A livelihood training center that will benefit sugar workers and their families in Negros Oriental is set to be built in Dumaguete City.
This after the city government of Dumaguete, led by Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria, on Wednesday inked an agreement with the Department of Labor & Employment for the construction of the Negros Oriental Sugar Workers’ Livelihood Training Center.
DOLE Region 7 Director Atty. Ma. Gloria Tango signed the agreement in behalf of the labor department.
The center will sit on a 400-square meter area within the premises of the Dumaguete City High School.
The memorandum of agreement between DOLE and the city government is good for 25 years and renewable for another 25 years.
DOLE has allocated a total of P6 million for the construction of said center, taken from the Special Project Funds from Unclaimed Cash Bonus Funds of sugar field workers.
The District Tripartite Councils of the Central Azucarera de Bais in Bais City, the Universal Robina Sugar Milling Corporation in Manjuyod town, and the Herminio Teves Company Inc. passed a resolution in March this year expressing their appreciation of Mayor Sagarbarria for “being instrumental in the fulfillment of the project.”
In 2009, the DTCs of CAB, URSUMCO, and HTCI requested the Sugar Tripartite Council to allocate P6.1 million for the construction of the livelihood training center here.
The center aims to offer skills trainings for sugar workers and their families to provide them with support livelihoods.
This is in line with the Social Alleviation Program in the Sugar Industry that intends to uplift the living conditions of sugar workers and their families. (PIA 7)
