ILOILO CITY, March 22 -- Emergency employment provided under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) has helped Iloilo City sustain its cleanup campaign.

Gabriel Felix Umadhay, Public Employment Service Office (PESO) manager for Iloilo City, said they target to provide emergency employment to about 6,000 displaced workers this year.

"They are the ones that usually augment the cleanliness efforts of the city throughout the year," he said in an interview on Friday.

He noted that every time there are disasters and calamities, those employed under TUPAD are the ones helping in the cleanup activities, fast-tracking the clearing operations.

For this year, the first batch of beneficiaries consisted of 900 d...