DOLE, Rep Dalog give jobs to 857 Mt Province workers

BONTOC, Mountain Province  - - The Office of Congressman Maximo Dalog Jr., in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment - Cordillera gave jobs to Covid-affected informal sectors in the province through the TUPAD BKBK or  Tulong Pangkabuhayan Para sa Ating Displaced/Disadvantage workers, Barangay Ko Bahay Ko Program.

DOLE provincial Officer Amaranth Abalos said 857 informal sector workers from the 10 municipalities of Mountain Province benefitted from the program, 92 from  Bontoc and 85 each from the other nine towns. 

The TUPAD program provides 10 – day work for the beneficiaries  who  are paid P350 daily wage, Abalos said.

This is the first batch of the TUPAD program partnership with the Office of Congressman Dalog, she added.

Still under the  TUPAD program, Abalos said the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association or PHILRECA is  set to sponsor the wage for 10 – day work of 100 informal sector workers from the  province.

The TUPAD BKBK program of DOLE aims to provide employment assistance to COVID displaced or work – affected informal sector workers where beneficiaries are given a minimum of 10 – day work with a daily wage based on the prevailing regional minimum daily. Work coverages include  community clean – up or disinfection/sanitation in the barangay level. 

Based on DOLE – CAR data  as of August 12, the TUPAD BKBK program already benefitted a total of 15,107 informal sector workers from the six provinces of Cordillera and Baguio City, with a total of around P1.16 million in wages paid. (JDP/CCD-PIA CAR)