4Ps graduates promised continuous support
SOCIAL Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Saturday said Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) recipients who graduated from the scheme would continue to get support from the government.
Gatchalian said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the continuous monitoring of 4Ps graduates to assess their needs.
«This includes helping them find employment and ensuring that they will not fall back into poverty,» he added.
Special Assistant to the President Antonio Lagdameo Jr. conveyed the president's greetings to graduating 4Ps recipients who attended an employment fair on Friday.
«It is my great pleasure to extend my warmest congratulations on your graduation from the 4Ps program, a remarkable achievement that embodies your hard work, resilience, and unshakeable determination to achieve self-sufficiency,» Lagdameo said.
The Trabaho sa Bagong Pilipinas was an exclusive job fair for 4Ps recipients.
It was attended by 94 companies invited by the Department of Labor and Employment, as well as representatives from the Department of Trade and Industry, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Philippine Statistics Authority, National Bureau of Investigation, Philippine National Police, Social Security System, Bureau of Internal Revenue, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG Fund, and the Office of the President who conducted pre-employment and advisory services.