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==DOLE-So. Leyte disburses P 2.6M for projects of self-employed individuals== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R08&article=1301336620382 | |||
*Thursday, May 10, 2012 | |||
:by Marcelo M. Pedalino | |||
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 10 (PIA) -- The provincial field office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here has set aside over P 2.6 million worth of livelihood projects intended for individual small-scale businesses in the so-called informal sector. | |||
The amount was already moving in various stages of implementation as coursed through DOLE’s accredited co-partner (ACP) consisting of five municipalities and one city, involving 251 individual beneficiaries, said Fe Norma Valuis, DOLE provincial field officer. | |||
During the cable TV program “Action Center” yesterday morning, Valuis identified DOLE’s LGU partners as the City of Maasin which garnered almost half of the total fund assistance, barangay Sta. Crus of Macrohon, and the towns of Saint Bernard, Pintuyan, Silago, and Libagon. | |||
Valuis said she had recently talked with Mayor Roberto Loquinte of Anahawan who also wanted to avail of DOLE’s support to fund a tourism-related project in the municipality - the Mainit Spring. | |||
All the rest of the 18 municipal local government units will eventually be reached by DOLE’s livelihood assistance where there are individual workers who are self-employed, Valuis added. | |||
For the city of Maasin, the amount of P 642,729 will be for the livelihood formation of 63 informal sector workers, while another P612,049.00 was also due for release to 48 small scale fishing project of marginal fisherfolks, Valuis said. | |||
These assistance, scheduled to be turned over yesterday, were not yet given since Mayor Maloney Samaco was still in Lingayen, Pangasinan, attending the Palarong Pambansa, she added. | |||
DOLE and the barangay LGU signed yesterday a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) at Supercha Foodhauz, this city another assistance for 15 ambulant vendors of barangay Sta. Cruz, Macrohon, for their fish and food vending worth P 224,996. | |||
Meanwhile, some 39 displaced workers from Saint Bernard will soon become beneficiaries of entrepreneurial funds worth P334,016, and another amount of P 413,432 is now in the pipeline for 46 unemployed or underemployed sectoral workers in the town of Pintuyan. | |||
Among the funds already given to LGU partners were those at Silago for the high-value vegetable production project of 26 individuals who are members of the Puntana Women Nature’s Club Association worth P 261,340 and another P 179,600 for 14 women from Libagon for their Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) project. | |||
Accredited co-partner LGUs shared 20 percent of the funds as equity not necessarily in cash but other non-cash equivalent like training, capacity-building, or equipment, while DOLE provided the needed materials and in some cases cash as capital, Valuis said. | |||
The assistance has always been in the nature of a grant, and the beneficiaries' sole obligation is to see to it that their businesses flourish and develop further, Valuis added. (PIA8, Southern Leyte) | |||
==Maasin City delegates off to Palarong Pambansa in Pangasinan== | ==Maasin City delegates off to Palarong Pambansa in Pangasinan== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R08&article=1291336447193 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R08&article=1291336447193 | ||
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With the week-long game competition, the city government is hopeful the Maasin City athletes will bring home medals. Maasin City allocated cash incentives to the medalists, it was learned. (LDL/RGC-PIA8 Southern Leyte) | With the week-long game competition, the city government is hopeful the Maasin City athletes will bring home medals. Maasin City allocated cash incentives to the medalists, it was learned. (LDL/RGC-PIA8 Southern Leyte) | ||
==DOLE holds orientation for livelihood program recipients in Southern Leyte== | ==DOLE holds orientation for livelihood program recipients in Southern Leyte== | ||