MVP Group mobilizes support to areas hit by Typhoon Ulysses

THE MVP Group, which is composed of the companies under the leadership of Manuel V Pangilinan, pours in support to families affected by Typhoon Ulysses (international name: Vamco).

“We salute you, our brave men and women across the MVP Group, for tirelessly helping our fellow kababayan. In a pandemic, that is heroism. Salamat sa inyong pagmamalasakit,” Pangilinan said.

“Tuluy-tuloy po tayo sa paghahatid ng tulong at pag-asa sa ating mga kababayan (We will continue to provide help and hope to our fellow countrymen),” Pangilinan added.

PLDT and Smart provided communication support to affected residents in areas hit by Typhoon Ulysses by setting up libreng tawag, libreng charging, libreng wifi and libreng load stations in Metro Manila, South Luzon, North and Central Luzon, which have also received communication and connectivity assistance from the telco companies.

Smart also sent free call and SMS load to over 13 million Smart and TNT customers in areas affected by Typhoon Ulysses. It also extended the same assistance to other customers in that have been impacted by Typhoon Rolly.

PLDT and Smart, through the Alagang Kapatid Foundation, distributed relief snack packs to around 500 families in Barangay Banaba, San Mateo, Rizal. PLDT also provided 500 relief packs to affected communities in Apalit, Pampanga. Facemasks and faceshields will also be given to residents in some areas in Cagayan, also through AKFI.

PLDT, through the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), will distribute relief packs to its partner communities in Calawis, Antipolo City which is located along the Marikina Watershed.

PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), together with PLDT and Smart, is currently providing additional relief packs to affected communities in Luzon.

AKFI and Smart provided snack packs and bottled water to 1,000 individuals from Barangay Tañong, Marikina City, which is a few meters away from Provident and close to the evacuation center of Barangka.

One Meralco Foundation (OMF) handed out 1,300 relief packs to affected families in Marikina beginning with those from Barangay Tumana who were seeking shelter at Marikina High School.

The OMF also sent out over 2,000 food packs to affected communities in the province of Isabela, Ilagan City and Cagayan. Through OMF’s partnership with the Philippine Air Force and the Philippine National Police, the food packs were distributed in evacuation centers in Tuguegarao City, Amulung and Solana, Cagayan.

The Metro Pacific Investments Foundation (MPIF), along with AKFI, organized a relief effort initiative where it turned over 155 10-kilo vegetable packs in communities in Riverside, Sitio Sto. Nino in Barangay Wawa, Rodriguez Rizal.

Maynilad also turned over about 4,000 snacks and bottled water bundles to families affected by Typhoon Ulysses in Muntinlupa, Malabon and Quezon City. Around 1,500 bottled water was also distributed to communities in Tanay and Manila, while 200 blue jugs of drinking water were turned over to Cagayan and Tuguegarao.

Source: ManilaTimes

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