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‘Malasakit’ for Filipinos in distress — Sen. Go, gov’t agencies aid fire victims, vulnerable sectors in Iligan City, Lala, and Sultan Naga Dimaporo in Lanao del Norte

PASAY CITY -- On Thursday, October 29, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go's office sent additional aid to a total of 649 individuals composed of fire victims, transport workers, vendors, farmers, and fisherfolks from Iligan City, Lala, and Sultan Naga Dimaporo in Lanao del Norte.

The senator’s team held separate aid activities throughout the province where they provided beneficiaries with vitamins, masks and face shields to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The activity was conducted in strict compliance with health guidelines.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development, meanwhile, provided the fire victims with financial assistance while the Department of Labor and Employment provided assistance to the transport workers, vendors, farmers and fisherfolks through its Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers program.

Go also encouraged those with medical concerns to visit the Gregorio T. Lluch Memorial Hospital in Iligan City or the Kapatagan Provincial Hospital in Kapatagan, where there are Malasakit Centers available.

Go primarily authored and sponsored Republic Act No. 11463 or the Malasakit Centers Act of 2019 to assist Filipinos in their medical expenses, in line with his push for measures that would improve healthcare services in the country.

“Pakiusap lang namin sa inyo, kailangan namin ang inyong kooperasyon at disiplina ng bawat Pilipino. Mag-ingat kayo palagi at magdasal tayo palagi. At tandaan ninyo, mahal namin kayo ni Pangulong Duterte,” he added.

Go then encouraged eligible residents to get vaccinated to safeguard themselves against the virus and to help the country attain population protection leading to herd immunity.

“Mga kababayan ko, nandidiyan na po ang mga bakuna, parating naman po halos linggu-linggo. Sana po ay magpabakuna na kayo para protektado po kayo. Ang bakuna po ang tanging susi o solusyon para unti-unti na tayong makabalik sa ating normal na pamumuhay,” said Go.

“Magtulungan ho tayo, magtiwala ho kayo sa gobyerno, magtiwala ho kayo sa bakuna. Ang bakuna po ang tanging susi o solusyon sa ngayon para makamtan po natin ang population protection, ‘yung 50% po ng population ang bakunado, at herd immunity kapag 70% na po ng population ang bakunado.

“Iyan po ang target natin ngayon, makamtan po natin ang population protection at herd immunity para naman po sumaya ang ating Pasko,” he added.

As he concluded his message, Go expressed his gratitude the provincial and local officials for helping their community recover amid economic challenges brought by the pandemic.

As Vice Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Go also showed his support for various projects in Iligan City to further boost their economic development, such as the provision of new medical equipment for Gregorio T. Lluch Hospital; rehabilitation of its public market and roads; and construction of a multipurpose building.

He also supported projects throughout the province such as the construction of farm-to-market roads in Bacolod and Lala; road rehabilitation in Magsaysay and Munai; purchase of one ambulance unit in Kapatagan; construction of flood control and drainage structure in Lala; rehabilitation of public markets in Magsaysay; and construction of multi-purpose buildings in Kauswagan, Magsaysay, Nunungan, Pantao Ragat, Pantar, Salvador, Tangcal and Tubod.

Go extended similar assistance to more than a thousand transport workers, vendors, farmers, and fisherfolk in Baroy, Lanao del Norte from July 26 to 27. (OSBG)

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