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An employee of a silkscreen shop dries newly printed shirts to be given to   recipients of the Department of Labor and Employment’s job creation program Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) at a workshop in Manila on November 16, 2021.

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Jervis Manahan

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So we are coordinating on that kung paano namin mapagtutulungan nga to get laborers to man these outlets,&quot; said Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.(If we have 3,000 outlets with two workers each, we will need 6,000 workers. So we are coordinating how we can help each other to get laborers to man these outlets.)The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Labor and Employment signed a Memorandum of Agreement on Monday to formalize the partnership between the two agencies.Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma says the specific number of TUPAD workers to be hired for Kadiwa is still being computed, given the limits of the program.&quot;May minimum days na pwede at maximum days. So, ang minimum is 10 days at 90 days ang maximum. So pag tutugmain po namin,&quot; Laguesma said.(There are minimum days and maximum days. Minimum work days is 10 days and maximum is 90 days. So we would have to adjust.)More Kadiwa Centers will be rolled out as the government aims to sell P20 rice to around 15 million households next year.Tiu Laurel Jr. admitted that while they have enough supplies of rice for the program, logistics and manpower remain challenging.Last Friday, June 13, the two agencies also started the pilot implementation of the sale of P20 rice for minimum wage earners with the help of employers.From an initial target of 100,000 workers, the two agencies have expanded their target to around 600,000 minimum wage earners.&quot;Lahat po ng rehiyon ay magkakaroon po ng Kadiwa sa mga labor organizations na interesado po na pumasok,&quot; Laguesma said.(All regions will have their own Kadiwa sites in labor organizations that are interested in taking part.)Pilot implementation of sales for minimum wage earners will run from June to December 2025.&quot;Kung maganda po, kagaya ng naging implementasyon noong nakaraang Biyernes, palagay ko tutuloy-tuloy namin ito para sa mas malawakan pang implementasyon sa darating na taon,&quot; Laguesma added.(If the pilot runs smoothly like what transpired last Friday, I think we&#x27;ll continue selling in the next few years.)Aside from the DOLE, the DA also signed a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine Carabao Center to transform their &quot;Dairy Box&quot; retail outlets into Kadiwa stores. &quot;Yun sa dairy box natin, total we have more than 100 dairy boxes. As of the moment, ang na-commit ng PCC to the DA is 90 sites,&quot; Tiu Laurel said.(With our dairy boxes, we have a total of 100 sites, and the PCC committed to transforming 90 of them to Kadiwa sites.)

More Kadiwa Centers will be rolled out as the government aims to sell P20 per kilo rice to around 15 million households next year.

More Kadiwa Centers will be rolled out as the government aims to sell P20 per kilo rice to around 15 million households next year.

TUPAD workers to man Kadiwa stores as gov't expands sale of P20 rice nationwide

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TUPAD workers to man Kadiwa stores as gov't expands sale of P20 rice nationwide

Jervis Manahan,

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Published Jun 16, 2025 05:20 PM PHT

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