QUEZON CITY, (PIA) -- Pag-IBIG Fund Chief Executive Officer Acmad Rizaldy P. Moti said the agency has deployed its mobile branch, the Lingkod Pag-IBIG On-Wheels and established offsite service desks to receive applications for calamity loans from members, as well as insurance claims from current Pag-IBIG Housing Loan borrowers whose properties may have been damaged by the tremors.

“In the wake of calamities, we are aware that our members need to have immediate access to our benefits and services. Immediately after the earthquake was felt, we deployed our mobile branch – the Lingkod Pag-IBIG-On-Wheels – to go around Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley and the CAR and provide services where it’s needed most," Moti said.

"In coordination with local government units, we have also set up on-the-ground service desks near evacuation areas and government centers in these regions so that members can easily access us," he added.

Moti said their Virtual Pag-IBIG also remains ready to accept calamity loan applications online from members who have access to internet service.

"Even while our own offices and personnel in earthquake-hit areas have also been affected, our branches are open and ready to receive calamity loan applications and housing loan insurance claims. Our members can be assured that during difficult times, Pag-IBIG will always be there to help them,” he said.

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon on 27 July, damaging buildings and with strong tremors reaching the capital, Manila. (Pag-IBIG Fund/PIA-NCR)