IN less than two months, the government raised at least 6,862 jobs here in Bohol, a testament that job generation has remained brisk in efforts to insulate people in this desperate time.
Data from the recent Full Council meeting of the Regional Development Council show that at least 9 of the government agencies led in emergency employment programs and allowed people some financial leeway to stay above water in this crisis.
Since June, the Department of Agrarian Reform in Bohol topped the hiring list with 2,212 people employed, followed by the Department of Labor and Employment at 1,703.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development came in third with 1,125 while the Department of Agriculture contributed 1,031.
National Irrigation Administration, Trade and Industry, Public Works and Highways, Department of Health and Environment and Natural Resources each contributed to a total of 1421 employed.
While the figures surface, the Department of Tourism has not put in its data, which, when added could even give records bigger employment.
The DENR, which has accepted application for its Bantay Gubat and Bantay Dagat operations in Bohol
Reportedly still has to report their hiring data, reports said.
DOT sources however said most of the people their agency has caused its hiring are into the informal sectors and still more inordinately attached to its tourism services.
At 6,862 Boholanos employed under the government’s Comprehensive Livelihood Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP), the province also tops Visayas in jobs generation.
Cebu follows Bohol with 4,890 then Siquijor at 2,946 and Negros at 2,088 jobs generated in the past two months.
Since President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has vowed to generate million jobs as her administration’s agenda to help insulate people from the effects of the global fiscal crisis, government line agencies here put into gear their emergency employment plans to push into motion the efforts to empower people by lending them spending power.
Over the country, government infrastructure projects have provided 344,895 employment opportunities to Filipinos, all to spur economic growth in the locality, the DPWH reported. (PIA)
