📋 Tender Overview
A total of 812 informal sector workers from the Second District of Ilocos Sur have benefited from the Department of Labor and Employment DOLE through the Employment Assistance in Our Displaced Disadvantaged Workers TUPAD Barangay Ko My House BKBK Disinfecting Project.The beneficiaries worked for 10 days during the enhanced community quarantine in the province and received P340.00 daily salary which is the minimum wage rate in Region I.Under the TUPAD BKBK project displaced or disadvantaged individuals due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 COVID-19 cleaned and disinfected their homes and communities with the assistance of local health officers.Each beneficiary received an amount of P3400.00 after their 10-day work period.Worker-beneficiaries from eight upland towns Sugpon Alilem Cervantes Suyo San Emilio Quirino Sigay and Gregorio Del Pilar received their salaries from May 19 to May 22. The distribution was conducted face-to-face but safety health protocols such as wearing of masks and physical distancing were observed.The four-day distribution was conducted with the help of the office of Ilocos Sur Second District Representative Kristine Singson and the cooperation of the local government units LGU. The system of pay-out was based on the request of LGUs which is easier for benificiaries who need immediate assistance. As we go on we can see which system is better for distribution Rep. Singson said in an interview.With the COVID-19 pandemic she said everything that their office has done was trial-and-error but she was grateful for the cooperation of the LGUs and national government agencies NGA during the distribution of salaries.Rep. Singson added We always coordinate with the DSWD and LGUs who are not being served because were trying to cover all households in Ilocos Sur. Our coordination with NGAs and LGUs is great because we know that it is important that we can all give. Were trying hard in Congress to pass on what is needed for the executive implementation of additional funding to go. In Candon City as it has recorded the most number of worker-beneficiaries a face-to-face pay-out was held at Barangay Calaoa-an Covered Gym on May 27 to avoid overcrowding as it was emphasized that beneficiaries may claim their salaries at any MLhuillier branch.The rest of the worker-beneficiaries from 14 towns were paid through MLhuillier Financial Services.Instructions on how and where to claim their salaries were provided by a representative of MLhuillier.At least P3 million pesos was allocated for the implementation of TUPAD BKBK project in the second district of Ilocos Sur according to Rep. Singson one of the Assistant Majority Leaders in the House of Representatives.This month another 823 informal sector workers are expected to benefit from the DOLE-TUPAD with an allocated fund of P3 million pesos for the emergency employment program as a post COVID-19 intervention.
