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In the remote village of Amontay in the municipality of Binalbagan, which was also hit by Super Typhoon Odette, more than 60 families received slippers and holiday food packs during the outreach program dubbed as "Pamaskwa sa Tangkuban 2021" on Tuesday, December 28.The outreach activity was initiated by Payao National High School teacher Alfe Jardinico, and his family.Each family received a kilo of spaghetti and canned goods as well as sauces for their pasta while the children were given slippers.Candies and some cash prizes were also given away during the parlor games in the activity.According to Alfe, he visited the place a few months ago to check on their property when he found out that his family still has a parcel of land in the area which triggered the gift-giving ini...

The Negros 4 Leni – Silay City Chapter and the Silay City People’s Council for Leni held a simultaneous city-wide “Palugaw ni Leni and Kiko Para sa Silaynon” in all the 16 barangays of the city Thursday afternoon, December 30, lawyer Raul Bito-on said.There were 19 lugaw sites spread all over the city and more than 160 Leni-Kiko volunteers serve an estimated 4,000 cups of Leni lugaw and 8,000 pieces of pink pan de sal to Silaynons, Severino F. Pacete, a Leni-Kiko volunteer, said.The principal coordinators for the “Palugaw ni Leni and Kiko para sa Silaynon” were Lourex Gamboa, Bonnie Oribe, Connie Alvarez and Bitoon.The donors were Jose and Marissa Montelibano, Noel and Liandro, lawyer Rodolfo Quevenco, Dr. Donna Quevenco, Emilia Villavicencio, Ernesto Jaranilla, Connie Alvarez ...

The Rotary District 3850 Disaster Response Team distributed over a thousand relief goods and conducted medical missions in three affected barangays in Sipalay City on December 26, the day after Christmas.Members of various Rotary and Rotaract clubs in Negros Occidental deployed at 4 a.m, Sunday, to oversee and help the distribution of relief goods in Barangays Cabadiangan, Mambaroto and Nabulao in Sipalay, with the help of volunteer rescue group, Sunoi of Binalbagan.Thirty-two members of the rescue volunteer groups stayed behind in Sipalay to help in recovery and clearing operations.Sipalay Mayor Gina Lizares thanked the Rotarians for their effort, especially in facilitating the deployment of the Aquacube water purifier from Sagay City and conducting the medical mission that se...

A private organization creatively added special touches to the Christmas Day delivery of relief goods to a Typhoon Odette hit island in Negros Occidental.The Negrense Volunteers for Change Foundation (NVC) ferried a cotton candy machine, brought dolls and teddy bears and one lechon manok per family in addition to canned goods, rice and water that were packed in bags to Purok Alimango of Canramos Island, Binalbagan in southern Negros Occidental.“The children were so amazed at seeing a cotton candy machine churning in their own community,” Alyne Batano, a Field Officer of NVC , said.“Some of them thought that cotton candy is available only in the town plaza and on fiesta days, while some of the children had never even heard of cotton candy”, she said.NVC served all the famili...

Rotarians in Negros Occidental mobilized over the weekend to send assistance to Typhoon Odette affected areas in the southern part of the province.Much needed potable water was delivered to Kabankalan City by the Rotary Club of Bacolod, headed by Pauline Cuaycong , that deployed their filtration water tank. They were joined by the Rotary Club of Bacolod North and the Rotary Council of Presidents in Negros that turned over relief goods as well.Another group of Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Bacolod Central concentrated their efforts in Binalbagan City with the help from the Rotary Club of Binalbagan East. Relief assistance were extended to more than 800 residents in three coastal barangays – Enclaro, Canmorros and San Juan.District 3850 which covers Rotary clubs in Negros Occ...

San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has activated its network in the Visayas and Mindanao regions to deliver truckloads of food to Odette-hit areas.This, as the company dispatches fuel stocks at its Petron installations and, where possible, provide access to water at its affected manufacturing facilities to help fenceline communities, a press release said.SMC president and chief executive officer Ramon S. Ang said the company had, over the weekend, coordinated with various local government units to immediately extend aid to stricken cities and communities, with its donations reaching P30 million as of Monday, December 20.Among the provinces SMC has been sending food donations to are: Antique, Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur, Bacolod, Bohol, Biliran, Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro, Camiguin, C...