Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) through the TESDA Cagayan Provincial Office and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through its Public Employment Service Office (PESO) tie up in providing needed interventions to residents of Aparri, Cagayan who were affected by the magnitude 7 earthquake which hit mostly the island on Northern Luzon last July 2022.

 

A total of 15 residents have undergone training in Carpentry NC II and Masonry NC II which was conducted by the Aparri Polytechnic Institute (API). For their part, DOLE have enlisted the said trainees as beneficiaries of their Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers or TUPAD Program.

 

The graduates received a total of 120 thousand pesos (4 thousand pesos each) assistance from DOLE during the TUPAD payout held at the API Audio-Visual Room in the said town.

It was graced by TESDA Cagayan Provincial Director Romeo O. Talosig, DOLE Cagayan Head Grace A. Pomar and API Administrator Renato Ubiña.