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| PBBM awarded 200 beneficiaries of the labor department's TUPAD Program received their wages during a convergence activity in Palo, Leyte. Photo: DOLE Region 8 |
In the presence of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., 200 beneficiaries of the labor department's "Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers" or TUPAD Program received their wages during the convergency activity dubbed Distribution of Assistance to Various Sectors on November 8, 2022, at the Leyte Academic Center, Palo, Leyte.
Each beneficiary was paid P5,250.00 for services performed during their 15-day emergency employment in various parts of Tacloban City.
President Bongbong Marcos, who was in the region with DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. and Leyte 1st District Representative and House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez to mark the 9th Anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda, expressed gratitude to all government agencies for the successful convergence and pledged continued national government interventions
"Ang gobyerno po ay nandito para tulungan kayo", the President emphasized in his motivational speech.
Meanwhile, on behalf of Director Henry John Jalbuena, DOLE Regional Office No. 8 OIC-Assistant Director Norman Uyvico thanked the DOLE-North Leyte Field Office through its head, Engr. Emmanuel de la Cruz, for the successful collaboration with the Tingog Partylist through Hon. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Hon. Philip Jude Acidre in extending assistance to the region's disadvantaged and displaced workers.
In addition to the TUPAD payout, the following assistance was distributed during the convergence activity: Rice Farmers Financial Assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA); 20 ambulance vehicles from the Department of Health (DOH); laptop computers from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT); and Financial Assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). —iTacloban (Source: DOLE Region 8)