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Caring for an ambulance crew

Caring for an ambulance crew

Every day, frontliners from the ambulance crew and quick response team of the Lapu-Lapu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Office fetch and bring suspect, probable, or confirmed...

Cash grants for the urban poor

Cash grants for the urban poor

In five barangays of Valenzuela City, 130 urban poor families each received P1,500 unconditional cash grant for food and other basic needs from community leaders of people’s organizations and...

Small farmers donated vegetables

Small farmers donated vegetables

The Cordillera is an agricultural region. Due to the ECQ, many farmers had difficulty in disposing their vegetables at the vegetable trading post in La Trinidad, Benguet.  On March 20, 2020,...

Safe home for stranded students

Safe home for stranded students

As Baguio City and La Trinidad are the centers for tertiary education in Northern Luzon, many students got stranded on March 17 when Luzon was placed under ECQ.  Prompted by a call from the...