United States Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg
has announced that the United States government will continue to extend
assistance to Eastern Visayas until the region totally recover from the impact
of Super typhoon Yolanda.
The US envoy said this Friday, May 27, when he visited Palo town to lead in the turn-over of a ten classroom school building to the officials and students of the Palo National High School located in Brgy. Cavite West, of the town.
The donated classrooms is part of the 310 classrooms committed by the US government to areas in Leyte, Samar, and Tacloban City.
He said the US government will continue to help Leyte and Samar in its recovery efforts on top of the $ 143 million given to the national government for the rehabilitation of areas hit by Yolanda.
Goldberg also visited Eastern Samar last May 19 for the turn-over of the US-funded $ 214 million road upgrading project linking impoverished towns of the two Samar provinces.
The completed US-funded road development project covering 222 kilometers traverses the towns of Paranas in Samar; Taft, Sulat, San Julian, Maydolong Borongan City, Llorente, Hernani, Gen. MacArthur, Quinapondan, Salcedo, Mercedes and Guiuan in Eastern Samar.
The Ambassador led in the turn-over of the project to the Department of Public Works and Highways, Road Board, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and peoples’ organization for the maintenance of the roads and bridges.
The new road is expected to boost the economy and hasten services in the Samar provinces.
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1151464748071/us-continues-help-on-yolanda-recovery-effort
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