ILOILO CITY, April 9 -- The local government here, through the Technical Institute of Iloilo City (TIIC), has equipped 25 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the female dormitory of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) with skills training that will give them livelihood while inside the facility, and use it to land a job or engage in business once released.

In partnership with the Philippine Foremost Milling Corporation, which provided the flour and other ingredients, the 25 PDLS embarked on a jail pantry training on bread making that culminated on April 3.

The Department of Trade and Industry was also tapped for training on financial literacy.

"During the graduation, we turned over tools and equipment donated by the Ilo...