Makati City is recruiting jobless PUJ drivers, particularly those hard-hit by the travel restrictions, to work with its innovative educational platform.
The new guidelines covers safety hours, transportation, businesses allowed, and the mandatory reporting of symptomatic persons and suspected or confirmed cases of the COVID-19.
"We know private schools are having a difficult time too, and some are in danger of closing. Many of their students can't afford tuition anymore. This puts our public school system in danger of overcrowding."
The local government is hiring 65 nurses, 35 medical doctors, and two medical technologists to work for the expansion of the centralized quarantine facility in Pasig.
Part of the city's economic recovery efforts is its Tulong at Pampuhunang Ayuda sa Taga-Pasig (TAPAT) program which offers financial loans to job seekers entrepreneurs and business starters in the city.
The Quezon City government has employed long-time community health workers as contractual workers to further boost its workforce amid the coronavirus pandemic.