DOLE NorthMin turns over P5M TUPAD wages, P3.3M livelihood starter kits to MisOcc towns

Jimenez Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Manager Arnulfo Guimalan Jr. (left), Jimenez Municipal Mayor Joselito Chiong and Department of Labor and Employment – Misamis Occidental Provincial Field Office Chief Ebba Borbon-Acosta during the TUPAD check turnover for 678 beneficiaries on January 15, 2024 at Tangub City, Misamis Occidental. (ARC/ DOLE-X MOPFO)

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-X) turned over 674 Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) of their P5,459,400 for their wages to Accredited Co-Partner (ACP) thru Barangay Taguite, Tangub City Chairperson Mamerto F. Singgit and livelihood financial grants worth P3,320,490 to Jimenez Municipal Mayor Joselito Chiong for the starter kits of 15 Jimenez town informal sector individuals on 15 January 2024 at Tangub City.

DOLE-X Misamis Occidental Provincial Field Office Chief Ebba Acosta said the TUPAD beneficiaries earned P 405 per day for their 20-days of emergency employment-community work.

Moreover, the livelihood grants under the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program, received projects on haircutting and hair styling materials worth P15,000 each for the 10 beneficiaries and carpentry equipment and materials worth P30,000 each for the remaining five individuals.

Both programs are part of the government’s agenda of inclusive growth through massive job generation and poverty reduction. (Lorraine M. Roa with additional reports from Alquer R. Canedo/DOLE-X Mis. Occ. PFO)

Department of Labor and Employment – Misamis Occidental Provincial Field Office Chief Ebba Borbon-Acosta (center) together with Co-Partner BLGU Taguite Captain Mamerto F. Singgit (right); Barangay Treasurer Estrella P. Ramos (left); Tangub City PESO Manager Victoria Berioso, with DOLE MisOcc TUPAD Coordinators during the TUPAD check turnover for 674 beneficiaries on January 15, 2024 at Tangub City, Misamis Occidental. (ARC/ DOLE-X MOPFO)