Caltex Joins Red Cross Million Volunteer Run

Caltex brand of fuels and lubricants, marketed by Chevron Philippines Inc., once again joined the annual Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Million Volunteer Run. Held simultaneously in Metro Manila and other key cities in the country, the run aims to strengthen a network of volunteers down to the barangay level and to raise funds for PRC’s critical humanitarian services.

Caltex is a long-time partner of PRC and very proactive in offering assistance during calamities. Caltex recently donated P1 million pesos to PRC to help victims of super typhoon Pablo in Mindanao, plus P200,000 thousand worth of free fuel daily for PRC vehicles involved in relief operations in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley.

Caltex Donates P1M Cash to Red Cross for Typhoon Pablo Victims

Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI), marketer of the Caltex brand of fuels and lubricants, together with Chevron Geothermal Philippines Holdings, Inc. (CPGHI), Chevron Malampaya LLC, and Chevron Holdings Inc. (CHI), recently donated one million pesos in cash to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for victims of super typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.

In addition, Caltex is also giving 200 liters of free fuel a day from its Tagum and Mati Caltex stations to sustain Red Cross relief operations in the area.

Present for the check turn over were (L-R): Bing Santos, CGPHI asset manager; Peter Morris, country chair of CPI; PRC chairman Richard Gordon; PRC secretary general Gwen Pang; Joan Tenosa team lead of CHI; and Joseph Bronfman, CPI area business manager.

Manila Water deploys mobile water treatment plant to assist in relief drive for “Pablo” victims

The water which is being sourced from the Agusan River in were filtered and treated to ensure it is potable and safe for drinking before it is delivered to the affected residents in the area

The Ayala-led Manila Water Company (MWC) has stepped in to help in the ongoing emergency relief efforts in areas in Mindanao devastated by typhoon “Pablo” by deploying its Mobile Treatment Plant along with nine personnel to provide safe and potable water to affected residents in Purok 1 & 3 in Compostela Town Proper, Compostela Valley, one of the provinces hard hit by the recent typhoon. Equipment and crew were ferried to the area by a C-130 cargo plane Philippine Air Force (PAF).

The mobile water treatment plant was able to provide 34, 000 liters of water to the affected communities during its first three days of operations. Water from Agusan River is filtered and treated to ensure its potability.

Residents of New Bataan are also able to benefit from the provision of potable water through trucks that transport the treated water from Agusan River to this hard hit municipality in the province.

Manila Water’s relief effort is being done in coordination with government agencies such as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the office of Compostela Valley 1st District Rep. Maria Carmen Zamora-Apsay.

The lady solon even personally tested the treated water before it is delivered to the residents to demonstrate that it is safe to drink.

It was not the first time that Manila Water has deployed such facility for free to assist in similar situations, Manila Water President Gerardo Ablaza Jr. said adding that it was previously used in the Bicol region, Iloilo, Quezon province, Jolo and Cagayan de Oro when those areas were also struck by calamities.

Aside from providing safe and potable water, Manila Water has also donated food packs and medicines to the victims of typhoon “Pablo”.

The company’s personnel deployed to Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley headed by Edilberto Mercado, the company’s Network Compliance Manager, also constructed temporary comfort rooms that the affected residents can use.

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Nakakabagbag damdamin ang nangyari sa Compostela Valley at Davao Oriental na talagang hinagupit ng bagyong “Pablo.”

Habang pinapanood , pinapakinggan at binabasa ko ang mga report galing doon, naisip ko,tayo na hindi tinamaan ng hagupit ng bagyong “Pablo” ay walang karapatang magreklamo at mamaktol sa mga problema natin.

Kung ano man ang ating problema – walang pera pangbili ng bagong IPhone o pinakabago na labas ng Samsung o kulang ang ating pang-Christmas shopping – wala yan sa kalingkingan sa hirap na dinaranas ngayon ng mga tao sa Davao Oriental at sa Compostela Valley na mismo ang kanilang evacuation center ay tinangay rin ni Pablo. Wala silang masilungan habang patuloy ang pag-ulan. Kahit sa pagkain at inumin kinukulang.

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