Iloilo City, Jan. 6 -- The Department of Labor and Employment in Western Visayas (DOLE-6) released over PHP125.8 million in livelihood aid to 4,800 workers in the region in the first three quarters of 2025.

The assistance was implemented under the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP), the department's flagship program aimed at providing emergency employment and sustainable livelihood assistance to displaced workers, low-income earners, informal sector workers, and vulnerable groups.

"The program supported a wide range of individual and group-based livelihood projects in agriculture, fisheries, food processing, retail, services, and other community-based enterprises. The assistance is primarily aimed at promoting income generation, ...