DOLE-NCR hires 177 displaced workers under TUPAD program for Laguna Lake clean-up drive
CALOOCAN CITY, Dec. 16 (PIA) – The regional office of the Department of Labor & Employment in the National Capital Region in coordination with the City Government of Muntinlupa hired some 177 displaced workers to participate in a clean-up drive at the Laguna de Bay following the onslaught of the recent typhoons. The workers were employed through the Tulong Panghanapbuhay para sa Displaced/Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) of the DOLE. Muntinlupa City, which shares a border of the Philippines' largest lake, was overcrowded with water lilies and had been preventing the local fishermen residing ...