Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. announced on December 20 that he allocated P500,000 from the city’s calamity fund for the procurement of drinking water, diapers and canned goods to be airlifted for typhoon victims in the Visayas.
“In this difficult time, with the pandemic and super typhoon Odette, mas lalo po nating ipamalas ang pagtutulungan at pagmamahalan, lalo na po ngayong darating na Kapaskuhan. Mayroon naman pong budget na puwedeng magamit para magpaabot ng tulong mula sa Angeles City,” Lazatin said.
Apart from this, Mayor Lazatin also donated P50,000 from his salary for additional canned goods, while Clark International Airport Corporation Vice President IC Calaguas and Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel gave a personal financial donation of P25,000.
“In our own capacities also, we would like to extend a helping hand to our Kababayans severely affected by the typhoon,” Lazatin shared.
With this, Lazatin is calling for donations from Angeleños in kind, which may be turned over to the City Social Welfare Development Office led by Edna Duaso until Dec. 22, 2021.
This is not the first time that Mayor Lazatin sent help to disaster-hit areas in the country in the past.
On December 2019, the city handed over relief goods and a cash donation of P500,000 each to 10 municipalities in North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Davao Del Sur, which were severely affected by the strong successive earthquakes in October.
In addition, last January and February, the city government sent 3 truckloads of relief goods and hygiene kits and 3 passenger vehicles carrying a medical team, social workers, and volunteers to the municipalities of Tuy and Balayan, and City of Lipa in Batangas, and City of Legazpi in Albay, to the families who were greatly affected by the recent eruption of Taal Volcano and Typhoon Tisoy, respectively.
In November, the city government sent food packs worth P2 million to 4,000 families in Cagayan and Isabela severely affected by typhoon Ulysses.
