More displaced Ilocos Norte PUV drivers get aid

Laoag City

“We proposed to the governor a cash-for-work for jeepney and bus drivers in the province so we can assist them somehow, which was already implemented,” remarked Cipriano Hilarion “Perry” Martinez III, MINC executive director.

“The ‘Libre a Pagluganan’ program is more for our frontline workers.

The cash-for-work program, which is geared for the cleaning and unclogging of canals in preparation for this rainy season, is a collaboration between the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office, and the Office of the Barangay.

Beneficiaries rendered five days of work to complete the program and received PHP1225 salary.

Moreover, 15 PUJs are deployed at selected pick-up and drop-off points to accommodate the transportation needs of healthcare workers, non-medical frontliners, and medical patients. Driver-beneficiaries receive a daily fuel subsidy and

As of writing, a total of 9,105 frontliners and 317 medical patients were served in the free ride program.

Mr. Martinez assured that Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph M/ Manotoc and his team are united in protecting the Ilokano community from COVID-19 and to provide assistance to worst-hit sectors. (

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