du
Department of Labor and Employment's Ormoc City, Leyte beneficiaries (Photo courtesy of DOLE-Region 8) MANILA - More than 2,000 workers from Ormoc City benefited from the PHP12.14 million worth of livelihood and emergency employment assistance awarded recently by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Livelihood funds amounting to PHP3 million went to the procurement of motorized banca and fishing gear of 100 beneficiaries while the PHP2.88 million livelihood assistance budget was for the "negokart" (business carts) projects of 96 beneficiaries, according to a news release on Saturday. "It is in the interest of the government that informal workers, whether in times of crisis or not, are able to get the livelihood support they need for the betterment not only of their personal lives but also of their communities. We are honored to be given the opportunity to provide assistance and respond to their call for help," DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said du
Department of Labor and Employment's Ormoc City, Leyte beneficiaries (Photo courtesy of DOLE-Region 8) MANILA - More than 2,000 workers from Ormoc City benefited from the PHP12.14 million worth of livelihood and emergency employment assistance awarded recently by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Livelihood funds amounting to PHP3 million went to the procurement of motorized banca and fishing gear of 100 beneficiaries while the PHP2.88 million livelihood assistance budget was for the "negokart" (business carts) projects of 96 beneficiaries, according to a news release on Saturday. "It is in the interest of the government that informal workers, whether in times of crisis or not, are able to get the livelihood support they need for the betterment not only of their personal lives but also of their communities. We are honored to be given the opportunity to provide assistance and respond to their call for help," DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said du
DOLE PROGRAM. Diosdado Raneses, (left) Legazpi City Public Employment Services Office (PESO) chief, on Monday (Jan. 24, 2022) says some P12 million has been downloaded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to the city government used as salaries of TUPAD program beneficiaries. He also said all the workers under TUPAD are entitled to work for four hours a day for 10 days in their respective villages. (Photo courtesy of Jun Arganda) LEGAZPI CITY - At least 3,258 displaced workers and underemployed residents of this city have become beneficiaries of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) since the program was started in 2019 by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). In an interview on Monday, Diosdado Raneses, Legazpi City Public Employment Services Office (PESO) chief, said some PHP12 million has been downloaded by the DOLE to the city government of Legazpi used as salaries of the TUPAD beneficiaries. He said that in 2021, his office
While a recently announced relief package is aimed at shoring up affected businesses, the Society for Community Organisation notes rank-and-file workers have been left out.