Malolos City (29 July) -- The Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office No. 3 (DOLE RO3) has opened a new and bigger Bulacan provincial field office at the 2nd Floor of the Mark III Bldg., Mabini St., Mojon this city.

The DOLE Bulacan Provincial Field Office, headed by Assistant Regional Director (ARD) Leopoldo B. De Jesus, took the lead in blessing and inauguration of the new office.

Highlights of this event included a mass that was officiated by Rev. Msgr. Angelito J. Santiago and was followed by the ceremonial ribbon-cutting that was led by DOLE Regional Director Ernesto C. Bihis and ARD De Jesus, along with other invited local chief executives of the province, heads of National Government Agencies (NGAs), and PESO Managers from the different municipalities in the province.

Other highlights of the said event was the release of DOLE livelihood assistance amounting to some Php. 428,288.00 to 140 farmer beneficiaries from the Kapatirang Magsasaka ng Palapat MPC (KMPMPC), for the establishment of a cooperative store on agricultural inputs and daily basic necessities. Meanwhile, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signing between DOLE and the local government of Marilao was forged in line with the livelihood assistance of some Php. 350,000.00 under the DOLE Kabuhayan Starter KITS, which is DOLE's flagship program on micro-business entrepreneurship, to some selected 70 workers from the informal sector as well as Overseas Filipipno Workers (OFWs) from the said municipality.