Leyte day care workers receive yearly perks anew

TACLOBAN CITY, Dec. 16 (PNA) – The Leyte provincial government shelled out anew PHP1.9 million in cash incentives for all day care workers from the 41 towns in the province.

Around 1,465 day care workers from all over the province recently received cash incentive – now a yearly perk started during the administration of former Governor Carlos Jericho Petilla. The program was continued under the helm of his brother, Leyte Governor Dominic Petilla.

The former energy chief and the governor led the distribution of the cash incentives at the Leyte Academic Center Gymnasium. Day care workers said the incentives came as an early Christmas gift with the merry season just around the corner.

"We know that your work as day care workers is such a hard job. The future of our children truly lies in your hand and we are just grateful for your hard work,” Petilla said in his message.

As the governor commended the day care workers, he reiterated the importance of Early Child Care Development and the role in which they play - in shaping children early in their years providing mental stimulation, cognitive skills development, physical development and values formation.

He said another program being pursued by the provincial government for child care development is the nutritional feeding program. He said this was meant to lessen the number of malnourished children in the province as studies have shown that the brain development of a child starts from 0 to 6 years old.

Home-based and public daycare center workers must have the proper skills, modules and training, Petilla said. (PNA)
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