Labor dept allots P100M for workers in typhoon-hit regions

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THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) allotted P100 million for informal sector workers in regions severely affected by Typhoon 'Odette' (international name: 'Rai').

THE Department of Labor and Employment allotted P100 million for informal sector workers in regions severely affected by Typhoon 'Odette' .Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd said that the department will provide emergency employment to 25,000 workers in the hardest-hit regions in the Visayas, Northern Mindanao and Caraga.

Each region will receive P20 million for the emergency employment of 5,000 beneficiaries under the department's flagship cash-for-work Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers program.He pointed out that informal sector workers will be given emergency employment for 10 days.'They will help in clearing, de-clogging of canals, debris segregation, materials recovery and other activities needed in the rehabilitation of their communities,' Bello said in a statement.

 

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