NEWS ROUND UP

Camarines Norte

THE Kapulisan Kaagapay sa Baranggayanihan ng Lipunan Kontra Krimen, Droga at Terorismo (Project Kabalikat), a policing system designed by the Police Provincial Office (PPO) of Camarines Norte, was named as the best community and service-oriented policing system in Bicol region.

Camp General Simeon Ola, the regional office of the Philippine National Police in Legazpi City, recognized Camarines Norte PPO’s efforts to reform and enhance its policing system. Marlon Atun

Camarines Sur

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5) on Friday distributed 6,418 family food packs (FFPs) to families in Camarines Sur affected by Typhoon Egay and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat).

In an interview, Carl James Cabarles, DSWD disaster risk reduction management division information officer, said the families were mostly fisherfolk that were economically affected by the weather disturbance. Connie Calipay

Albay

AT least 831 residents who evacuated in Malilipot town in Albay have received the first tranche of their wages under the emergency employment program of the regional office here of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-5).

DOLE Regional Director Ma. Zenaida Angara-Campita led the distribution of compensation for the displaced workers who availed the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers program (TUPAD). Danica Caballero

Sorsogon

AT least 680 workers in Sorsogon province who were displaced due to the Covid-19 pandemic received emergency employment through the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program.

TUPAD is a project of the national government through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The program is being implemented in Sorsogon province with the help of Ako Bicol (AKB) Party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co. Connie Calipay

Catanduanes

The ‘Kadiwa ng Pangulo’ program was launched at Virac Town Plaza as part of its simultaneous nationwide launching yesterday, July 17, 2023.

The KNP is an inter-agency collaboration, implemented in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Social Work and Development (DSWD), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Edna Bagadiong