Makati hands P22.7-M ‘Ompong’ aid

MAYOR Abby Binay emphasizes the P22.7-million donation is intended to make recipients resilient to calamities. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

It is not all about being the richest city in the Philippines, but also helping other local government units (LGU) in need.

Makati Mayor Abby Binay this week led the turnover of checks totalling P22.7 million as financial assistance to various LGU hit hard by typhoon “Ompong.”

“We are always willing to help out and share our knowledge and resources to local government units throughout the country that are in great need,” Mayor Abby said.

“We do this not only to alleviate the plight of the victims but also with the hope of making their communities more resilient to disasters,” she added.

Under City Ordinance 2018-102, the city appropriated P8,250,000 for selected provinces in Regions I, II, III and the Cordillera Administrative Region.

For 34 cities and municipalities in the said regions, the city appropriated P14,500,000.

Gov. Faustino Dy III of Isabela attended the event and personally received the P500,000 financial assistance for his province.

In his acceptance speech, Dy thanked Makati City for its donation to his province, saying he believed in the advocacies of the city government, especially on disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM).

Speaking on behalf of some 128,000 constituents, Mayor Eufemia Domingo of Licab, Nueva Ecija, thanked Mayor Abby and the city government for the P250,000 in donation to her municipality.

Last year, under the Adopt-a-School Program of the Department of Education-Makati, the city government donated 2,500 food packs, 5,000 pairs of school shoes, 10,875 sets of school uniforms, 1,946 P.E. jogging pants, 5,594 P.E. T-shirts, 358 boy’s polo, 331 girl’s blouse, 202 boy shorts, 50 skirts, and 1,009 pants to elementary and secondary school children of war-torn Marawi City.

Under the Philippine DRRM Act of 2010, the local DRRM Council may transfer funds to support disaster risk reduction work of other groups which are declared under a state of calamity upon the approval of the Sanggunian concerned.