Butuanon youth receive cash assistance under DOLE-TUPAD of the youth in the list of beneficiaries of the TUPAD program Providing such assistance to the youth is important, Chiang said, since a significant portion of the workforce in the city comprises students who work part-time. Some 380 youth have received cash assistance under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)’s cash-for-work assistance program, Tulong Hanapbuhay Para sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD). Select full-time students and students who work part-time from Barangays Banza, Bobon, De Oro, Golden Ribbon, Lemon, Mahay, Mahogany, Maug, Tagabaca, and Tiniwisan gathered at the Brgy. Golden Ribbon covered court on Monday, December 27, to receive cash assistance amounting to PhP3,200. The national government has allocated PhP1.2 million for the said batch of beneficiaries, and was
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benefited by 75 youth residents from Brgy. Golden Ribbon; 35 youth residents from each of the Brgys. Banza, Bobon, De Oro, Lemon, Mahogany, and Maug; 36 youth residents from Brgys. Mahay and Tiniwisan; and 34 youth residents from Brgy. Tagabaca. The initiative is spearheaded by former Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federated president and current Brgy. Golden Ribbon SK chairperson Engr. Wen Kok Lim Chiang II, who, along with SK leaders in other parts of the country, lobbied the Office of the President through Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, DOLE secretary Silvestre Bello III, and USec. Victor Del Rosario for the inclusion
“Majority po sa mga kabataan at nagtatrabaho. Kahit sila din po ay naaapketuhan sa pandemiya, sa sakuna, so nagpapasalamat po talaga kami dahil yung allocation for the last quarter sa TUPAD, nabigay po sa mga kabataan natin. (Majority of our youth are working. They are also affected by the pandemic and disasters so we are thankful that the allocation for the last quarter for the TUPAD [program] was given to our youth),” he said. Among the beneficiaries is the son of Leogina Sacro, a resident of Brgy. Tiniwisan, who is relieved that her son is able to receive an ample amount of money amid the ongoing health crisis. Her son, a 15-year-old student, worked part-time
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