130 displaced workers avail of TUPAD in Lanao Norte
March 30, 2009 by admin
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130 displaced workers avail of TUPAD in Lanao Norte
by Lorry V. Gabule
Iligan City (27 March) — Some 130 beneficiaries are provided short-term wage employment in Kolambugan town, province of Lanao del Norte under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) Project.
Kolambugan Mayor Bertrand Lumaque said one half of those who availed the project are displaced workers from the FINDLAY Miller Timber Company which closed its operation years back.
We utilized them in various community projects like dredging of canals, maintenance of farm to market roads that were affected of the flash floods, Mayor Lumaque said.
“We hope to have this program extended because we find it an immediate source of income for the beneficiaries and their families. We are willing to shoulder their SSS benefits as our counterpart to the government’s funding for this purpose,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Iligan District Office allotted an amount of P313,500 for the wages of the TUPAD beneficiaries.
DOLE said this is the government’s generation of employment and livelihood, giving opportunities to disadvantaged workers who were affected thwarting the problems brought by the global crisis.
The project was implemented last March 9 and shall end first week of April. (PIA-Lanao del Norte)
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SSS Iligan offers summer jobs to children of displaced workers
March 29, 2009 by admin
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SSS Iligan offers summer jobs to children of displaced workers
by Lorry V. Gabule
Iligan City (27 March) — The Social Security System (SSS) has launched the summer training program for student-dependent of displaced workers as part of the efforts to help its members and their families affected by the ongoing financial crisis, which has led to job losses here and abroad.
Dr. Cherly S. Jariol, branch manager, SSS Iligan, revealed that for Iligan City, they would be accommodating 15 students only and applicant has to submit an application form with her/his birth certificate, latest school registration card, valid school ID, medical certificate and proof that they or their parent, sibling, uncle or aunt has lost their job.
Students must be enrolled in any semester for the school year 2008 to 2009 to be eligible.
Under the new SSS guidelines, the applicant or the SSS member related to the student must have been laid off within the last 24 months due to the present economic crisis and has at least one contribution payment within the same period, stressed Dr. Jariol.
She emphasized that siblings of displaced workers would be accepted in addition to children, nephew and nieces of laid off employees and students registered with SSS.
Students will be enjoying hands-on training on social security services for 44 working days which will start on April 2 to June 5, 2009, and shall receive a P340 daily allowance, Jariol said.
The students will also be exposed on field with the Account Officers of SSS.
A total of 2,000 trainees would be accepted for this program nationwide. (PIA-Lanao del Norte)
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Northern Mindanao gets P52.37M for 4Ps program
March 27, 2009 by admin
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Northern Mindanao gets P52.37M for 4Ps program
by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob
Cagayan de Oro City (25 March) — Some P52.37 million in cash grants under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4P’s) of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo have been released in Northern Mindanao, as of March 15.
Of this amount, P27.235 million was released to 15,020 households from 211 barangays in Misamis Occidental province’s nine towns while P2.59 million was released to 1,130 households from five barangays of Cagayan de Oro City.
“About P22.55 million have been released to the Lanao del Norte beneficiaries, however, registration of beneficiaries from its 150 4P barangays are still going on, ” Atty. Aracelli Solamillo, Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Region 10, said
Aimed to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in achieving universal primary education, 4P’s is a program to promote investment in human capital among poor families with 0-14 year-old children.
It is also aims to reducing child mortality and improving maternal health following the conditions provided in availing the cash grant for the qualified beneficiaries.
Solamillo said the 4Ps is a project that supports the realization of the DSWD vision, mission and mandate and is aligned with its goals of reducing poverty and empowering the poor.
Meanwhile, in Misamis Occidental, the town of Bonifacio registered the highest amount of P10.64 million in 4P coverage for 3,116 households, followed by Lopez Jaena with Php8.306 million for 2,104 households and Tudela with Php5.28 million for 1,899 households.
The other towns, their 4P amounts and household coverage are as follows: Sapang Dalaga, P3.41million for 1,579, Baliangao, P2.71 million for 1,239 and Plaridel, P1.29 million for 2,573.
Don Victoriano, P1.04 million for 831, Conception, P632,700 for 443 and Sinacaban, P362,100 for 1,236 households. (PIA 10)
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