Eight trucks to deliver P5 M relief assistance from Davao del Norte

TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Nov. 25 (PIA) – Oplan Tabang of the  Diocese of Tagum  will be bringing about P5 million worth of relief assistance loaded in eight trucks to Palo, Leyte  to leave at 11:00 tonight.

In an interview, Father Emerson L. Luego serving as action officer of Oplan Tabang said  the relief goods of food, clothing, tarps for  tents,  mosquito nets and other immediate needs of Typhoon Yolanda victims, came from local government units (LGUs), private individuals, companies and institutions in Davao del Norte.

Also loaded up in the eight-truck caravan of Oplan Tabang delivery were relief goods from parishes in the cities of Mati (Davao Oriental), Davao and Digos (Davao del Sur), he said.

Luego revealed the assistance of the Provincial government of Davao del Norte which deployed three trucks to transport the loads of relief assistance. 

The city government of Panabo and Tagum also sent out their trucks while Luego used three personal vehicles to haul and deliver the donations directly to  the command center of the Diocese of Leyte in Palo.

Seven personnel of the Davao del Norte Police Provincial Office (DNPPO) and  five from the 60th Infantry Battalion will secure the transport of  such relief assistance which Luego expected to arrive in Palo, Leyte about tomorrow night.

Tonight’s delivery of relief assistance from Davao del Norte will be the second round as Oplan Tabang already made its first on Nov. 12, using three dump-trucks of Davao del Norte provincial government.

During  the meeting of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC),  Luego reported  that Diocese of Tagum  was the first to deliver and distribute relief assistance to typhoon Yolanda victims in Palo, Leyte.

Through Oplan Tabang, some three truck-loads of relief assistance were hauled to Palo, Leyte on Nov. 12 from donors in Davao del Norte and other areas covered under the Diocese of Tagum.

Luego turned over P200,000 cash donations  from donors in Tagum Diocese areas  to Palo, Leyte Parish.

On the other hand, Luego suggested to put together  and label as “One Davao del Norte” the assistance in-cash and in-kind,  for the relief and rehabilitation of typhoon Yolanda-affected areas.

Such concept was adopted by the League of Municipalities and Cities in the Philippines-Davao del Norte Chapter which will be putting up funds for a housing-assistance projects for calamity-affected Filipinos not only in Leyte and in Samar, he said. (PIA-11/Jeanevive Duron-Abangan)