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==OFW association, ambulant vendors get livelihood assistance== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r02&id=61420 | |||
*Thursday, October 27, 2011 | |||
:by Thelma C. Bicarme and Reginald B. Estioco | |||
CABARROGUIS, Quirino, October 27 (PIA) -- The Zamora D’Great Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Association here and some 20 ambulant vendors from Aglipay town received P440,883 livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 2) recently. | |||
The livelihood assistance, which was personally handed to the beneficiaries at the office of Gov. Junie E. Cua by Regional Director Grace Y. Ursua, is part of the DOLE’s mandate to assist workers uplift their kind of living. | |||
In behalf of the recipients, Governor Cua thanked the DOLE for the assistance to his constituents as he promised that his office will oversee the proper implementation and monitoring of the two projects. | |||
The ambulant vendors will venture individually into a Nego Kart (Negosyo sa Kariton) which will enable them to increase, upgrade and diversify their products and services, and market the same to more buyers or customers. | |||
Each vendor-beneficiary is provided with a total of P15,000 to cover the acquisition of a vending cart and accessory livelihood tools; working capital for procurement or production of marketable goods or services; trainings on production skills, entrepreneurship and business management; and in securing business permits to operate in designated areas. | |||
Meanwhile, the OFW Association, which received P140,883, will engage in the production of bags and baskets out of plastics straps. (TCB/RBE/PIA 2) | |||
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Consolacion said as of October 13, the NABCOR has only procured an estimated P1.5 million worth of corn-in-cobs. | Consolacion said as of October 13, the NABCOR has only procured an estimated P1.5 million worth of corn-in-cobs. | ||
The NABCOR is a government-owned and controlled corporation attached to the Department of Agriculture (DA) which buys and processes corn-on-cobs straight from the farm. This tremendously helps farmers decrease their post-harvest losses and increase their income. (TCB/PIA 2) | The NABCOR is a government-owned and controlled corporation attached to the Department of Agriculture (DA) which buys and processes corn-on-cobs straight from the farm. This tremendously helps farmers decrease their post-harvest losses and increase their income. (TCB/PIA 2) | ||
==Skills Registry System in Quirino town kicks off== | ==Skills Registry System in Quirino town kicks off== | ||