Some members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (PPPP) Provincial Advisory Council (PAC) sign a Memorandum of Agreement with the provincial government to enhance the implementation of social services in the province. (MBL, PIA CAR, Ifugao)

DTI - CAR Regional Director Myrna Pablo (right) and DTI Baguio - Benguet Provincial Director Samuel Gallardo (2nd from left) with the officials of the LGUs of Baguio City, and the Benguet towns of La Trinidad, Sablan and Tublay in a photo opt during the awarding of top performers in the 2020 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index. (DTI Photos)

Governor Jerry Dalipog (fourth from left) and other provincial officials receive the two plagues of the Condition Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP) Annual Governance Reform Award from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the province. (Photo: R. Buenconsejo)

Cordillera Regional DRRM Council and Regional Task Force COVID - 19 Chairperson Albert Mogol presides the first joint coordination meeting to look into the 2020 accomplishments and lay down a proactive roadmap for 2021 in dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic and other possible threats and hazards that may endanger life and properties in the region. (OCD - CAR photos)

LTFRB invites drivers to avail of ‘Tsuper Iskolar ’ program

BAGUIO CITY, Dec. 4 (PIA) -- The Land Transportation and Franchising and Regulatory Board -Cordillera Region calls on interested jeepney drivers and their family members and other stakeholders who may be affected by the Public Utility Vehicle   Modernization Program (PUVMP), to apply to the technical-vocational (tech-voc) scholarship program.

 

The Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) signed on December 11, 2019 the memorandum of agreement on the “Tsuper Iskolar ” as a support mechanism component for those who will be displaced under the PUVMP.

Qualified to apply are displaced persons affected by the PUVMP, stakeholders who opt to voluntarily exit from the transport industry, stakeholders who opt to continue in the transport industry, new stakeholders in the transport industry, and family members/dependents of the affected stakeholders up to the third degree of consanguinity or affinity.

Engr. Elmer Mendoza, the LTFRB focal person on Tsuper Iskolar , said  there are nine courses under the program for the city and Benguet which are all under National Certificate II,  a TESDA-issued competency certificate.

The tech-voc courses with 25 slots allotted for Baguio City are bread and pastry production, slaughtering operations, and security services except for cookery with 50 slots. But the 25 slots for driving course have already been filled up, said Mendoza.

For Benguet particularly in La Trinidad, 25 slots are allotted each for heavy equipment operations for bulldozer, heavy equipment operations for hydraulic excavator, heavy equipment operations for wheel loader, and shielded metal arc welding.

LTFRB   is in charge of evaluating qualified applicants based on the set criteria prior to endorsing them to TESDA, Mendoza said. Interested applicants need to present as a requirement the copy of the PUV franchise.

Qualified recipients to the program will be entitled to free skills training and free skills assessment with training support fund equivalent to P350.00 to cover food and transportation allowance. They will also be provided with free entrepreneurship training. (JDP/SCA-PIA-CAR)

By Susan C. Aro

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Baguio

  • Strict border control in Benguet reimposed

    BAGUIO CITY – Border restrictions for entry and exit to several towns in Benguet, including this city, have been reimposed following the recorded cases of the new coronavirus variant, B1.1.7, in the Cordillera region.

  • Aggressive contact tracing covers 4 Mt. Province towns, Baguio

    BAGUIO CITY – The aggressive contact tracing being done in Bontoc, Mountain Province where 12 cases of the B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 (United Kingdom) variant were discovered has been extended to cover the towns of Bauko, Sabangan, and Sagada, and Baguio City, a regional health official said Monday.

  • Baguio barangays reminded to clear roads of obstructions

    BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) - - The City Government and the Department of Interior and Local Government Baguio Filed Office remind all barangay officials that clearing roads and sidewalks of obstruction must be regular activity  to ensure  safe use for motorists and the people.

  • RTF-CAR harmonizes COVID response in Mt. Province town

    BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) - - The Cordillera Regional Task Force COVID – 19 harmonizes response actions to the recent surge in cases in the region and the Health Department’s confirmation of the new UK variant particularly in Bontoc, Mountain Province and La Trinidad Benguet.

  • DOH to send contact tracers to Bontoc

    BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 23(PIA)—The Department of Health is sending about 40 contact tracers to Bontoc, Mountain Province to help in the conduct of enhanced contact tracing following the detection of COVID - 19 UK variant in 12 cases in the capital town.

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Mt. Province

  • Enhanced contact tracing of COVID UK variant cases' contacts ongoing in Mt. Province

    BONTOC Mountain Province, Jan. 25 (PIA) - - The Department of Health is now doing an intensified contact tracing of  the contacts of the 12 COVID – 19 UK variant cases here as part of the   Prevent-Detect-Isolate-Treat-Reintegrate   strategy against COVID – 19.

  • NTF-BCDA conducts aggressive community testing in Bontoc

    BONTOC, Mountain Province, Jan. 26(PIA)--Bontoc residents voluntarily submit themselves to  be  swabbed for   RT-PCR testing  in the Aggressive Community Testing (ACT) being conducted by the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 through the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and the Bureau of Fire Protection.

  • Suspension of work at Mt. Province PLGU offices extended until Jan. 29

    BONTOC, Mountain Province, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- Governor Bonifacio Lacwasan Jr.  ordered the extension of the suspension of work in the provincial government offices   due to the increasing   COVID-19 cases and the detection of the UK variant of the COVID-19 in this capital town.

  • Mt. Province officials reiterate call for public compliance with health protocols, quarantine rules

    BONTOC, Mountain Province, Jan. 23(PIA)--With the COVID-19 UK already in Mountain Province as confirmed by the Department of Health Friday night, local officials reiterate their appeal to the public to strictly comply with the quarantine protocols of their respective municipalities, adhere to the minimum health standards and not to let their guards.

  • 'No RT PCR/Antigen test, no entry' in Paracelis

    PARACELIS, Mountain Province, Jan. 15(PIA) -- The local government of Paracelis now requires negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT -PCR) test or antigen test results before being allowed entry in the municipality.

IFUGAO

  • 2 Ifugao mayors suspend public gatherings non-essential travels

    BANAUE, Ifugao, Jan. 25 (PIA) - - Two municipalities of the province temporarily prohibit public gatherings and suspended government works due to the effect of the Coranavirus Disease – 2019.

  • DILG confers 2 CMGP awards to PLGU Ifugao

    LAGAWE, Ifugao, Jan. 15 (PIA) - - The provincial government of Ifugao   garnered   two honors  in the  Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP)) Annual Governance Reform Award  of  the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

  • Ifugao Gov creates 4Ps Provincial Advisory Council

    LAGAWE, Ifugao, Jan. 17 (PIA) - - Governor Jerry Dalipog issued an executive order creating the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program  or 4Ps Provincial Advisory Council (PAC)  to oversee the implementation of the  program in the province.

  • Ifugao town, barangay on lockdown for contact tracing

    BANAUE, Ifugao, Jan. 14 (PIA) - - Contact tracing activities are underway to   contacts of the  new 19 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) confirmed cases in four  municipalities in the province.

  • Ifugao LGU requires RT-PCR test for inbound residents, visitors

    TINOC, Ifugao, Dec. 17 (PIA) - - The Local Government Unit (LGU) here has strengthened  measures against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) with the expected influx of residents and visitors in the municipality.

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