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Region II
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REGIONAL DIRECTOR |
ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR |
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RD MELVIN B. NAVARRO, (OIC) |
ARD MELANIO C. BRIOSOS |
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(078) 844-1185
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(078) 844-9524 |
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Email Address:
navarro.melvin@dpwh.gov.ph |
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Contact No:
(078) 844-4788
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Email Address:
briosos.melanio@dpwh.gov.ph |
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04/24/13 |
DPWH EMPLOYS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES |
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Some 60 ethnic individuals belonging to the Kalanguya/Ikalahan group in Imugan, Santa Fe, Nueva Vizcaya are employed by the Department of Public Works and Highways in the construction of Nueva Vizcaya-Pangasinan Road Project in Region 2.
In his report to Secretary Rogelio L. Singson, DPWH Region 2 OIC-Director Melvin B. Navarro said that the Department also facilitated the employment as laborers or workers of about 30 Agtas/Aetas, 21 Kankanaeys and 3 Ibalois in the on-going Cordon-Diffun-Madella-Aurora Boundary Road Project in Junuan, Nagtipunan, Quirino.
The move, according to Secretary Singson is in accordance with his policy directive to employ local residents where the projects are situated especially if they belong to the marginalized sector of the society.
Singson further said that the DPWH and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are jointly hiring roadside maintenance workers which is incorporated in an existing Community-Based Employment Program through “Trabahong Lansangan ng Programang Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino (TLP4) on the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between DPWH and DSWD, 20 percent of the unskilled labor requirement will be filled by the CCT beneficiaries in every locality with the DSWD providing the priority list of beneficiaries, conduct community organization and social preparation skills inventory and development, and conduct regular monitoring and reporting of project operation.
“Our projects definitely generate employment opportunities especially in the countryside where the bulk of projects are located. This is the reason why massive infrastructure projects are poured in the rural areas by the Aquino administration,” said Singson.
In some areas, indigenous peoples are also hired both in the roadside maintenance workers and construction activities. This is the government’s way of providing them of decent livelihood to at least elevate their present plight as well as ensuring the quality of works done because these workers are themselves the beneficiaries of those infra projects, said Singson.
These indigenous peoples have their own ingenuity in masonry works or riprapping as evident in the rice terraces they built on the slopes of the mountains, he said.
Prior to their employment, these groups were dependent on hunting and “kaingin” farming and struggle to support their families. “Kaingin” farming has adverse effects on the environment, he added.
Secretary Singson lauded DPWH Region 2 for promoting employment of these marginalized groups of Filipinos saying that this is also a step to developing their construction skills and abilities as combine action to improve infrastructure and at the same time having a decent source of living.
The construction of Cordon-Diffun-Madella-Aurora boundary road and Nueva Vizcaya-Pangasinan road are part of the program to fully complete the paving of all national arterial road by 2014 and national secondary roads by 2016.
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