Dalog visits Natonin to give goods

NATONIN, Mountain Province -- At the onslaught of Typhoon Rosita, lawyer Cyphrine Dalog, chief of staff, Office of the Congressman went here to distribute relief goods at the landslide portion at Barangay Banawel where more than 10 persons were buried alive in a Dept. of Public Works and Highways building.

The administration building and offices of the Mountain Province Second District Engineering Office collapsed on Oct. 30 due to an enormous landslide caused by Typhoon Rosita.

A total of 30 people were reportedly missing at that time while 17 were already retrieved and declared dead from the site as of press time.

Dalog met with DPWH Secretary Mark Villar and Legislative Caretaker Allen Jesse C. Mangaoang together with DPWH-CAR Regional Director Tiburcio Canlas, MPSDEO District Engineer Rustom Martinez, other DPWH personnel, Mountain Province PDRRMC, PNP, BFP, LHMRH, and other volunteers.

In an interview, Dalog said it is very important in times of need that victims of disasters like this should be given utmost importance. “We really need to reach out to our brothers and sisters who have been affected by recent disasters because this is the only way we can show our concern and comfort to our fellow kakailyans in times like this,” she said.

Dalog, who represented the Maximo B. Dalog Foundation, Inc. also visited the municipality of Paracelis to console and distribute relief goods to constituents in this remote area of the province who were severely affected by the typhoon. “We thank DPJ Construction and resident-volunteers of the municipality for assisting us in the distribution of relief goods,” she added.

Among those distributed were basic needs of rice, water, can goods and noodles. People of the affected areas also volunteered in the repacking of goods that have been distributed to barangays gravely affected by the typhoon like Palitud, Carupian, Sinmakbot, Dannal, and Damsite. – Erlindo Agwilang