TABUK CITY, Kalinga – More than a thousand residents of Tabuk City participated in an orientation and signing of contract service for the government’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program.
This initiative offers short-term, 10-day work opportunities to support individuals in need of immediate employment.
Rizal Sta. Inez, Labor and Employment Skills and Livelihood Officer and TUPAD Coordinator of City Public Employment Service Office (PESO), announced that 1,020 individuals from 13 barangays in Tabuk City are participating. These barangays include Dagupan Weste, Bado Dangwa, Bantay, Bulano Centro and Norte, Guilayon, Nambucayan, Cudal, Laya East, Gobgob, Calanan, and Dupag. Each participant will work for at least four hours a day, overseen by their respective barangay representative, who will monitor attendance and ensure compliance.
As part of the documentation process, each TUPAD participant must submit a mode of verification, typically a series of photos taken before, during, and after their tasks. The City PESO will carefully monitor daily time records, which will be submitted to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Kalinga for final verification before payment.
Amper Barcellano, Senior Labor Employment Officer at DOLE Kalinga, explained that each participant will receive PhP4,300 for the 10-day period, calculated at a daily rate of Php 430. They will also receive personal protective equipment (PPE) to ensure safety while on the job.
To ensure broad assistance, only one member per family is allowed to join, and participants are generally limited to one enrollment per calendar year unless exceptional circumstances occur.
This batch of TUPAD is funded by a PhP5 million allocation, which was personally delivered by DOLE CAR Regional Director Nathaniel Lacambra to City Mayor Darwin Estrañero. The handover took place following a public hearing by the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board in Tabuk City. By JDM
