Mindanaotoday.com | 291 shear line victims receive TUPAD salary
MALAYBALAY CITY – The 291 TUPAD beneficiaries who were victims of the recent shear line flooding from Barangays Catumbalon, Maapag, and Sinayawan from Valencia City, Bukidnon received their salaries worth P1,178,550.00 as payment of their days’ work on March 16.
The Department of Labor and Employment-10 (DOLE-10)-Bukidnon Provincial Field Office (Buk PFO) headed by Provincial Director Raul Valmores conducted a Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) payout to the victims of the shear line at Valencia city hall, this province.
“This implementation is urgent. We want to aid you in recovering what was destroyed by the calamity,” Chief Valmores said.
Valmores in his message encouraged the beneficiaries to use the money they received to buy their families’ needs and household items.
He also urged them to be alert at all times for any emergency since they are located in a flood-prone area.
Liezel Toyhorada, one of the beneficiaries, said she was grateful that she received her salary to buy her needs.
“Thank you to DOLE for this money that I received today. I can now buy the necessary things I need including our food consumption,” Toyhorada said.
The 70-year-old Belinda Villacora narrated her experience that even in her old age, she was able to help clean their barangay.
“I am thankful that the agency never fails to remember us [calamity victims]. I will use this money to buy my maintenance medications and our daily needs,” Villacora added.
Present during the payout were Valencia Mayor Azucena Huervas, Elna Guzman, Public Employment Services Office (PESO) manager, and staff.
Huervas said, “I am happy you received the money you worked for ten days. We requested an additional fund for another implementation to the victims of flooding last month.”
The payout was part of the post-implementation phase of the TUPAD program after the beneficiaries completed their work in their respective areas of work assignment.
The TUPAD is a community-based package of assistance that provides emergency employment for displaced, underemployed, and seasonal workers. (DOLE-10)
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