MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will allot an additional P65 million for the hiring of around 1,000 more contact tracers in Metro Manila, Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Friday.
In an online media forum, Bello said he had ordered the DOLE’s Bureau of Workers With Special Concerns to hire an additional 1,000 contact tracers as there are over 10,000 applicants to the only 4,700 contact tracer posts initially identified by the department.
This means the P230 million budget for the contact tracers will also increase.
“Siguro mga P65 million. P65 million ang idadagdag doon sa P230 [million]. Magiging P295 million siguro lahat,” t…
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