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The application for the Department of Labor and Employment COVID-19 cash aid program is now closed, according to the agency.

MANILA- The national government continues to provide financial and livelihood assistance to workers affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Saturday. Lawyer Maria Karina Perida-Trayvilla, Director IV of the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC), said they continue to provide the flagship programs of the department such as Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged or Displaced Workers (TUPAD) Covid-19 Adjustment ...

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday announced it will no longer accept online applications for the Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) 3. "Pursuant to the Covid-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) Resolution No. 163-A dated 27 February 2022 placing all areas in the country below Alert Level 3, the Department's COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) ...

CASH AID. The Department of Labor and Employment-Central Luzon (DOLE-3) is close to completing the distribution of a P5,000 cash aid to each of the workers in areas placed under Alert Level 3. So far, the DOLE has released some PHP8.35 million to 1,670 pandemic-affected workers in the region. (Infographic courtesy of DOLE) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Labor and Employment-Central Luzon (DOLE-3) said Thursday it has released some PHP8.35 million for the cash assistance to so...

(File image) SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - At least 170 workers in the Ilocos Region who were affected by retrenchment, or temporary or permanent closure due to the implementation of Alert Level 3 have received PHP5,000 each from the national government through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). In a statement issued on Friday, the DOLE-Ilocos regional office said it has released a total of PHP850,000 for the qualified beneficiaries under the third tranche of the Covid-19 Adjustment ...

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will be conducting large-scale inspections of establishments to ensure compliance of workplaces with health safety standards to warrant the further downgrade of the National Capital Region (NCR) from Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 1. In a virtual forum on Wednesday, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said they would want the region to be placed under the most relaxed alert level "for busin...

MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to resume next week the payout of financial assistance to 50,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) chief Hans Leo Cacdac on Friday said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello has ordered to release an initial PHP500 million to pay the applicants of the Abot-Kamay ang Pagtulong (AKAP), a one-off financial assistance given to OFWs worth ...

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 closur...

Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique Tutay (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday said it will release an initial PHP130 million for the grant of cash assistance to some 25,000 workers in Alert Level 3 in some parts of the country. "Based on the data from our establishment report system, as of January 23, around 25,000 workers are affected by reason of permanent closure, retrenchment, and temporary closure. We will be downloading some funds amounting ...

Around 5,000 qualified beneficiaries of Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) will soon be getting their cash aid. Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique R. Tutay disclosed the said beneficiaries are among the 22,000 applications, which they have received since they started accepting applications for CAMP 2022…