ILOILO CITY, April 23 -- Around 281 drivers and operators from two transport cooperatives in Iloilo will get over PHP8.4 million worth of livelihood projects under the integrated livelihood program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

The Molo Transport Service Cooperative will receive PHP1.378 million worth of projects for its 46 members while the Western Visayas Transport Cooperative (WVTC), PHP7.036 million for its 235 members.

The assistance will be released on May 1 in time for Labor Day celebration.

"These are individual projects at PHP30,000 each. It's the fourth project granted by the government for our transport sector affected by the modernization program," DOLE Iloilo officer-in-charge Amy Judicpa said in an int...