MUCH-NEEDED relief aid immediately poured on 11,000 families affected by heavy flooding brought by typhoon “Karding” as the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) conducted relief operations in several towns in Central Luzon and in the province of Pangasinan.

PAGCOR’s Vice President for Corporate Social Responsibility Group Jimmy Bondoc (5th from left) turns over relief packs to Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro (4th from left) for the families affected by flashfloods in the city.

A woman flashes a smile after receiving relief goods from PAGCOR in Barangay Sta. Rita, Olongapo City.

Over a thousand flood victims in San Mateo, Rizal receive relief packs from PAGCOR containing canned goods, noodles, coffee and water. The municipality was declared under a state of calamity when thousands of residents were forced to evacuate their homes due to sever flooding brought about by heavy monsoon rains.

An elderly resident of a flood-hit community in Lubao, Pampanga gets her relief pack from a PAGCOR volunteer.

Floodwaters have since subsided, but the massive destruction to properties left by the recent calamity remained visible in various areas in Pampanga, Tarlac, Bataan, Olongapo City and Pangasinan where thousands of individuals continue to stay in evacuation centers or with their relatives.

The pitiful state of the flood victims is compounded by their inability to immediately start afresh that timely aid coming from agencies like PAGCOR helps them cope with their difficult situation.

In Pampanga, where a total of 20,000 affected families were reported in the towns of Guagua and Lubao, the state gaming firm distributed 4,000 relief packs containing rice and assorted grocery items.

Guagua Vice Mayor Saijid Khan Eusoof said around 70 percent of the town had been crippled by waist-deep floodwaters that most of the residents living in low-lying areas were forced to evacuate their homes and abandon their livelihood.

“It’s been years since this calamity hit our town and caught most of our residents unprepared. The damage brought by the heavy flooding extended to our 22 barangays that the affected individuals, especially those who have less in life, needed all the help they can get from generous people and organizations. We thank PAGCOR for immediately responding to our call for help,” Eusoof explained.

PAGCOR also reached out to the flood victims in Hermosa, Bataan and Sta. Rita, Olongapo City. The province of Tarlac, which recorded one of the most number of flood victims at 10,000, likewise received relief packs for 2,000 families from the agency.

Similar relief operations were conducted by the agency earlier for over 4,000 families displaced by flashfloods spawned by monsoon rains in Rizal, Marikina and Quezon City.

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