767 displaced workers in Kalinga aided thru TUPAD short-term employment

Tabuk City, Kalinga – Around 767 displaced workers who were hired through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Provincial Government of Kalinga will start working this Friday, July 30, 2021.

This is after an orientation conducted on Thursday regarding the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program, where they were chosen as beneficiaries.

Of the total number of recipients, 245 came from the 7 municipalities of the province, with 35 individuals selected per municipality while the remaining 524 individuals came from the City of Tabuk.

In an interview, Provincial Human Resource Management Officer Grace Flores said that the beneficiaries will work for social, economic and Agro-forestry community projects, but emphasized that they will deploy most of the TUPAD workers in schools to assist in the Brigada Eskwela Program of the Department of Education.

“Clearing, cleaning, other menial jobs kakasdiay ket on-going ti Brigada Eskwela isu nga kas support ti provincial government iti DepEd, school ti maysa a maideployan da,” she said.

Flores then assured that the recipients will get their wages amounting to P4,026,750 this August 16, 2021, which is earlier compared to previous TUPAD pay-outs after having finished the required 15 days of work.

“It’s a good thing a diay panagumay ni Regional Director di kalman nai-award diay tseke a funding para kadagituy beneficiaries tayu tatta ket adda sunan dituy DOLE provincial office. Ma-i-process lang ngem addan dituy provincial level isunga nalaklaka lang [processing nan] isunga kaya mi a targeten nga August 16,” she disclosed.

The provincial government for its part, she added will allocate the 20 percent of the total program’s funding which shall be utilized for the procurement of the Personal protective equipment (PPE) of the hired workers.

Who are qualified of the program?

Qualified for the program are those workers in the informal sector ages 21-59 whose work was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Kailangan nga employed ka idi ngem gapu kenni pandemic ket na-displace ka kasi diyay gamin diay rationale diay program. It doesn’t mean a recent nga employment mo, awan ti period a naka-indicate basta dati nga adda trabahom tapos naikkat ka because of the pandemic,” the provincial officer explained.

However, she said that they have also selected those individuals who did not make it to the Special Program of the Employment of Students (SPES) who met the age required for the program adding that the annual income of their parents must be below P250,000.

Selection of the beneficiaries

As for the selection, those who qualified had applied for the program through providing a letter of intent to the governor’s office which will be forwarded to the PHRMO/PESO office.

Flores said that their office will then screen the beneficiaries basing on the qualifications set by the program through profiling.

“Nu malpas diyay, i-short list mi suda, dagidiay naka meet iti prescribed QS, i-submit mi ti list idiay office of the Governor, then ag-recommend metten ti governor’s office nu sino dagidiay final a maala,” she added.

Having selected as beneficiaries for the program with a lot of applicant, Flores hoped that those hired will work religiously to show their appreciation to the government’s program aimed of assisting them with the impact of the pandemic.

Other programs to be undertaken

When asked on other programs of the PHRMO/PESO, Flores said that a job fair shall be undertaken this September supposed that the Modified General Community Quarantine status of the province will continue.

This, she said shall be conducted alongside the month-long celebration of the Civil Servants Anniversary.

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