About 44 former rebels (FR) receive livelihood kits from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) at the Capitol building. The turn over of livelihood kits happened on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, a report said.
Gov. Arthur Yap led the turn over ceremonies with Vice Gov. Rene Relampagos, DTI Asst. Sec. Asteria Caberte, first district congressman Edgar Chatto, DTI-Bohol provincial director Maria Soledad Balistoy, 47th Infantry Battalion (IB) Executive Officer Maj. Mozart Jaque, and Nelson Po (representative of 2nd district congressman Erico Aristotle Aumentado), the same report said.
The livelihood kits are part of DTI’s Livelihood Seeding Program Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa (LSP-PBG).
The FRs received livelihood kits containing construction materials or livestock that can be used by FRs to start a small business and augment their respective incomes.
The report said the beneficiaries of the said program come from the towns of Antequera, Loon, Calape, Balilihan, Danao, Talibon, Trinidad, Bien Unido, Alicia, Loay, Carmen, Pilar, Sevilla, Garcia-Hernandez, Guindulman, and Mabini.
All beneficiaries underwent an orientation of DTI’s services and also attended an entrepreneurship seminar. The FRs shall also receive business counseling and mentoring.
In a related news, the FRs also received food packs and face masks from the office of Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go.
Aside from the 44 KRs, the DTI also turned over livelihood kits to 24 FRs and 91 fire victims with a total worth P1,150,000, the same report bares.
The LBP-PBG is one of the major thrusts of the DTI in response to various livelihood needs. The program provides livelihood kits to micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs affected by disasters and the current pandemic, and to displaced workers and FRs who return to the folds of the law, the report obtained by The Bohol Tribune said.