Midanaotodaay.com | 2,638 Tangub City beneficiaries receive TUPAD aid worth P21M
OROQUIETA CITY – The 2,638 beneficiaries of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program of the Department of Labor and Employment-10 (DOLE-10) got P20,576,400.00 worth of wages on March 3, 4 and 6, 2023 at Sinanduloy Gym and Governor Alfonso D. Tan College, this city.
DOLE-10 Misamis Occidental Field Office headed by Provincial Director Ebba Acosta said that TUPAD is a part of DOLE Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP) that gives emergency employment to displaced employees, underemployed workers and seasonal workers for a minimum of 10 days and a maximum of 90 days depending on the nature of the activity to be done.
Present during the payout were Mayor Sabiano Canama and Vice Mayor Tito Decena joined by five members of Sangguniang Panglungsod.
Mayor Canama expressed his thanks to the department’s initiative to provide assistance to Tangub residents.
He said that the beneficiaries work was channeled towards tree planting activity for a total of 20 days with the purpose to help mitigate the effects of climate change.
Eventually, the recipients who came from Tangub City’s various barangays were not only pursuing the money but also the opportunity to enhance the quality of their physical living situations while contributing to the community’s welfare.
As one with the government’s agenda of poverty reduction and inclusive development, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), through the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC) implements the DOLE Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Programs (DILEEP).
The Program seeks to contribute to poverty reduction and reduce the vulnerability to risks of the working poor, vulnerable and marginalized workers either through emergency employment and promotion of entrepreneurship and community enterprises. (DOLE-10)
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