Jinggoy distributes relief goods to Bulakeños
10/05/2011Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada braved the flooded streets to bring the much-needed relief goods to at least 2,000 distressed residents of Bulacan. The province of Bulacan is one of the most severely affected by Typhoons “Pedring” and “Quiel” which hit the Northern and Central Luzon regions last week.
With his wife Precy, Estrada brought rice, canned goods and biscuits, among other food stuffs to municipalities of Calumpit and Obando, Bulacan last Monday morning. The Estrada couple had to take a military truck to reach the sites of their relief missions, one of which is an elevated portion of a street in Barangay Caniogan (the surrounding lower parts were still submerged in water).
“The province will need a lot of time and resources for its complete rehabilitation,” Estrada said while observing vast tracts of lands are still covered with floodwater..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20111005nat2.html
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