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DOLE to stop accepting applications for P5,000 assistance for tourism workers Published May 10, 2021 2:30pm The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will stop accepting applications for the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) for the tourism sector, as the number of target beneficiaries has been reached. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the department will no longer accept online applications for the P5,000 financial assistance for the tourism sector under CAMP starti...

(Ellson Quismorio/ File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) DOLE Information and Publication Service (IPS) Dir. Rolly Francia made this revelation to labor beat reporters Monday afternoon, May 10, even as he said that the agency would no longer be accepting online applications for the “ayuda” or financial assistance. CAMP provides for a one-time cash aid of P5,000 to each beneficiary. The program has a total budget of P3.1 billion. So far, the application of 503,616 workers from 17,607 establishments,...

Published May 3, 2021, 12:35 PM The proposed P405.6 billion Bayanihan 3 law that will grant all Filipinos P1,000 to P2,000 cash aid and another P10,000 each for families that absorbed the serious impact of the raging novel coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic, won swift approval from two House of Representatives committees on Monday, May 3. In a joint committee hearing conducted by the House Committees on Economic Affairs and on Social Services, chaired by Albay Rep. Joey Sarte-Salceda and Q...

Published April 29, 2021, 10:00 AM Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday urged the government to convert the bulk of stimulus funds that are lying unused in state financial institutions and directly assist businesses hit hardest by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate committee on economic affairs, expressed alarm during yesterday’s committee hearing that international financial institutions like the World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank (WB), Internati...

The cash aid application of some 143,000 workers in the tourism industry has been approved, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced on Monday, April 12.

A total of 355,797 tourism workers across the country have been granted "ayuda" or cash aid under the financial assistance program of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

Workers wearing face masks ride atop a truck in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) DOLE-6 Regional Director Cyril Ticao said the cash aid was given to both formal and informal workers in the region comprising of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental provinces as well as the highly urbanized cities of Iloilo and Bacolod. The biggest chunk of the cash aid is for DOLE’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced or Disadvantaged Workers Program for #Barangay Ko, Bahay...

February 19, 2021 | 7:18 pm Font Size PHILSTAR THE DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said it will need over P180 billion at most to implement its proposed wage subsidy program. Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique R. Tutay said in a virtual briefing on Friday that the department has submitted its request to the Department of Budget and Management for review, noting the proposals indicated estimated budgets if the DoLE will subsidize 25%, 50%, and 75% of workers’ wages. “If w...

MANILA BULLETIN FILE According to the figures dated January 23, 2021, over 1.1 million workers have received assistance under the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) and the Abot-Kamay Ang Pagtulong (AKAP) for OFWs (overseas Filipino workers), combined. CAMP saw the distribution of a one-time financial aid worth P5,000 to affected workers in private establishments that have been hard-hit by the public health emergency. “(CAMP has) assisted 1,025,547 workers from the formal sector, amo...

Published January 21, 2021, 11:39 AM Employees of Makati Shangri-La Hotel that will be affected by its temporary closure may apply for the government’s cash assistance program, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said Wednesday. Makati Shangri-La / MANILA BULLETIN DoLE Assistant Secretary Dominique Tutay said the displaced employees of the hotel may avail themselves of the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) for tourism sector workers. “The CAMP tourism (facility) remains...