The
evacuees were landed at Commodore Veloso Pier in Naval Base Rafael Ramos,
Mactan at 11 a.m.
They
were welcomed by Naval Forces Central deputy commander, Capt. Ingemar S. Pernes
and Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza.
“I
can hardly look at the tragic effect of Typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban and other
parts of Leyte but I felt happy and proud to be part of the Navy’s team that is
committed to support the victims in the modest way we can,” said BRP Bacolod
City commanding officer Cmdr. Jonathan V. Zata said.
Upon
disembarkation from the ship, the evacuees were welcomed by various local
government and private agencies and organizations giving free services to
uplift their morale and bringing back their condition to normal.
GMA
Kapuso Foundation, ABS-CBN Cebu and Gardenia Bakeries Phils, Inc. provided hot
meals, bread and bottled water to the evacuees with the assistance from
Department of Social Welfare and Development, Lapu-Lapu Sangguniang Kabataan,
Tau Gamma Fraternity and Barangay Gon-ob.
Free
medical services and medicines were rendered to the evacuees through the
combined efforts of Red Cross, Lapu-Lapu
Hospital
Even
the PN provided free call and internet services to the evacuees
More
than 5,000 evacuees and rescue and relief personnel have been transported by
the PN Navy to and from Leyte and Samar since
the disaster response operations started last week.
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