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Muntinlupa LGU gives more than P7-M cash assistance to families affected by Alabang fire

Published Mar 24, 2024 05:23 am

At A Glance

  • SM Foundation, Senators Bong Go and Jinggoy Estrada, and Hyundai-Dongah Joint Venture also gave donations to the families 

The Muntinlupa City government gave more than P7 million in financial assistance to residents who were affected by a fire in Alabang last March 17. 

Mayor Ruffy Biazon went to the Alabang Elementary School, being used as an evacuation site for the affected families, to oversee the process of claiming done by the Muntinlupa Social Services Department (SSD). 

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Mayor Ruffy Biazon overseeing the distribution of financial assistance to families affected by a fire in Alabang that happened on March 17 (Photos from Muntinlupa PIO) 

The fire on March 17 started at about 4:48 a.m. and spread to houses in Joaquin, Bautista and Mariategue Compounds in Alabang, leaving families homeless. The fire lasted nearly five hours and was put out at 9:42 a.m. 

The affected families are now staying at three evacuation sites: Alabang Elementary School, Pedro E. Diaz High School and Morning Breeze Covered Court. 

“Nagbigay ang City Government ng financial assistance na may kabuuang halaga ng higit seven million pesos para sa mga apektadong pamilya ng sunog sa Brgy. Alabang (The Muntinlupa City government gave financial assistance amounting to more than seven million pesos for the families affected by a fire in Brgy. Alabang),” Biazon posted on Facebook on March 24. 

Biazon thanked the Muntinlupa City Council for immediately passing an ordinance allocating funds for the financial assistance to the families.

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The fire in Alabang on March 17 (Photos from the Muntinlupa City Fire Station,  Muntinlupa City Department of Disaster Resilience and Management) 

The city government has provided relief packages to the families. 

Meanwhile, Biazon also thanked national agencies and the private sector for providing assistance to the families. 

Among those who helped the families were the SM Foundation, Senators Bong Go and Jinggoy Estrada,  ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, and Hyundai-Dongah Joint Venture (HDJV). 

SM Foundation and ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation donated groceries to the families. 

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SM Foundation gave grocery items to the affected families in Alabang (Photo from SM Foundation's Facebook page)Alabangassistance10.jpgSenator Bong Go in Alabang (Photo from Muntinlupa PIO)

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Senator Jinggoy Estrada in Alabang (Photo from Muntinlupa PIO)Alabangassistance9.jpg

Mayor Ruffy Biazon with representatives from the Hyundai-Dongah Joint Venture, which donated goods to the families (Photo from Muntinlupa PIO)

Senator Go gave financial assistance, -shirts, balls, bicycles, watches, shoes, wheelchairs, canes, water containers and grocery items.

Estrada gave the families financial assistance through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

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