| PGMA
assistance continues to Eastern Samar flood victims, provincial
aid pours likewise
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President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo talks with (from left) Defense
Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone
and Camarines Sur Gov. Luis Raymund Villafuerte during
the send-off ceremony of the “Sagip Tulong ni
PGMA” Caravan for the calamity victims of Eastern
Samar on March 6 at the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing
in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City. (Rey Baniquet-OPS/NIB
Photo) |
President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Medical Team, tagged “PGMA
Caravan”, rendered service to Eastern Samar flood victims.
Gov. Ben Evardone reported that the Caravan, which has just
finished its mission in nearby Biliran province, targets the
top ten poorest provinces of the country, made a side trip
to Eastern Samar to give assistance to the Provincial Health
Office (PHO) in attending to the medical needs of the flood
victims. PHO for their part has been doing several health
interventions, recent of which was their attendance to diarrhea
cases and purifying drinking waters.
Likewise, the provincial government distributed some a P5,000
cash assistance to each of the 17 families who lost a member
to the massive flooding, plus P500 more for their transportation
expenses in coming to the Capitol for the distribution event.
In the ceremony.
“I
am really concerned about the present status of my constituents,”
Evardone said. “It is good that the weather has improved
lately, but, in my rounds to our farmers, they are similarly
anxious about the abrupt change of weather from the long heavy
rains to very sunny days because it will not be good just
the same for the rice plantations that are now starting to
bear palay,” he added.
But
still, Evardone continues to adopt new ways to mitigate the
effect of the floods on the farmers; he is introducing an
innovation to his agricultural development program.
“I
am taking responsibility and will subsidize 50% of the total
amount of the pump boat machines and the hand tractors that
are offered to the farmers,” he stressed.
“The
cost of hand tractors, for instance, which used to be taken
as loan for P80,000 with a P16,000 down payment, is now P40,000
with a P4,000 down payment,” he explained.
Evardone
added that the innovation is also open to municipal and barangay
LGUs, so that their IRA can be better utilized this way.
He
said that Mayor Emiliana Villacarillo of Dolores town was
among the first to signify their interest to loan for 100
hand tractors for her farmers, her town, being the province’s
main rice producer. (By Alice Nicart/ PIA- Eastern Samar)
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