DoLE extends P10-M aid to OFWs hit by ‘Usman’
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 09:28:52 +0000
BELLO
The Department of Labor and Employment is ready to dispose P10 million as financial assistance to overseas Filipino workers affected by tropical depression “Usman.”
At the post-disaster assessment briefing led by President Duterte in Camarines Sur, Labor and Employment
Secretary Silvestre Bello III said his department is ready to assist those affected by the tropical cyclone.
“We are ready to dispose of P10 million as financial assistance to OFWs affected by Usman,” Bello said, adding that the amount is already set to be distributed.
DoLE is also set to give those affected emergency employment for 15 days.
“We are prepared to give 3,000 affected residents of Sagñay and Tiwi an emergency employment for 15 days which should entitle them to about 3,000 which would amount to about P10 million,” Bello said.
“Iyong aming available funds for the OFWs is about P85 million, pero nandiyan na po ‘yung R10 million dala-dala namin para sa mga affected OFWs,” he added.
In addition, Bello said that the DoLE also has livelihood projects for all those affected. He added that there will be no limit to these projects.
“Wala pong limit Mr. President. Basta kung anong kailangan nung mga affected residents. We are ready to give them the necessary financial assistance Mr. President,” he said.
Meanwhile, the prevailing tail-end of a cold front and northeast monsoon or “amihan” could trigger flash floods or landslides over most of the country within the next few days.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration said Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Dinagat Islands, and Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the prevailing weather systems. (Argyll Geducos and Ellalyn
V. Ruiz)