As part of its commitment to making digital financial services available to the marginalized and vulnerable, the Palawan Group of Companies partnered with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) MIMAROPA Region.
Palawan’s partnership with DOLE MIMAROPA has significantly improved and simplified the department’s disbursement processes for releasing stipends and salaries to program beneficiaries of Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD), the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES), and the Government Internship Program (GIP).
“With Palawan Pawnshop and Palawan Express Pera Padala as our trusted partner in processing payments to beneficiaries of TUPAD, SPES, and GIP, we experience seamless and hassle-free transactions, ensuring that funds reach their intended recipients promptly,” said internal management and services division chief of the DOLE MIMAROPA Region Rosemarie Hupanda.
Since 2019, the collaboration has benefited over 37,000 DOLE beneficiaries, including marginalized workers, financially challenged but deserving students, out-of-school youth, and other underserved communities.
Because of this development, beneficiaries can now conveniently visit Palawan Pawnshop and Palawan Express Pera Padala branches in MIMAROPA or anywhere in the Philippines to cash out their disbursements via Palawan’s e-wallet app, PalawanPay. This eliminates the need for long waits to claim their funds.
DOLE MIMAROPA regional director Naomi Lyn C. Abellana is optimistic that beneficiaries, some of whom had never had proper access to a regular bank’s financial services, will enjoy Palawan’s efficient and dependable “mura, mabilis, at walang kuskos balungos” brand of service.
