OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Which government agency offers the most substantial and helpful livelihood assistance to OFWs or overseas Filipinos?Is it OWWA’s stand-alone “Balik Pinas Balik Hanapbuhay” program that provides a maximum ₱20,000 as start up or additional capital for a livelihood...
BATANGAS CITY – A hollow block making livelihood program for communities affected by the eruption of Taal Volcano was launched by the Department of Science and Technology-Region 4-A (Calabarzon or the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area) and Batangas Provincial Science and...
The Quezon City (QC) government announced on Tuesday, May 31, that a total of 320 small business owners in the city received P5,000 livelihood assistance each under its Small Income Generating Assistance (SIGA) Capital Assistance Program. Mayor Joy Belmonte distributed the cash aid to the...
Global brand ambassador and social media celebrity Heart Evangelista-Escudero has showed her support for women in a livelihood training project in Muntinlupa City where she learned about the process of making local products including bottled bangus, gourmet tuyo and tinapa, as well as, peanut...
Over four decades of living up to its mission “to help people help themselves,” the Angelo King Foundation, Inc. (AKFI) has focused on a new program that will give mobility to workers. The program – Bicycles for Livelihood – is aimed to improve the quality of life of the members of its...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology National Capital Region (BJMP-NCR) and the Junior Chamber International Quezon City (JCI QC) Capitol has entered into a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) that provides paralegal and livelihood support to persons deprived of liberty (PDL) under...
A total of 40 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in the Quezon City Jail Female Dormitory (QCJFD) underwent a livelihood skills training program conducted by the Quezon City Small Business and Cooperatives Development Promotions Office (SBCDPO). The SBCDPO officer-in-charge Ms. Mona Yap said that...
ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has pumped livelihood projects worth P2.48 million to curb child labor in the island province of Guimaras. Parents listen intently to DOLE-6 Regional Director Sixto Rodriguez Jr. during the turn-over of Php 2.48 million worth of projects...
The Commission on Audit (COA) praised the programs of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) that address the needs and concerns of senior citizens and job-seeking persons with disabilities (PWDs). In a statement, DOLE revealed that the initiatives that were praised by COA were the programs...
The Quezon City government has provided financial assistance to more than 25,000 residents through the Pangkabuhayan QC program. “Pangkabuhayang QC is one of our flagship programs for economic recovery. This program has helped not just the individual beneficiaries but also their families because...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Twenty nine Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Benguet Provincial Jail received livelihood skills training in bread making and pastry production through the assistance of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Cordillera and in coordination...
The Makati City local government distributed on Monday, March 21, mobile food carts to Makatizen vendors to help them financially recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo from Mayor Abby Binay's Facebook) Makati City Mayor Abby Binay led the ceremonial blessing and turnover of 41...
