Tricycle drivers in the town of Dalaguete, Cebu availed of livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7).

Around 54 members of the North Dalaguete Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (NDTODA) will operate their own motor parts and vulcanizing shop through the P1-million livelihood assistance from DOLE.

"We highly encourage our livelihood beneficiaries to make the most out of the livelihood assistance that they receive from the government through the DOLE. It is not every day that DOLE releases livelihood assistance and they are fortunate that they've been chosen and considered to receive it," said Emmanuel Ferrer, DOLE-7 assistant regional director.

He added that the DOLE Cebu provincial office will assist the group in purchasing the jigs, materials, and equipment needed for the business, as well as in monitoring how the recipients run their own businesses.

NDTODA president Roque Camarillo cited to the media the reason why they chose the motor parts and vulcanizing.

"There is no vulcanizing shop near our place. Apart from this, the profit that we get from the vulcanizing shop business will be an added income to our family," Camarillo said in Cebuano.