House Speaker Martin Romualdez and two other ranking members of the House of Representatives have given P2 million in financial assistance to evacuees in Misamis Occidental, which has been hit by floods.
on Wednesday, Dec. 28.
The post came with dozens of photos showing the party-list’s relief distribution efforts in local barangays affected by the shear line-triggered rains and floods. Tingog Party-list is represented in the House by Rep. Yedda Romualdez, chairman of the Committee on Accounts; and Rep. Jude Acidre, a deputy majority leader.
Rep. Romualdez is the wife of Speaker Romualdez. The Romualdez couple is no stranger to relief operations during floods, having experienced first-hand the devastation caused by super typhoon Yolanda in their native province of Leyte in November 2013. The same Facebook post stated that 1,000 family food packs were distributed to flood victims, along with 17,650 bottled water.In a separate Facebook post, Misamis Occidental 1st district Rep. Jason Almonte thanked the House Speaker as well as Governor Henry Oaminal for immediately sending assistance to the province.
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