{"id":178253,"date":"2018-08-23T21:43:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T01:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=178253"},"modified":"2018-08-23T21:43:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T01:43:42","slug":"avail-govt-aid-dole-urges-4k-boracay-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/23\/avail-govt-aid-dole-urges-4k-boracay-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Avail of gov&#8217;t aid, DOLE urges 4K Boracay workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103546\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4754.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103546\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4754.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4754.jpg 391w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_4754-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWe encourage the regular employees in Boracay and are now in other regions to visit the nearest DOLE offices to be able to assist you to be employed or avail of financial assistance for a period od six months,\u201d the DOLE acting chief said. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) urged around 4,000 regular workers in Boracay affected by the six-month closure of the island to avail of the assistance being provided by the government.<\/p>\n<p>Labor Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod asked the workers from the island, who are now in other areas, to go to the nearest DOLE and apply for the assistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage the regular employees in Boracay and are now in other regions to visit the nearest DOLE offices to be able to assist you to be employed or avail of financial assistance for a period od six months,\u201d the DOLE acting chief said in a press briefing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, noted that only half of the salary on the island, amounting to PHP4,200 per month, will be given to the affected workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will only be getting 50 percent that\u2019s our agreement with the Office of the President,\u201d Maglunsod added.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, DOLE Assistant Secretary Benjo Benavidez reported that more than 13,000 beneficiaries have already availed of the assistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur budget is good for 17,735. But as we speak,<em>\u00a0ang naga<\/em>-avail\u00a0<em>pa lang ng<\/em>\u00a0assistance\u00a0<em>namin<\/em>\u00a0(those who have availed of assistance from us) is 13,000 plus. We are still looking for the 4,000 plus workers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the DOLE official asked the members of media to help them inform qualified beneficiaries to go to DOLE and to avail of the financial assistance being given to the displaced workers.<\/p>\n<p>Benavidez noted that financial assistance is retroactive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is in the amount of PHP4,200 per month. So<em>\u00a0kung mag<\/em>-avail\u00a0<em>sila ngayon, may utang pa kami<\/em>\u00a0(if they will avail now, we will incur debts) since May. We will give them the differentials starting May up to August or September,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>On April 26, President Duterte ordered the total closure of Boracay Island to undergo rehabilitation for six months.<\/p>\n<p>The island is scheduled to be reopened on October 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) urged around 4,000 regular workers in Boracay affected by the six-month closure &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":103546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}