By MB Online
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday said it will now stop accepting applications for the P5,000 cash aid to formal workers under the COVID-19 Adjustment Measure Program (CAMP).
"Kahapon po officially sinabihan na po natin ang ating mga regional offices na ihinto na po 'yung pagtanggap mula ngayon ng CAMP applications dahil may pumapasok pong programa ang DOF , DOLE assistant secretary Dominique Tutay said in an interview with Unang Balita.
"Ang target nga po ng DOF ay 'yung mga tinatawag nating middle income o class na mga kababayan natin," she added.
The government has earlier unveiled a P51-billion wage subsidy program for workers in about 1.6 million small businesses hit by coronavirus lockdown by next month.
"Pag sinasabi po natin na middle class, sa simpleng explanasyon ang income po nito ay between 18,200 hanggang 109,200, so ito po ang mga manggagawang kasama po sa tutulungan ng DOF," Tutay explained.
Tutay, meanwhile, said DOLE is targeting to help some 321,000 formal workers through the CAMP.
As of Wednesday, the agency has already given out P5,000 cash aid to more than 236,000 workers.
Tutay also said the supplemental budget is still being requested to benefit 500,000 more workers in the formal sector.