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SunStar Lawmaker aids displaced young workers in Angeles City GOODS FROM GO. Displaced and disadvantage workers in Angeles City recently received assistance and goods from Senator Bong Go and the Department of Labor and Employment under the Tupad program. (Contributed photo) + June 09, 2021 THE Office of Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, together with concerned government agencies, delivered various forms of assistance to displaced young workers in Ange...

Catbalogan receives P4.8-M livelihood grants

SunStar (From Department of Labor and Employments Facebook) + May 25, 2021 THE Department of Labor and Employment recently released P5.6 million in financial assistance for livelihood program beneficiaries and payment of salaries of Tupad workers in Badian town, Cebu. The livelihood program beneficiaries are the 43 members of the United Farmers and Fishermen Association of Malhiao who will engage in marine farming or mariculture to augment their income. DOLE disbursed P489,200 to f...

SunStar (From Department of Labor and Employments Facebook) + May 25, 2021 THE Department of Labor and Employment recently released P5.6 million in financial assistance for livelihood program beneficiaries and payment of salaries of Tupad workers in Badian town, Cebu. The livelihood program beneficiaries are the 43 members of the United Farmers and Fishermen Association of Malhiao who will engage in marine farming or mariculture to augment their income. DOLE disbursed P489,200 to f...

Health workers talk to patients and relatives at a Covid-19 screening area at a hospital in Manila, Philippines. - AP MANILA, May 2 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): The government is set to hire and deploy over 5,000 contact tracers in Metro Manila for three months starting this May, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Sunday. The DILG said it has inked a memorandum circular with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Departm...

SunStar 3,000 informal workers ready for deployment as contact tracers MANILA. A village in Metro Manila is under lockdown due to the number of Covid-19 cases among residents in Manila. (AP) + April 30, 2021 AT LEAST 3,000 informal sector workers are set for deployment Saturday, May 1, 2021, as contact tracers in the National Capital Region (NCR), according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). In a virtual press briefing, DOLE spokesperson R...

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...

SunStar Photo by Mark Perandos and Davao CIO Photo by Mark Perandos and Davao CIO Photo by Mark Perandos and Davao CIO Photo by Mark Perandos and Davao CIO Photo by Mark Perandos and Davao CIO Photo by Mark Perandos and Davao CIO Photo by Mark Perandos and Davao CIO + April 26, 2021 MORE than a year since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the entire world, Davao City was not spared from the turmoil it caused. The local government had to cushion the impact of the health crisis, lest everyth...

Published April 25, 2021, 4:25 PM TACLOBAN CITY – The people of Ormoc City as well as its local government are showing the kind of discipline when it comes to lining up for something that is considered essential during this time of pandemic. Over 1,400 people have filled the Ormoc Superdome where the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) distributed P6-million worth of Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) last Friday. In a Facebook post, city Mayor Richar...

SunStar + April 25, 2021 MORE contact tracers can now be hired by local government units (LGUs) in the National Capital Region to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, with an additional P65 million earmarked by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). “The local governments through their respective Public Employment Service Offices (Peso) can boost their contact tracing with the additional funding,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Silvestro Bello III said. Bello said ...