Tingog holds feeding events in region 8
LEYTE — TINGOG party-list nominee and actress-singer Karla “Mamshie” Estrada on Thursday led two of the three feeding programs of the group in Region VIII with at least 1,000 beneficiaries to alleviate hunger and reduce micronutrient deficiency amid the continued devastating effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Estrada, the proud mother of actor and recording artist Daniel Padilla, assured that Tingog party-list headed by Rep. Yedda Marie K. Romualdez who chairs the House Committee on the Welfare of Children, will always work on programs that would benefit the people as many workers lost income as an offshoot of the pandemic.
The group through the help of Southern Leyte Gov. Damian Mercado also distributed three brand new wheelchairs to improve the mobility of Fidel Cadavero and Rosemarie Amaca of Maasin City and Mary Supangan of Sogod town.
In Bgy. Tunga-Tunga, Maasin City, Southern Leyte, Estrada said she was very happy to see the faces of 250 smiling kids who were given hot arroz caldo with munggo and egg.
Estrada was assisted by local officials led by City Councilors Felix L. Verano and Melvin Dublan, Administrator Atty. Romeo Geniston, Public Information Officer Ma. Lorena Casio, Tunga-Tunga Brgy. Chairperson Rizalina Araña and members of her council, aspirants for city council Luzviminda Rosete and Dr. Jovito Segovia; and Engineer and Mrs. Berto Varola, the owner of the venue.
The popular actress-singer who hails from Tacloban City also led Tingog’s feeding program in Brgy. Tagnipa, Maasin City that benefitted 250 children and donated three wheelchairs.
Estrada was also warmly welcomed and assisted in the feeding program in Brgy. Tagnipa by Southern Leyte Provincial Councilors League President Jonathan Lee Maraon of Padre Burgos town who represented Governor Mercado; Verano, Doblan, Geniston, Casio, Tagnipa Brgy. Chairman Alfredo Batug Jr. and members of his council, Rosete and Segovia.
Brgy. 55 Richard Estrada of El Reposo, Tacloban City thanked the Tingog Party-list represented by Kapitan Albert “Abet” Eviota for working on the feeding program that benefitted 500 adults and children who were visiting the Tacloban Public Cemetery.
