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To give beneficiaries of a government emergency employment program a better chance of finding sustainable jobs, the government must ensure that the skillset of beneficiaries is improved during the period they are working with the government, the chair of the House of Representatives’ labor and employment committee said on Friday. “We can improve the value […]
Governor Ben Evardone welcomed ACT-CIS Partylist Representative Erwin Tulfo for the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced Workers (TUPAD) Payout in Eastern Samar recently. Also welcoming Tulfo in the province was House Minority Leader and 4Ps Partylist Representative Marcelino Libanan. Tulfo shared that with the request of Evardone for funding to help Eastern Samar, he immediately […]
Senator Chiz Escudero has sought to expand the Tulong Panghanap-buhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program of the Department of Labor (DOLE) to extend more assistance to victims of natural calamities. Taking the floor during the plenary deliberation of the 2024 budget of the DOLE, Escudero further proposed to curve out some P500 million from […]
Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles led beneficiaries of the Department of Labor and Employment’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/ Displaced (TUPAD) program in a cleanup of streets and creeks in a bid to emphasize the value of having clean communities. “Ang paglilinis ng komunidad ay responsibilidad ng lahat ng mamamayang nakatira rito. Walang exempted […]
More than 1,000 migrant farm workers, locally known as “sacadas,” and locally stranded individuals (LSIs) started their 10-day work under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced (TUPAD) program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). DOLE Antique provincial director Melisa Navarra said the beneficiaries of the program are those who have returned to Antique […]
Fresh funding must be infused into emergency employment programs of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to stem the impact of mass layoffs, which have already started in the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME), according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Despite the initial difficulties in the implementation of the programs, the DOLE has shown […]
With increasing reports on displaced workers left to fend on their own during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Senator Joel Villanueva has reiterated his appeal for the additional funding of the emergency employment programs of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Villanueva lamented the “missed opportunity” of the wage subsidy program complementing the DOLE’s […]
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) should also implement an employment assistance program for informal workers whose source of income has been cut off due to the enhanced community quarantine now being enforced in the entire Luzon, said Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva, chair of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resource Development, […]
Workers in the private sector displaced by the community quarantine enforced in different parts of the country stand to receive a P5,000 lump-sum financial assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva said the amount will go a long way for workers, especially those who fall under the […]
With the threat of unemployment looming as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread in the country, Senator Joel Villanueva urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to expedite the implementation of programs that will help affected workers weather it out and transition to new jobs. Villanueva noted that the labor department […]