Over 350,000 land jobs under gov’t emergency employment programs
MANILA,
Nov. 8 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has created 357,486
jobs under three emergency employment programs meant to cushion the
impact on displaced workers of the global financial crisis.
In
his report to the President, Secretary Domingo Panganiban of the
National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) said that as of Sept. 25, a
total of 328,262 people landed jobs under the Comprehensive Livelihood
and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP).
The figure represented 70.45 percent of the targeted 465,945 workers nationwide.
As
of Sept. 17 this year, another 15,158 young men and women were
recruited under the Youth National Service program. The recruits, aged
18 to 24, work for two years with modest pay.
The
Philippine National Police registered the highest recruitment at 5,293,
followed by the Department of Public Works and Highways with 4,495, the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources with 4,390, and the
Department of Social Welfare and Development with 850.
Meanwhile,
displaced workers and their dependents, who have availed of temporary
jobs in government, totaled 14,066 as of July 30.
“In
crisis situations, government intervention to extend relief to the
people, particularly those most vulnerable to hostile economic forces,
can never be overemphasized,” Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said,
citing the NAPC report. Remonde
pointed out the three major job generation programs instituted by the
President were extremely relevant, considering that a number of
multinationals in the country down-sized under the pressure of the
global economic meltdown. (PNA)
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