A total of P120 million cash and pledges were generated since the Speaker Romualdez initiated a Paeng relief READ:
Wednesday morning distributed relief goods to families displaced by a fire in Navotas City Monday night.
During the relief drive, Estrada assisted by the staff and Junior Chamber International officials in Navotas, namely vice president for Area II Joseph Benedict N. Prim and Secretary Kathryn Claudyn E. Zarate distributed rice, vitamins, medicines, mosquito nets, blankets, towels, bath and laundry soaps, napkins, diapers, slippers, and hygiene kits.
Reports said at least five persons died while two others were injured in the fire that raged for almost six hours and reached the fifth alarm.“Please extend my condoles to the families of those who perished in this unfortunate tragedy and my sympathies for those whose houses and properties were razed to the ground,” Romualdez told Tiangco.
The assistance for the fire victims was part of around P71 million in cash and pledges that Romualdez secured during his birthday celebration Monday night where he appealed to guests and friends for support to his Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Initiative.
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