MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has hired 400 part-time workers for the agency’s summer job program this year.
DPWH-ARMM Secretary Emil Sadain said the recruits, who are mostly students, will take part in the agency’s “Oplan Linis Bayan” Program, which includes the clean-up of major roads across the region.
He said the program is meant to keep roads free from distractions as well as help maintain the cleanliness of the towns in ARMM.
For this year, the agency made use of its generated savings to provide temporary jobs to at least 400 part-time workers which include students, out-of-school youths, unskilled workers and some Filipino deportees who were affected by the on-going conflict in Sabah, Malaysia.
Each of the region’s eight engineering districts hired 50 part-timers to augment the equal number of regular workforce engaged in road clean-up.
Sadain said the part-timers will receive a daily wage of P250.
He added that the summer job program is another first in the DPWH’s 23-year history and was made possible through the present administration’s prudent fiscal handling.
Jam Santos, a second year college student in one of the universities in the region, said he is grateful that he was chosen to be included in the summer job program.
“I am happy to be granted the opportunity to earn this vacation,” he said.
Nur Jihan Anton, also a student, said she would use her salary to help pay for her tuition in the coming school year. (ARMM Communications Group/PIA-10)
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