Philippine Information Agency Central Visayas

  DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental (PIA) -- Transporting passengers was the sole source of income in the past for the 80 members of Metro Dumaguete Motorcab Operators and Driver’s Association (MEDUMODA). However, with the livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the drivers’ group now has their own machine shop and services business. MEDUMODA president Rolando Anadon said the group received jigs, materials, and equipment worth P1 million from DOLE. “Over 30 years of driving, kini na business dugay na namong gihandom na gihatag sa gobyerno na nakatabang kaayo namo,” said Anadon.  (In over 30 years of driving, we have long dreamt of putting up this business, and now the government has helped us realize it.)  He said they would no longer have to suffer from the high prices that they used to incur when availing of the services from the other machine shops. “Dako kaayo among kalipay sa tabang, ug nagpasalamat kami sa Dole sa pagsalig kanamo niin...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu, September 14 (PIA) -- Mipanaog na og mando ang Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board 7 (RTWPB-7) niadtong Septiyembre 5 kini kabahin sa pagpatuman ug P33 nga usbaw alang sa tanang minimum wage earners sa mga pribadong mga establisyemento sa Central Visayas. Ang pag-usbaw magdala sa minimum nga suholan sa mga non-agriculture establishments ngadto sa P420-P468, ug P415-P458 sa agricultural ug non-agriculture establishments nga wala pay napulo ka mga trabahante depende sa geographical classification. Mahitungod niini, ang bag-ong minimum wage rate mosaka na ngadto sa P468 gikan alang sa mga non-agriculture establishments ubos sa Class A classification nga naglangkog sa mga syudad sa Carcar, Cebu, Danao, Lapulapu, Mandaue, Naga, Talisay, ug mga lungsod sa Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Minglanilla, San Fernando o ang Expanded Metro Cebu, samtang mosaka na usab ngadto sa Php 458 ang minimum wage alang sa mga agrciultural ug non-agriculture establ...

  Personnel of DOLE Negros Oriental Field Office facilitating the meeting with BWSC and URC-Bais Distillery Human Resource of URSUMCO and PACIWU URC-Distillery Employees Union Chapter on the delay of the FBF distribution, which was received by all parties. (Contributed photo) DUMAGUETE CITY, July 24 (PIA) -- Around 115 bioethanol plant workers in Negros Oriental received their Financial Benefit Fund (FBF) amounting to P1.5 million. According to Labor Information Officer III Luchel Senarlo-Taniza of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), each of the plant workers from URC-Bais Distillery in Alangilanan, Manjuyod town received the monetary benefits that ranged from over P2,000 up to a maximum of almost P17,000. The FBF is the 80% of the Social Amelioration and Welfare Program (SAWP) lien collection to be given as financial or cash benefit to qualified bioethanol plant workers, including any and all incomes or interests derived from it. The recipients comprised of active and r...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 18 (PIA) -- Pito ka  People’s Organizations (POs)  sa lalawigan sa Bohol ang nakadawat og tabang panginabuhian niadtong Lunes, Abril 17, 2023. Kini ubos sa  Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)   Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) o Kabuhayan Program. Ang 7 ka POs mao ang  Samilca Irrigators Association Inc.  sa lungsod sa Dagohoy , Smile San Vicente Farmers Association  sa lungsod sa Ubay,  Bato Women's Association  sa lungsod sa Buenavista , Camarin Farmers Association  sa lungsod sa Danao,  United Prohance Irrigators Association ug La Hacienda-Katipunan Farmers Association, Inc.  sa lungsod sa Pilar, ug ang  Alburquerque Tricycle Drivers Association  sa lungsod sa Albur. Nakadawat ang maong mga POs og mga tseke alang sa tagsa-tagsa nga mga proyekto,  livelihood starter kits,  pang-abang og mga serbisyo sa mga gamit sa uma, produksyon sa itlog, free range nga pro...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu, April 14 (PIA) –- Isip pagtagana sa nagpadayun nga panahon sa ting-init,  ang  Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)  mi-isyu og  labor advisory  nga nag-mando sa mga  working establishments  sa pagmugna og mga  safety and health measures  aron sa paglikay og pakontrol sa  heat stress  nga posibleng masinati sa matag trabahoan. Ang maong  Advisory  naglangkob sa tanan nga mga employers ug trabahoan sa pribadong sektor lakip napud ang ilang mga trabahante. Kung diin gimandoan ang mga employer nga ipatuman ang mosunod nga mga lakang aron makunhuran ang grabeng kainit sa trabahoan: Pagwagtang sa kainit ug humidity sa mga trabahoan pinaagi sa epektibo nga bentilasyon ug heat insulation sa tanang lugar nga adunay mga trabahante Pag-adjust  sa mga  rest break  o mga lugar sa trabaho aron tugotan ang pagkaayo gikan sa pagkaladlad sa init. Pagtagana sa mga uniporme nga angay sa temperatur...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu Feb. 27 (PIA) -- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. concluded his first presidential visit in Cebu by leading the distribution of various government assistance in Mandaue City on Feb. 27. Joining the president were officials from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Agriculture (DA), and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) who provided different kinds of assistance to the target beneficiaries in the province. DSWD distributed family food packs and financial assistance worth P5,000 to 700 beneficiaries through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS). The DTI also distributed livelihood kits and vouchers worth P8,000 each to 20 micro-entrepreneurs under the Pangkabuhayan sa Ginhawa at Pagbangon Program (DTI-PPG). Meanwhile, the DA distributed corn, tomato, and eggplant seedlings to 146 farmers from seven farmer associations, while DOLE also gave livelihood grants to 26 worke...

CEBU CITY, Cebu, April 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 7 recently distributed livelihood assistance or Kabuhayan grants to six associations in Danao City, Cebu. The associations that received the assistance are Maslog Men and Women Workers Association, Kabanay Workers Association, Sidlak-Juana Workers Association, Cahumayan Farmers Association, Looc Fishermen Association, and TawsanGuinsay Fishermen Association. The total livelihood grant amounted to P2.5M which will be used to finance their different livelihood projects. The Sidlak-Juana Workers Association and Kabanay Workers Association were given P500,000 and P200,000, respectively, for their bakery project. Meanwhile, the Maslog Men and Women Workers Association received P300,000 which will be used to buy kitchen utensils for their catering services. An assistance to lower the cost of fertilizers was also given to Cahumayan Farmers Association in the amount of P450,000. Meanwhile, Looc Fishermen As...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu, Nov. 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment Region 7 (DOLE-7) released over P4.6M in livelihood assistance to the parents of profiled child laborers in Barili, according to DOLE-7 Labor Information Officer III Luchel Senarlo-Taniza.   Taniza said around 153 parents of child laborers from the different barangays of Barili benefited from the livelihood program of DOLE. Each received not less than P29,000 for their respective Livelihood Started Kits (LSKs).  The said beneficiaries that came from the barangays of Candugay, Cagay, San Rafael, and Azucena will engage in goat raising, cattle fattening, general merchandising, candle vending, buy and sell of frozen food products, and hanging rice livelihood project. “For four days, we distributed the livelihood starter kits to the beneficiaries, since we have to go to several different barangays and strictly observing the safety and health protocols,” said Cebu Provincial Field Office (CPFO) Officer-...