{"id":275617,"date":"2020-11-16T06:10:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T11:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=275617"},"modified":"2020-11-16T06:10:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T11:10:22","slug":"valenzuela-donates-p6-m-aid-to-bicol-assists-marikina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/16\/valenzuela-donates-p6-m-aid-to-bicol-assists-marikina\/","title":{"rendered":"Valenzuela donates P6-M aid to Bicol; assists Marikina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FValenzuelaCityGov%2Fposts%2F10160525415793378&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=552&amp;height=760&amp;appId\" width=\"552\" height=\"760\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The city government of Valenzuela government donated some PHP6 million worth of financial assistance to some cities and municipalities in the Bicol Region hard-hit by the recent typhoons.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Rex Gatchalian said the city government and its social welfare team started visiting typhoon-hit communities in the provinces of Albay, Camarines Sur, and Catanduanes to hand over the cash donations for rehabilitation and recovery efforts of families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough we have spent so much fund in the response to Covid-19 that almost depleted our resources, we are still fortunate enough to have some amounts to spare to assist our brothers and sisters who suffered ill luck from the recent super typhoon while the battle against this pandemic is still ongoing,\u201d Gatchalian said.<\/p>\n<p>The city council resolution No. 1871 authorized the grant of PHP2.5 million to the provincial government of Camarines Sur, PHP2.2 million to Albay, and PHP1.3 million to Catanduanes.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the breakdown of Valenzuela&#8217;s cash assistance:<\/p>\n<p>Province of Albay<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Provincial Government of Albay \u2014 PHP1 million<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 City Government of Tabaco \u2014 PHP300,000<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Municipal Government of Camalig \u2014 PHP200,000<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Municipal Government of Malinao \u2014 PHP200,000<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Municipal Government of Daraga \u2014 PHP250,000<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Municipal Government of Guinobatan \u2014 PHP250,000<\/p>\n<p>Province of Camarines Sur<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Provincial Government of Camarines Sur \u2014 PHP1 million<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Municipal Government of Bato \u2014 PHP200,000<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Municipal Government of Buhi \u2014 PHP250,000<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Municipal Government of Bula \u2014 PHP200,000<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Municipal Government of Calabanga \u2014 PHP200,000<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Municipal Government of Libmanan \u2014 PHP250,000<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Municipal Government of Nabua \u2014 PHP200,000<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Municipal Government of Pili \u2014 PHP200,000<\/p>\n<p>Province of Catanduanes<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Provincial Government of Catanduanes \u2014 PHP1 million<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Municipal Government of Virac \u2014 PHP300,000<\/p>\n<p>According to the city government, Valenzuela has been extending assistance to victims in areas hit by calamities through its &#8220;VC Cares Plus Program.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anchored on the city government of Valenzuela\u2019s compassionate program\u2014the VC (Valenzuela City) Cares Plus, which does not only aim to look after the welfare of its constituents but also of its brothers and sisters in other municipalities and cities who are in need,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Valenzuela aids Marikina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the city government is on its third day of helping Marikina City with its disaster response operations and other restoration efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Valenzuela has deployed rescue teams and lent its spare equipment to augment the clearing and cleaning operations in Marikina.<\/p>\n<p>The city government has earlier offered to provide humanitarian assistance to Marikina residents after the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from augmenting in rescue and clearing operations, Valenzuela extended its &#8220;mobile kitchen&#8221; to help feed families hit hard by \u201cUlysses\u201d in Malanday, Marikina City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The city government of Valenzuela government donated some PHP6 million worth of financial assistance to some cities and municipalities &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":275618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-lade-jean-kabagani","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275619,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275617\/revisions\/275619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}