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.