Financial assistance awarded to RTWPB-13’s
productivity Olympics winners Butuan City – Through the Department of
Labor and Employment - Adjustment Measures Program (DOLE - AMP), a total of
seven productivity Olympics winners received financial assistance on October
23, at Almont Inland Resort, Butuan City. The first set of beneficiaries of this program
are the winners of the Productivity Olympics of Regional
Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) Caraga namely: (1) Citrus
Hill Plantation; (2) Amparitas Integrated Farm; (3) Trento Hillsview Inn;
(4) Mangagoy Farmers Fisherfolks and Community Multi-Purpose
Cooperative (MAFFISCO-MPC); (5) Surigao del Sur I Electric Cooperative
(SURSECO - I); (6) Tabon Secondary Teachers and Employees Cooperative
(TASETEMCO); (7) Southway Colleges of Technology (SOCOTECH). Initially, RTWPB Caraga endorsed a total of ten
productivity Olympics winners who would be beneficiaries of DOLE
AMP. DOLE Caraga Director Joffrey M. Suyao expressed
his appreciation to RTWPB Caraga for their tireless effort in assisting the
beneficiaries in their project proposals. Further, Dir. Suyao shared that
Caraga is the first region in the country to successfully implement DOLE -
AMP. Andie C. Lasala of the Surigao del Sur I Electric
Cooperative, a national finalist of the 2023 productivity Olympics, expressed
his appreciation to DOLE Caraga and RTWPB Caraga for helping them from the
preparation of their documents up until the release of the assistance. Aside from the release of the cheque of the seven
Productivity Olympics winner, a ceremonial MOA Signing was also conducted for
the additional two beneficiaries of the DOLE AMP: (1) Andres Soriano Memorial
Hospital Cooperative, a two-time national winner of the Productivity
Olympics; and (2) La Entrada Resort and Restaurant, a Productivity Olympics
regional winner. |
The DOLE AMP aims to deliver tailored support and assistance to mitigate the adverse impacts of economic disruptions, ensuring a more resilient and adaptive workforce and business environment in the country. (Atty. Lorainne D. Sacote, RTWPB-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)