Governor Emmylou “Lala” J. Taliño-Mendoza of the Province of Cotabato expressed her gratitude to individuals, agencies, and organizations who extended help to Typhoon Paeng victims in the province.
Mendoza is grateful for the relief sent to Cotabateños in need.
She thanked the local government officials and also the responders for their prompt response in times of need and also to the Department of Social Welfare and Development 12 (DSWD 12), Department of Health 12 (DOH 12), Department of Interior and Local Government 12 (DILG 12), General Santos Police Station, Office of Senator Bong Go, Office of the President, and other police stations of the province, organizations, and individuals in extending relief assistance to the affected residents.
Based on Situational Report No. 13 issued by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), as of November 2, 2022, there are 9,890 families from the towns of Alamada, Aleosa, Midsayap, Pigcawayan and Kabacan, Cotabato affected by Typhoon Paeng.
The damage to agriculture is estimated at P53 million wherein 2,685 hectares of land of 1,886 rice and corn farmers in the province were also damaged.
A total of 69 houses were recorded totally damaged and 262 others partially damaged in the town of Pigcawayan.
Meanwhile, Go’s office provided more than 2,000 food packs containing rice, canned goods, and noodles to those affected by the flood in the Province of Cotabato on November 3, 2022.
The assistance was sent to the office of Mendoza and was immediately distributed to residents and various evacuation sites in the municipalities of Pigcawayan and Aleosan.
Apart from this, the senator’s office also distributed umbrellas, basketballs for children, and clothes to help them recover after the disaster.
Other food packs are scheduled to be distributed to residents who were flooded in the municipalities of Libungan and Midsayap in the next few days.
