Public Square
Gift to informal workers

GIFT TO INFORMAL WORKERS Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma (center) — along with Intramuros Administration OIC Edgardo Baysic (left), Professional Regulation Commission Chairperson Charito Zamora (second from left), Barangay 657 Chairman John Jimenea (fourth from right), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Deputy Director General Josefino Isaac Torres (third from right), Labor Undersecretaries Ciriaco Lagunzad 3rd, Carmela Torres and Benjo Santos Benavidez, and Assistant Secretaries Maria Liavel Badillo-Crisostomo and Lennard Constantine Serrano — opens the medical mission and wellness program for 'padyak' drivers in Intramuros, DoLE drivers, security guards and janitors. The program, which ran on December 6 and 7, is part of the Department of Labor and Employment's 89th founding anniversary and is in line with its full-cycle assistance to informal sector workers in Intramuros, Manila. Laguesma acknowledges the help of volunteer doctors and allied professionals from PRC and skilled personnel from Tesda who provided free services, such as medical consultation, blood testing, tooth extraction, dental cleaning, eye check-up, haircut and therapeutic massage. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO