Over 83,000 Davao workers benefit city"s expanded work program

Ruth Palo

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A total of 83,898 Dabawenyos who were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic have availed of the government's expanded employment program.

City Information Office (CIO) in its report said that as of February 4,2020,

a total of 7,632 are beneficiaries of Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) Regular; 6,274 are beneficiaries of TUPAD #BarangayKoBahayKo (BKBK) Disinfecting/ Sanitation Project; and 4,731 are beneficiaries of TUPAD BKBK under the Vice Mayor's Office.

Another 180 workers also benefited Government Internship Program (GIP); 72 are beneficiaries of TUPAD-GIP; 21,337 are beneficiaries of TUPAD Trabaho Dabawenyo; and, 43,672 are beneficiaries of Work for Davao.

These programs were implemented jointly by the Public Employment Services Office (PESO), City Mayor's Office (CMO), City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), Department of Labor and Employment, and the Office of Commissioner Norman Baloro of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor.

Davao- LGU Special Projects, the implementing office of these various programs, is currently under the City Mayor's Office.

Baloro, who is also the head of LGU Davao Special Projects, said that the programs for workers affected by Covid-19 pandemic have been fully implemented and its budget already utilized.

"The budget allocated to us and downloaded through the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Budget and Management are fully utilized,”Baloro said.

Baloro, however, said that not all of the beneficiaries were able to receive due to various reasons,” Baloro said.

The Team Leader of LGU-Davao Special Projects, Vivian Teves also said that the Special Projects team did not stop catering to Davaoeños especially those who missed the scheduled payout and are still catering to beneficiaries who go to their office at Door 7 Magsaysay Park.

"Our staff at the LGU Davao Special Project are doing our best to contact persons to re-process their money. We accommodate them so that they can get their pay,” Teves said.

Baloro encouraged those who have concerns about the payout to inquire and be posted for the latest announcement through the Work for Davao Facebook Page.