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DoLE worker assistance disbursements top P5B
As of May 4, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has disbursed over PHP100 million in financial aid to 20,006 workers in Western Visayas affected by the enhanced community quarantine.
These workers received PHP5,000 each from the DOLE under its Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP), impacting employees from 1,061 establishments in the region.
Overall, the DOLE has disbursed more than P5 billion to over one million workers nationwide whose employment was affected by the COVID-19 emergency, using both regular and emergency funds.
CAMP has since ceased accepting applications as of April 15 due to insufficient funding, having assisted 618,722 formal sector workers from 31,972 establishments with an estimated disbursement of P3.093 billion.
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