Pangasinenses deliver aid for Cagayan

BINALONAN,Pangasinan, Nov 15 (PIA) - The bayanihan sipirt is very much alive as Pangasinenses unite to give aid to flood-stricken Cagayan Valley region.

 

Presidential Adviser for North Luzon Secretary Raul Lambino took- off from the Binalonan airstrip  today to personally deliver the goods and equipment from the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and from the Fifth District of Pangasinan to Region  2.

 

Lambino, who hails from Pangasinan and  is also the Administrator/Executive Officer of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) said  he is deeply saddened with what happened to Region 2.

 

“Nakakalungkot yung nangyari sa Region 2 partikular na sa Isabela at Cagayan provinces. Kailangan nating matulungan ang ating mga kababayan,” Lambino told the Philippine Information Agency (PIA).

 

He is thankful, however, that CEZA staff and the economic zone was not much affected  and is  far from the flood area.

 

“Sa CEZA, nagtalaga na tayo ng mga relief goods  at hygiene kits dahil may problema pa tayo sa Covid-19.  Meron na ding  mga blankets at iba pang basic necessities,” he added.

 

Sec. Lambino  joined President Rodrigo Roa Duterte who flew to Cagayan today to personally see the situation in the region and at the same time enhance the movement of different national agencies  and LGUs to ease the burden and pain of the  people in Cagayan and Isabela. 

AID TO CAGAYAN. Water purifiers,  equipment  and basic necessities were loaded to an  aircraft in Binalonan, Pangasinan on Sunday  for transport to flood-stricken Cagayan. Pangasinenses shared their resources to help the Region 2 residents in affected by unexpected flooding. (VHS)

 

Meanwhile, Pangasinan Fifth District Rep. Ramon Guico III  offered the aircrafts in  his flying school located in Binalonan town  to aid in transporting basic necessities to the flooded areas.

 

Rep. Guico, who is also chair of the special committee on North Luzon Quadrangle,  said National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Executive Director Ricardo Jalad has sent in water purifiers and equipment which were loaded to the aircraft for transport to Cagayan.

 

“I called for a meeting with the committee members to  see how the various agencies of the government  can get together to help. Sharing resources especially in times of disasters is one means to help our countrymen in need,” Guico told PIA.

 

He added that many people also called him to express intention to donate food and unused clothes. This is due for another round of delivery on Wednesday, he said. (JCR/VHS/PIA Pangasinan)

 

 

 

Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)