Storm surge victims benefit from DOLE program

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1018541
• Tuesday, December 12, 2017

By R. G. Antonet Go (PNA)

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A total of 336 victims of storm surge have been employed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through the agency’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantage (TUPAD) workers in nine west coast barangays in this city.

The employment of the storm surge victims was facilitated by first district Rep. Celso Lobregat.

Of the total, 242 are from Barangay Labuan; 43, Limpapa; 16, 13, Sinunuc; Patalon; five, Ayala; five, Recodo; three, La Paz; and, two, Talisayan.

Lobregat on Monday said the TUPAD beneficiaries will work for 15 days in their respective barangays and will receive PhP296 daily salary. Each will receive a total of PhP4,440.

“This is the way the national government through the DOLE is helping the victims of the storm surge,” he said.

The beneficiaries have undergone an orientation last Friday for them to know their obligations as TUPAD beneficiaries.

Hundreds of residents were displaced when a storm surge hit the west coast of this city in October, this year.

The hardest hit was Barangay Labuan.