{"id":269153,"date":"2020-09-18T06:45:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T10:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=269153"},"modified":"2025-03-06T05:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T10:56:30","slug":"2m-local-workers-ofws-to-get-aid-from-bayanihan-2-bello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/18\/2m-local-workers-ofws-to-get-aid-from-bayanihan-2-bello\/","title":{"rendered":"2M local workers, OFWs to get aid from Bayanihan 2: Bello"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_256246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256246\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/43807.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-256246\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/43807-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/43807-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/43807-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/43807-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/43807.jpg 1684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-256246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) heading to their hometowns after completing mandatory quarantine queue at the departure area of Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 during a send-off on Tuesday (May 26, 2020) (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Close to 2 million Filipino workers including displaced overseas Filipino workers are set to benefit from the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this additional budgetary allocation, we expect to aid 700,000 formal sector workers. We also looking to provide assistance to some 1 million informal workers,\u201d Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in a Laging Handa briefing.<\/p>\n<p>He added that some 200,000 overseas Filipino workers would also get cash aid as the government allocated PHP2 billion for the purpose.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy biltricide online <a href=\"http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/mobile\/images\/png\/biltricide.html\">http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/mobile\/images\/png\/biltricide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Under the Bayanihan 2, the Department will be getting PHP13 billion to help workers cope with the effects of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The DOLE\u2019s cash assistance programs include, the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP), Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged\/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) and Abot Kamay ang Pagtulong (AKAP) program.<\/p>\n<p>The CAMP provides a one-time cash subsidy of Php5,000.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy periactin online <a href=\"http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/mobile\/images\/png\/periactin.html\">http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/mobile\/images\/png\/periactin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>00 to formal sector workers affected by Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Under TUPAD, beneficiaries were given the 10-day emergency employment and were paid the minimum wage prevailing in their respective areas.<\/p>\n<p>Their job involved the disinfection and sanitation of the beneficiaries\u2019 dwellings and immediate vicinity to conform with the physical distancing protocol to prevent the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, under the Abot Kamay ang Pagtulong (AKAP) program, OFWs will receive a one-time Php10,000 or 0 cash assistance.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vilitra online <a href=\"http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/mobile\/images\/png\/vilitra.html\">http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/mobile\/images\/png\/vilitra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Beneficiaries of the program are OFWs displaced by the pandemic who are abroad and stranded in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Close to 2 million Filipino workers including displaced overseas Filipino workers are set to benefit from the Bayanihan to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":256246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269153","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\/269153","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269153"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287362,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269153\/revisions\/287362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}