MALOLOS CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment-Bulacan Provincial Field Office has transferred to a bigger facility in the city to effectively and fully serve its clients and partners.
According to assistant regional director (ARD) Leopoldo B.  De Jesus, who heads the provincial field office, their transfer at the 2^nd Floor of the Mark III Bldg., Mabini St., Mojon this city, ensures the realization of the bulk of work that needs to be done in labor and employment-related matters in the province.
“The Department of Labor and Employment-3 (DoLE RO3) continues to strengthen the roles and capacity of is provincial offices through decentralizing the implementation of its programs and services. In short, it brings its services closer to the people,” De Jesus said.
De Jesus recently led the blessing and inauguration of its new office at the above-mentioned address to formally open its doors to the public, partner agencies, and other stakeholders.
Highlights of this event included a mass that was officiated by Rev. Msgr. Angelito J. Santiago, followed by the ceremonial ribbon-cutting that was led by DoLE Regional Director Ernesto C. Bihis and ARD De Jesus, along with other invited local chief executives of the province, heads of National Government Agencies (NGAs), and PESO Managers from the different municipalities in the province.
During the event, the DoLE released its livelihood assistance amounting to some P428,288 to 140 farmer-beneficiaries from the Kapatirang Magsasaka ng Palapat MPC  (KMPMPC), for the establishment of a cooperative store on agricultural inputs and daily basic necessities. Meanwhile, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signing between DoLE and the local government of Marilao was forged in line with the livelihood assistance amounting to P350,000 under the DoLE Kabuhayan Starter KITS -- which is DOLE’s flagship program on micro-business entrepreneurship -- to some selected 70 workers from the informal sector as well as Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from the said municipality.
With the new DoLE Provincial Field Office in place in Bulacan, it is expected that programs and services will continue to address the needs and concerns of its clients all the way to the grassroots level in the shortest possible time.