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==[[Quirino News]]==
==[[Quirino News]]==
'''Saguday TODA gets livelihood assistance from DOLE 2'''
'''Quirino police beefs up security for Oplan Sumvac, Holy week'''
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=451333068161
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451333343226
*Friday 30th of March 2012
*Monday 2nd of April 2012
:by Thelma C. Bicarme
:by Thelma C. Bicarme




SAGUDAY, Quirino, March 30 (PIA) -- Around 40 members of the Saguday-Santiago Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (SATODA) here are now benefiting from their association’s motorcycle spare parts and lubricants general merchandising project which was funded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).


CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 2 (PIA) -- The Quirino Police Provincial Office Police Regional Office under the leadership of PSSupt. Domingo R. Lucas is all set to implement Oplan SumVac which took effect just after the end of the school year up to the opening of classes in June.


Guillermo C. Tan, DOLE Quirino chief, said no less than Atty. Sixto T. Rodriguez, regional director, handed the check amounting to P309, 818 to the local government of Saguday headed by Mayor Dionicio Vicmudo last February 16, 2012 to finance the SATODA livelihood project.  
The security preparations also cover the Holy Week celebration starting Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.  




“The association is now engaged in the sale of various motorcycle spare parts including tires, batteries, oil, and lubricants,” Tan said.  
According to Police Chief Inspector Andree Camhol, chief of operation section of the QPPO, all the 267 police personnel are in full alert, 24/7 on duty to ensure public security. “All of us are not allowed to take a leave of absence during the duration of the summer vacation to ensure police visibility in all places being frequented by vacationers,” Camhol added.  




The labor and employment provincial chief further stated that the fund assistance is in pursuance to the objectives and goals of the Department’s livelihood program aimed at providing fund resources to small workers for them to be able to engage in socio economic ventures to develop their entrepreneurial capabilities and skills.  
The operations chief likewise assured that Municipal Action Centers are already in place and routine security marshals are already deployed in their areas of responsibility such as churches, streets, and tourists destinations.  




“ This will also provide them a chance to expand their projects into a more viable economic activity that will serve not only as a stable source of income but also to generate employment which is in line with the objective of the program to uplift the workers’ economic status,” Tan furthered. (TCB-PIA 2)
Tourist-oriented police or TOP cops are also deployed in each municipal police stations to attend to tourists who are needing assistance. Tourists assistance desks in the police stations and in tourists destinations are also installed.
 
 
“For those who need police assistance, they may text or call our PNP hotlines: QPPO- 09277327171; Aglipay Police Station-09063622545; Cabarroguis PS-09153347529; Diffun PS-09063622496; Maddela PS- 09159325139; Nagtipunan PS- 09066981038 and Saguday PS- 09359449507,” Camhol further said.(TCB-PIA 2)


==Photo Gallery of Quirino, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Quirino, Philippines==