MMDA taps 10,000 Tupad workers for flood mitigation efforts

MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will source 10,000 beneficiaries of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (Tupad) program under the Department of Labor and Employment to help clean waterways and creeks as part of flood mitigation efforts, MMDA General Manager Nicolas Torre III said Thursday.

Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino held ...