BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
An amount of P15.9 million in financial assistance was distributed yesterday by the provincial government of Negros Occidental to 3,199 families affected by typhoon Odette in Sipalay City.
Each family-beneficiary received P5,000 each in assistance coming from the National Housing Authority.
Board Member Jeffrey Tubola, who represented the provincial government, led the series of distribution of financial assistance to three clustered areas at the Sipalay City gym, as well as the covered courts of barangays Montilla and Mambaroto.
Implemented under the NHA’s Special Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP), more than P35 million has been distributed by the provincial government to 6,828 typhoon victims whose houses were destroyed in the cities of Cadiz and Victorias, Pontevedra, Ilog and Isabela over the past two weeks.
Following the devastation brought about by typhoon Odette, the provincial government also distributed P50 million worth of housing materials and food packs to victims in Hinobaan, Sipalay City, Cauayan, Ilog, Isabela and Hinigaran.
Further distribution of similar assistance is slated on June 13 in Cauayan, Negros Occidental.*