SPES SALARY DISTRIBUTION. Gov. Dennis ‘Delta’ Pineda leads the cash salary distribution under the Special Program for the Employment of Students at Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center here. Photo courtesy of Jun Jaso/Pampanga PIO
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Gov. Dennis “Delta” Pineda distributed P24.8 M to 2,600 students under the joint Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) of the provincial government and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Gov. Delta said that education has always been the priority program of his administration.
He said, “ing pakisabi mi mung mayap, ayusan yu ing pamagaral yu. Ing priority mi reng anak Kapampangan, mangayari la ngan uling dakal employment kailangan kening Pampanga.”
He also lauded the support of DOLE.
“King sawup na ning DOLE, tuluy tuluy ing sawup para kekayu,” he added.
Gov. Pineda explained that 60% of the cash salary was provided by the provincial government while the remaining 40% was provided by DOLE.
DOLE Regional Director Maria Zenaida Angara-Campita said students must put to good use the cash salary that they received by spending it wisely on tuition fees and other school-related expenses.
Campita also praised the efforts of the provincial government in gathering and enrolling thousands of Kapampangan students in the program. In fact, the SPES budget of Pampanga equals the budget of a regional office outside Central Luzon.
Pampanga has received the largest budget allocation among the provinces in Central Luzon with 4, 600 beneficiaries.
It can be recalled that SPES student-beneficiaries attended a contract signing last October this year to inform them about their tasks, duties and responsibilities for the summer job.
Also present in the salary distribution were Board Members Benny Jocson, Cherry Manalo, Ananias Canlas Jr., Anthony Joseph Torres, Pol Balingit, Olga Frances David- Dizon, Gabby Mutuc, Nelson Calara, Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Provincial Manager Luningning Vergara, and representatives from PESO and DOLE.
