CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City -– Military officials and enlisted personnel of the army’s 4th Infantry Division on Tuesday raised some P 459,590 for victims of typhoon Yolanda in severely affected regions in the Visayas.
Capt. Christian Uy, spokesperson of the army’s Public Affairs Division, said that the amount came from the voluntarily contributed one-day subsistence allowance of 4520 enlisted personnel and two day subsistence allowance of 293 officers here.
The amount collected would be used to buy assorted goods to be distributed to the different areas of
Aside from the cash donations, Brig. Gen. Ricardo Visaya, commander of the army’s 4th ID, would also send a contingent of 100 troops equipped with tools for rehabilitation to typhoon-ravaged towns and city’s in the
Uy said that the company size army contingent has subsistence provisions for one month to sustain their rehabilitation operations wherever they will be deployed.
He said that the troops are now consolidated at the Headquarters 4th Infantry Division ready to be deployed once the C-130 cargo plane from the air force will be available to transport them.
The 4ID through its Civil Military Operations Battalion is also accepting donations from the locals who wish to donate goods for the affected communities in the Visayas, Uy added.
“With the vast devastation left by typhoon Yolanda in our country particularly in the Visayas, there are so many Filipinos who need our urgent help,” Visaya said.
Visaya also appealed to the communist New People’s Army (NPA) to “forget our differences and let the spirit of Bayanihan be a beacon of hope for fast recovery work.”
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The contrast between the Philippine military and the Maoist NPA could not be sharper with regard to their conduct in aiding the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. While Philippine military soldiers make personal sacrifices and assist in the distribution of humanitarian aid and the restoration of public order, the NPA attacks aid convoys and contributes to public disorder. So who has the real interests of the Filipino people at heart...the Philippine military or the NPA? It's a no brainer.
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