DOLE to give cash aid to 350,000 workers affected by ECQ by April 14

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is aiming to give cash assistance to about 350,000 formal and informal workers who were not able to go to work due to the enhanced

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Monday said the agency is still processing the application of the 115,000 formal workers who will be paid by P575 million and the applications of 235,000 informal workers who will be paid P963 million.

“Kaya we need exigency and ask for additional target allotment from the national government,” he added. As of Sunday, the DOLE has approved the application for assistance of 102,885 formal workers and has disbursed about P541 million for the program, Bello said.

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