AID RECIPIENT. A person with a disability receives a salary worth PHP3,650 during the payout of worker-beneficiaries under the Department of Labor Employment's 'Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (Tupad)' program in Cagayan De Oro City on Thursday (April 7, 2022). Tupad is a cash-for-work emergency response to the disadvantaged and displaced workers during the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of DOLE-CDO) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Another batch of 1,020 workers here have benefited from the cash-for-work scheme of the "Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (Tupad) program. In a statement Friday, Department of Labor and Employment's Cagayan de Oro City Field Office (DOLE-CDO) said the worker-beneficiaries received PHP3,650 each during the payout that was completed on Wednesday afternoon. One of the beneficiaries, Ruth Miral, a person with a disability who works as a masseuse for 10 years, said her income was not enough becaus
BACOLOD CITY - The Department of Labor and Employment-Western Visayas (DOLE-6) has granted emergency employment assistance worth PHP2.8 million to some 711 informal sector workers in the southern part of Negros Occidental affected by Typhoon Odette. Data from the Department of Labor and Employment-Western Visayas (DOLE-6) as of Monday showed the recipients were from Sipalay City, with 161 workers; Ilog, 150; Kabankalan City, Cauayan, Candoni, and Hinoba-an, 100 each. In a statement, DOLE-6 director Sixto Rodriguez said he has directed the field offices to coordinate with partner-local government units and fast-track the emergency employment assistance through the TUPAD or Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers. In Negros Occidental which has the most number of typhoon-affected workers in Western Visayas, each beneficiary received PHP3,950 in total wages for a 10-day work such as clearing of typhoon-hit areas plus insurance coverage. They are part of the 2,369 af
AID TO OFW FAMILIES. Some 100 overseas Filipino worker-beneficiaries in Del Carmen town in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte on Feb. 22, 2022 receive their payout for their 15-day employment with the government. Apart from them, other beneficiaries who came from San Benito, were given assistance through the Tulong Pangkabuhayan Para sa Displaced/ Disadvantaged program of the Department of Labor and Employment. (Photo courtesy of DOLE-SDN) BUTUAN CITY - A total of 153 overseas Filipino worker (OFWs)-beneficiaries from two towns in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte received their payouts on Tuesday through the Tulong Pangkabuhayan Para sa Displaced/ Disadvantaged (TUPAD) program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). A total of PHP734,400 were released during the distribution activity as each beneficiary received PHP4,800 for their 15-day employment. Of the total number of beneficiaries, 100 were from the town of Del Carmen while 53 came from San Benito. The beneficiaries of t
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Labor and Employment - Northern Mindanao (DOLE-10) on Friday said workers in areas affected by the Alert Level 3 or higher that was set by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) can avail of cash assistance. During an online media forum, DOLE-10 Director Alber Gutib said this is a one-time cash assistance of PHP5,000 under the agency's Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) 3. He said CAMP 3 is to help the workers who were affected by permanent closures of the establishments and those who were retrenched as a result of the pandemic. However, the assistance is for those working on a daily schedule, which excludes those business or office establishments implementing flexible, or work-from-home arrangements, including compressed workweek, and compressed work hours. "What we are going to do is a first-come, first-serve basis, since the budget is only PHP1 billion, which covers the entire country," Gutib said. Applicant establishments s
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