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Clark relief operations to extend to Bulacan, CL provinces

CLARK FREEPORT, Oct. 6 (PNA) -โ€“ Officials inside the Clark Freeport are now eyeing to extend in Bulacan and other provinces in in Central Luzon its relief operations.

Last week, the โ€œClark Outreach Program for Ondoy Victimsโ€ team members proceeded to Arayat, Candaba, and Lubao towns, all in Pampanga, to distribute more than 2,500 packs of various relief goods to typhoon victims there.

Clark Development Corporation (CDC) President Benigno N. Ricafort said the success of the relief operations is boosted by the pouring of more cash and relief donations from members of the Clark Freeport community and other benefactors.

โ€œThe overwhelming support being extended by our benefactors have encouraged us to reach out further to other victims of Ondoy in Bulacan and other provinces in the Central Luzon region,โ€ Ricafort said, adding that volunteers are working around the clock repacking relief goods at the Clark Expo here.

He said members of the Clark Investors and Locators Association, 600th Air Base Wing of the Philippine Air Force, and the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) have raised more than P1 million in cash and relief goods to help victims of Ondoy in Pampanga.

He said the CDC-initiated relief operations dubbed โ€œClark Outreach Program for Ondoy Victimsโ€ stemmed from a meeting with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Cabinet Secretary Edgardo Pamintuan and Central Luzon Police Director Leonilo Dela Cruz held at the White House here last Sept. 28.

He also said the CDC and CIAC have each donated P250,000 while Cyber City Teleservices gave P100,000 for the typhoon victims.

Also, Peregrine Development International President Dennis Wright said his company will shell out P500,000. He added that Peregrine will also provide 20 volunteers and heavy equipment like bulldozers and dump trucks to help clear areas that have sustained damages.

Ricafort said Smart Shirts, another top locator in Clark, has pledged P100,000-worth of export-quality clothes that were manufactured inside the Clark Freeport.

โ€œThis would not have been smoothly implemented without the enduring commitment and hard work of volunteers from CDC, CILA, CIAC, PAF, LGUs and the PNP and the clear direction from the management of CDC who took the lead in organizing the group,โ€ he said.

He said CILA has been tasked to be the secretariat of the Clark Outreach program. Donations in cash or in kind could be coursed through Justice Dalida of CILA at telephone numbers (045) 599-3442; (045) 599-7522; +63918-930-3694; or clarkinvestors@gmail.com. (PNA)

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