Pacquiao may visit Bacolod typhoon victims
BACOLOD CITY – Newly-crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao will arrive here soon to extend help to the typhoon victims.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia said he has requested Pacquiao to visit Bacolod but no specific date has been set yet.
Pacquiao is an adopted son of Bacolod City.
The Filipino boxing hero earlier said that he will donate P3 million assistance to Typhoon Frank victims.
Meanwhile, Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry under the leadership of Mr. Jet Lee extended last Tuesday, July 8, 2008, their candid support to 300 families in Barangay Banago who were hardly hit by Typhoon Frank.
Banago has the biggest evacuees reaching to more than 400 families compared to other areas.
Earlier, Mayor Leonardia thanked the support extended by the Bacoleños-Negrense Society in America who contributed more than 200 dollars cash assistance to flood victims.
Last regular session, 33 barangays were declared under state of calamity including Banago, Bata, and Tangub.
On the other hand, Leonardia hopes that the floodway project undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will be soon completed. He brought out this concern after some representatives of Philippine National Bank visited Bacolod to discuss this specific matter as PNB partly owns the property to be developed as Floodway Project in Barangay Banago.
Councilor Roberto Rojas Chairman of Flood Control Committee confirmed the scheduled meeting last week regarding the comprehensive drainage program. Among the councilors who attended the said meeting were Councilor Dindo Ramos who tackled the issue of housing, Councilor Greg Gasataya who tackled the issue of Solid Waste Management and Rojas who gave preference to flood control.