TIM eMagazine Vol.1 Issue 3
DOLE
regions
report no
company
shutdowns,
no workers
displaced—
Baldoz
L
abor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda
Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday said initial reports
from DOLE regional officials in regions
affected by Typhoon Pablo show there were no
companies that have reported shutdowns in
their operations or their workers displaced.
“I am gratified of these initial reports, but my
directive for them to continue their assessments as the
weather clears still stand,” she said.
“Their quick reaction teams need to validate any
report in their regions, and to assess the situation,
including those of DOLE-assisted livelihood
projects, whether these need restoration or other
forms of assistance. They should also make prompt
recommendation on the kind of intervention that may
be needed,” she added.
Baldoz said she is awaiting for more detailed
assessment reports from the regional and field offices of
the DOLE.
DOLE CAR Regional Director Henry John Jalbuena
was first to report there were no workers displaced in
the region as of yesterday, but said the DOLE regional
office is validating information that three DOLEassisted livelihood projects in Baguio City and two in
Kalinga were ravaged by Typhoon Lando.
Region 1 Director Grace Ursua, Region 2 Director
Sixto Rodriguez, NCR Director Alex Avila, and Region
4-A Director Zenaida Angara-Campita reported the
same. “No report of workers displaced or companies
shutting down operation, but we continue to monitor
the regional situation,” they said.
In Region 3, Regional Director Ana Dione said
that while the regional office has not received any
notice from companies shutting down operation or
workers being displaced, she has initially assessed
7,000 workers’ families needing assistance for various
damages to property because of the typhoon. “We are
already conducting profiling activities,” she said, “and
readying our recommendation.”
In Region 5, the DOLE regional office said in its
report that workers’ families affected by the Typhoon
has reached 61, but there were no reports of affected
informal or formal sector workers.
All the regional directors have said they are
coordinating their action with other concerned
agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture,
Interior and Local Government, Social Welfare and
Development, as well as with local government units in
gathering information on the effects of the typhoon.
Baldoz last Saturday ordered all regional directors
in areas of Typhoon Lando’s path to be on a 24/7 mode,
to assess the effects of the typhoon on companies and
their workers and DOLE-assisted livelihood projects,
and to be ready to implement emergency employment
for displaced workers under the DOLE Integrated
Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program
(DILEEP).
All the regional directors have said
they are coordinating their action
with other concerned agencies,
including the Departments of
Agriculture, Interior and Local
Government, Social Welfare and
Development.
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