Around 192 residents of Quezon City (QC) completed their technical-vocational skills training courses under the Special Training for Employment Program (STEP) of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) on Saturday, Feb. 5. STEP is a community-based initiative that aims to...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has set up solar lighting systems and charging stations in areas of the Caraga Region that experienced power outages due to Typhoon Odette, the agency said on Tuesday, Jan. 18. (Photo from TESDA / MANILA BULLETIN) A total of 59 solar...
URC enhances support to sustainable farming Madelaine B. Miraflor Universal Robina Corp. (URC) has ramped up its community support specifically in the areas of livelihood, sustainable farming, food availability, and security. URC Senior Vice President for Corporate Development & External...
The Las Piñas City conducted face-to-face classes for students taking up technical-vocational livelihood strand at Las Piñas National High School. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said prior to the implementation of pilot face-to-face classes, the Las Piñas School Division prepared the school to...
The Caloocan City government, in partnership with foodpanda and Philippine Seven, launched on Tuesday, Nov.23, the "BuyAnihan Palengke" livelihood program that aims to provide a source of income to workers who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, reformed drug dependents, and graduates of...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Reflections today Her whole livelihood In today’s Gospel, Jesus presents a widow not as a receiver but as a giver, as a protagonist. In the “Court of Women” in the Jerusalem Temple, people drop their money for the temple treasury. The widow drops two coins, the equivalent of...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said 75 city residents joined the livelihood training on shielded metal arc welding offered by the local government on Nov. 15. Rubiano said the participants in the livelihood training were given P6,400 allowance. She said the training on shielded metal arc...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has warned politicians who have been taking advantage of its flagship livelihood program to pressure local officials against supporting certain candidates for next year's elections. A beneficiary of the Department of Labor and Employment's Tulong...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday, Nov. 15, that over 7,000 decommissioned combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will receive livelihood settlement grants (LSG) this month. MILF CHECKPOINT – An MILF fighter guards the road to Pikit, North...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) have rolled out livelihood programs for transport workers and returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Iloilo province. (Photo from Department of Transportation) Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade...
The beneficiaries of the Livelihood Assistance Grants (LAG) will receive their livelihood grants in full. (Photo courtesy of Sagun John Rufinel/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This was assured by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday, Nov. 5, following reports that a certain...
A A total of 950 beneficiaries of “Pangkabuhayang QC Program” received on Thursday P20,000 livelihood assistance. The program was launched by the QC Small Business and Cooperatives Development Promotions Office (SBCDPO) to help the citizens who were severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic....