Antiqueños Thank DOLE’s TUPAD Program
Some 16,000 beneficiaries are appreciative of the impact of the labor department’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced (TUPAD) in Antique. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III was in Antique on April 9 to oversee the implementation of the TUPAD program in the province, which has the biggest number of beneficiaries in the country. During the visit, he assured beneficiaries that they will be paid because the budget has already been downloaded to the regional office. TUPAD, an emergency employment program of DOLE has benefitted 16,000 displaced workers in the province. They started working last March 25.…
