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Go sends team to aid ''Paeng'' victims in Maguindanao

Published Nov 1, 2022 11:38 am

Senator Christopher ‘’Bong’’ Go has sent his team to aid severe tropical storm (STS) ‘’Paeng’’ victims in Maguindanao provinces as he pushed anew for the creation of a Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR) and the mandatory construction of evacuation centers.

Last Sunday, Go sent his team to deliver assistance to typhoon victims in Datu Odin Sinsuat and Parang in Maguindanao del Norte, and Datu Abdullah Sangki and Ampatuan in Maguindanao del Sur.

“I also wish to express my sympathies to those who have lost their loved ones due to the calamity. Rest assured that we will do our part, to the best of our abilities, to provide support and help affected communities recover,” he said.

“I am continuously coordinating with our national agencies on ground and concerned local government units to assist them in every way we can. Our teams are on their way to other affected areas to help in the relief operations,” he assured.

To efficiently cater to 1,200 typhoon victims, Go’s team held the distribution activities at respective covered courts of Barangays Poblacion and Kaya Kaya in Ampatuan and Datu Abdullah Sangki, respectively; Parang Municipal Gymnasium; and Broce Elementary School in Datu Odin Sinsuat.

Through the help of Maguindanao del Norte Representative Bai Dimple Mastura and Sultan Kudarat town Vice Mayor Shameem Mastura, Go’s team then distributed grocery and food packs, shirts as well as umbrellas and basketballs to select recipients.

Go, likewise, encouraged the beneficiaries to cooperate with the government’s recovery and rehabilitation efforts as he reassured them that he will continue bringing necessary support to calamity victims as much as he could.

He also renewed his call for the passage of his Senate Bill (SB) 188 which shall establish the DDR.

The proposed department will be a highly specialized agency with a cabinet level secretary that will be tasked with ensuring adaptive, disaster-resilient and safe communities.

The DDR shall unify and streamline all responsibilities related to disaster preparedness and response, functions that are presently scattered across various departments and offices.

“The extent of devastation caused by storm ‘Paeng’ and recent calamities makes our call to establish the Department of Disaster Resilience and to build mandatory evacuation centers in every town, city and province more relevant than ever,” Go said.

Go was referring also to his SB 193 which shall mandate the establishment of safe and clean evacuation centers in every city, province and municipality nationwide.

In line with ensuring Filipinos’ well-being, Go further offered medical assistance to those with health concerns as he urged them to get medical aid from any of the Malasakit Centers located at Maguindanao Provincial Hospital in Shariff Aguak in Maguindanao del Sur, Cotabato Sanitarium in Sultan Kudarat in Maguindanao del Norte, and Cotabato Regional and Medical Center in Cotabato City.

With now 152 operational centers nationwide, the Malasakit Centers Act of 2019 is one of the many measures that Go filed to help particularly poor and indigent Filipinos access medical assistance programs by the government.

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