Residents of San Carlos City, Rosales get cash aid
TYPHOON, COVID VICTIMS
RESIDENTS of San Carlos City and Rosales town affected by COVID-19 pandemic and typhoons Rolly and Ulysses received cash assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Nov. 28.
DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III led the distribution of cash under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD).
Agnes Aguinaldo, supervising labor and employment officer for Central Pangasinan, said the beneficiaries were initially paid P4,080 and P1,360 will be paid this week.
The beneficiaries who worked for four hours daily from Nov. 13 to Nov. 28, disinfecting their barangays, cleaning their surroundings, repairing homes, parks, schools, and other tasks ordered by their village chiefs, she said, were paid P340 per day, the minimum wage rate in the Ilocos Region.
Some 847 informal sector workers out of targeted 5,000 in San Carlos city, were the first beneficiaries. The rest will accept their benefits this month before December 10.
Under TUPAD, informal sector workers are employed for two weeks by helping in the cleaning and restoration efforts of areas affected by the natural calamities.
The program has an allocation of PHP6 billion under the Bayanihan 2 or Bayanihan to Recover as One.
Meanwhile, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) also distributed checks to 16 displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFW) under the DOLE-OWWA AKAP program and some 20 beneficiaries of Balik Pinas, Balik Hanapbuhay also received checks amounting to PHP20,000. (Jerick Pasiliao)
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