Provincial News current SIIT President Sol F. Matugas, the relief assistance also includes cash amounting to P200.00 for each beneficiary and a “Help Card” containing a contact number they can use to text or call for help or any other legitimate concerns. Meanwhile, Port Management Office (PMO) Surigao Acting Port Manager Froilan Caturla expresses appreciation and gratitude to SIIT and its President, former Surigao del Norte Governor Sol F. Matugas for choosing to help port workers not just today but also
in the coming weeks while the province continues to be under quarantine. “On behalf of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), I am so much thankful that SIIT, under former Governor Sol Matugas, has chosen to help our displaced workers particularly since it complements the ‘Bayanihan sa Pantalan,’ an initiative of PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago to pool resources in the fight against COVID 19, as well as extending help for displaced port workers,” Caturla said. (PMOSurigao/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
One town, one ‘bayanihan’ By Doreen Marielle N. Rosales
In the face of a public health crisis, a small coastal town in Surigao del Sur perseveres, proving that ‘bayanihan’ is very much alive.
of Surigao del Sur under the first district. Among the primary livelihood in the municipality is fishing and rice and coconut farming.
While the task to sustain its 9,301 The municipality of Bayabas is one residents seems daunting, municipal of the 17 municipalities in the province mayor Maria Charita Garcia-Limbaro APRIL 18-24, 2020 |
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