Mindanaotoday.com | DOLE-10, LTFRB-10 forge partnership in ‘Entsuperneur’ program
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The first batch of drivers and operators that will be displaced due to the implementation of Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) in region 10 were given orientation by The Department of Labor and Employment-10 (DOLE-10) in relation to the EnTsuperneur Program (EP).
The Entsuperneur Program is a joint project of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and DOLE which aims to provide alternative sources of income for public transport drivers and operators affected by the PUVMP and the result of the local public transport route planning (LPTRP) and the route rationalization study.
It essentially provides beneficiaries with working capital in the form of tools, equipment, and raw materials as well as basic training in business planning, entrepreneurship development, book keeping, and values formation.
During the program, a check amounting to P9 million was turned over to the Northern Mindanao Federation of Transport Cooperatives (NOMFED) represented by its manager Luzviminda Escobidal.
NOMFED was tapped by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) and DOLE-10 to become the agencies’ co-partner in purchasing and distributing the kabuhayan packages to 339 beneficiaries of the program.
It is expected that before the end of the year or in the first week of January 2023, the LTFRB-10 and DOLE-10, through NOMFED, will start distributing the “kabuhayan” packages to the beneficiaries.
Present during the event were City Councilor Girlie Balaba; Aminoden Guro, LTFRB-10 regional director; Atheneus Vasallo, DOLE-10 TSSD chief; Charlton James Busa, DOLE-10 TSSD senior LEO; Marianne Ulep, LTFRB-10 financial analyst; representatives from Office of the Transport Cooperatives-10 (OTC-10); representatives from PUVMP-10, and some of the 339 driver- and operator-beneficiaries of the program. (DOLE-10)
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