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Senator Mark Villar extended his sympathies to the families of the victims and casualties of the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Surigao del Sur recently. Hundreds of aftershocks, with magnitudes ranging from 1.4 to 6.2, have also occurred in Surigao after the initial quake. Villar further urged for the distribution of aid for the casualties of […]
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Dick Gordon convened the PRC team to plan the humanitarian organization’s response to communities affected by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Sarangani, Davao Occidental and neighboring provinces recently. The PRC’s emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, Red Cross 143 volunteers, and assets were deployed to provide EMS to […]
The Senate adopted a resolution expressing its profound sympathies to the casualties of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Senate Resolution No. 49 was introduced by Senator Raffy Tulfo, Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III, Senators Imee Marcos, Francis Tolentino and Lito Lapid. All other senators were made co-sponsors of the resolution. “Each senator donated […]
The House of Representatives, through the Speaker’s Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Initiative, extended $100,000 financial assistance as humanitarian aid to thousands of earthquake victims in Turkey, among the first country-responders in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan).Speaker Martin Romualdez said he was sincerely grateful to Turkey for helping Leyte, and many parts […]
The House of Representatives has started raising funds for victims of recent earthquakes that struck Mindanao. Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano bared the fundraising endeavor of the House during the Congressional Spouses Foundation, Inc. (CSFI) Giant Christmas Tree 2019 Launch. The Speaker, together with his wife Rep. Maria Laarni Cayetano (2nd District, Taguig City-Pateros), Deputy Speaker […]