ILOILO City – For the first six months of this year, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 6 released P427,585,329.40 worth of emergency employment assistance to vulnerable workers in the region under its Tulong Pangkabuhayan sa Ating Disadvantaged / Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program.
A total of 95,261 displaced and informal workers from the different local government units of the region benefited from TUPAD, a flagship program of DOLE.
DOLE-6 said P196,064,227.34 of the utilized TUPAD funds were paid to 36,405 beneficiaries from the city of Iloilo and the different municipalities of the province of Iloilo which has the highest number of beneficiaries.
Around P115,892,334 were paid for the wages, PPEs and insurance coverages of 29,042 vulnerable workers in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City.
In the province of Capiz, P37,102,838 worth of TUPAD package benefited 11,991 informal workers.
DOLE-6, through its Antique Field Office, also released a total of P39,897,356 for 10,005 beneficiaries in the province.
The 4,567 beneficiaries from the province of Aklan and the 3,251 from Guimaras received their P19,753,030 and P9,852,155.08 wages and other benefits, respectively.
The Regional Office also disbursed P41,326,193 for the beneficiaries of other accredited partners through the different field offices, according to the DOLE 6 report. (PIA/PN)
