The Department of Labor and Employment in Davao Region on Monday announced that it was set to conduct payout to Roxas Night Market Bombing on Thursday, December 22, 2016.
According to DOLE 11 representative Jason Balais, 29 victims of the Roxas Night Market Bombing incident will benefit from the payout under DOLE’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged/ Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program.
TUPAD is a component of the DOLE Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP).
“The program is a community-based package of assistance that provides emergency employment for displaced workers,” Balais explained.
Balais added that those who were self-employed and have lost their livelihood, including farmers and fishers, due to natural or human-made disasters, and the underemployed and the unemployed poor are included in the said program.
“The beneficiaries will receive a minimum daily rate for their ten-day work,” Balais added.
The said program is one of DOLE’s assistance to the victims which was announced during the recently conducted interagency forum on November 25, 2016.
“Under the program, if the victim is unable to work they can send their about work on behalf of them instead,” Balais said.
