CITY OF
TABUK, Kalinga—Firms behind the
Kalinga Geothermal Project reached out to their host
communities amid the national health emergency brought about by Covid-19.
Project
partners – Aragorn Power and Energy Corporation (APEC),
Guidance Management Corporation (GMC) and Allfirst Kalinga Holdings Inc.
(AKHI) gave P560,000 worth of food packs to over 1,000 families in Lubuagan and
Pasil towns, rice packs for 436 ho5useholds in Balatoc and logistical support
for interagency task force operating checkpoints in said areas.
Project
contractors DESCO Incorporated, UZMA Engineering Ltd. and CSA Resources
Corp. also provided 150 sacks of rice and canned goods.
To
support local efforts to contain the pandemic, project partners also
provided personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Kalinga
provincial government through Gov. Ferdinand B. Tubban and in collaboration
with the Nation Commission for Indigenous People.
These PPEs
include 200 pieces N95 face masks, 200 pieces face shields, 28 boxes of
surgical masks, 200 pieces of medical goggles, 20 boxes of sterile gloves and
18 units of thermal scanners.
The
provincial government intends to distribute the PPEs and medical
equipment equally to the Kalinga Provincial Hospital (KPH),
TALACA Taskforce, Balbalan District Hospital, Lubuagan District Hospital,
Pinukpuk District Hospital, Rizal District Hospital, Tanudan Municipal
Hospital, Tanudan MHO and Tinglayan MHO.
PPEs were
earlier been provided to the Pasil and Lubuagan local governments and thermal
scanners for use of Pasil and Lubuagan medical personnel.
Altogether,
the Kalinga Geothermal Project has provided P390, 000 worth of PPEs to augment
requirements of Kalinga Provincial Hospital, the satellite health
facilities in municipalities and the MHOs of Lubuagan and Pasil.
“The Kalinga
Project Partners --- APEC, GMC and AKHI, respectfully extend our best wishes
and prayers for the provincial leadership and the people of Kalinga to continue
to be blessed with good health and stability in these extraordinary times,”
said project manager Eugene G. Sunio. -- JDP/PAB-PIA CAR, Kalinga
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