Speaker Martin Romualdez turned his birthday celebration Monday night into an opportunity to help, raising P70.92 million in cash and pledges for disaster victims, with victims of a recent fire in Navotas City as the first beneficiaries. READ:
pledges for disaster victims, with victims of a recent fire in Navotas City as the first beneficiaries.Speaker Martin Romualdez turns over to Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco P5 million in cash and 500 rice packs — raised during his birthday Monday evening — to help the victims of a fire that razed a residential area in Navotas City.Reports said at least five persons died, while two others were injured in a fire that razed a residential area in Navotas on Monday evening.
In a related development, about 2,398 families affected by Paeng in Maguindanao and Antique have been served with clean water by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority.
He expressed his gratitude to his guests led by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Lisa Araneta-Marcos, former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos, former President and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Senior House Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte First District Rep. Ferdinand Alexander A. Marcos, friends, and his fellow lawmakers for gracing the occasion.
“Again, thank you for the immediate response and support in releasing the much-needed assistance to those families who are affected. You made my birthday very, very meaningful tonight, first by being here and by supporting this program,” Romualdez added. He credited the hard work of Romualdez and the members of the House for their noteworthy achievements in advancing the kind of legislation to help realize his vision of improving the lives of our people.
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