BALANGA CITY, Bataan- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently awarded livelihood grants amounting to P470,000 to 176 marginalized Bataeños belonging to three groups, while a total of 144 applicants were hired on the spot during the DOLE and Bataan provincial government sponsored Post-Labor job fair held at the Bataan People’s Center.
In a news dispatch by the government run Philippine Information Agency (PIA), DOLE Regional Director Raymundo Agranvate said “P170,000 was conferred to a 76-member indigent group in Orion for a Bigasan Project, P150,000 to the 50-member United Bagac Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association Inc. for motor spare parts and accessories trading project, and P150,000 to the 50-member Hermosa Bataan Eagle Farmer’s Association for a reaper machine rental project.”