LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — The Chinese Embassy has donated 5,000 food packs for flood victims in Pangasinan province, which has been put under a state of calamity due to massive flooding caused by recent weather disturbances.
Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer Emilio Samson, in an interview Tuesday, said the food packs were sent to the province last Friday through the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Pangasinan chapter.
Samson disclosed that the distribution of the food packs began last Saturday in the towns of Calasiao, Bugallon, Aguilar, Mangatarem, Bayambang, San Carlos City, Bautista, Urbiztondo, and Lingayen.
“The food packs contained 5 kg. of rice, five noodles, three sardines, and a bihon pack,” he said.
The flood victims have been receiving relief goods from various non-government organizations, while the provincial government has already distributed a total of 15,850 food packs, funded by its own budget, to the 19 severely affected municipalities and cities of the province, Samson added.
As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, 20 barangays in Binmaley, Dagupan City, San Carlos City, Sta. Barbara and Calasiao, remained flooded with 96 families or 406 persons still in the evacuation center in Dagupan City, based on the situational report of the Pangasinan Police.
Pangasinan was placed under a state of calamity last July 23 due to flooding caused by the southwest monsoon that was intensified by Tropical Depression Josie and Tropical Storm Inday, leaving extensive damage to the province’s infrastructure, crops, and livestock. (Hilda Austria/PNA)
