Cagayan folk remember Davao City’s calamity aid
THE people of Cagayan would not forget how Davao City extended help to the province when typhoons devastated the areas.
During the campaign sortie, Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba said Davao City sent relief assistance for the people of the province who were affected by disasters.
The province was devastated by Super Typhoon Lawin in 2016, Typhoon Ompong in 2018 and Typhoon Ulysses in 2020. And in all these disasters, Mamba said, the Davao City government sent help.
This is the reason, Mamba said, why the people of Cagayan will support the candidacy of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte.
Mayor Sara is the vice presidential candidate of Lakas-CMD and Hugpong ng Pagbabago. She was also adopted by the PDP-Laban and Reform Party.
“Hindi nyo po kami nakakalimutan. Ako po ay nagpapasalamat sa iyo Mayor Inday Sara dahil sa lahat ng sakuna dito, andyan ang Davao City palaging nagpapadala ng financial assistance at relief goods dito,” Mamba said.
Mayor Sara also expressed her gratitude for the warm welcome she received from the people of the province.
“Unang-una po ay ang pagpapasalamat sa oras at oportunidad na ibinigay ninyo sa akin sa araw na ito upang makapagbigay ng mensahe,” she said.
Mamba also recalled that President Rodrigo Duterte visited them when disasters hit the province.
“In-ompong po kami taong 2018, ang ating Presidente pumunta po dito. Another typhoon hit us after two years, andito na naman sya. He was here again, helping us out to recover,” Mamba said.
The governor said although he did not support Duterte in the presidential elections in 2016, he saw for himself President Duterte’s passion to serve.
“It was the first time I saw a president coming to us every time we have problems here,” he said.
The governor added the Chico River Pump Irrigation Project, a Build, Build, Build project of the Duterte administration, will open in March or April this year.
The P4.3 billion project is financed by China and is eyed to benefit more than 4,000 farmer families in Cagayan and Kalinga provinces, and irrigate more than 8,000 hectares of farmlands.
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