Lanao Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Sends Relief Goods to BARMM

Bangsamoro region, Calabarzon (Region IV-A), Bicol (Region 5), and Western Visayas (Region 6) now under a state of calamity for six months as declared by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.

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(SDN) — Humanitarian assistance is going the way of the Bangsamoro region in response to the calamity that is Tropical Storm Paeng.

 

President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ R. Marcos, Jr. (Credit: Business Mirror)

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Meanwhile, a piece of fresh news showed President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has declared today, November 2, a state of calamity in four regions of the country because of the devastation “Paeng” wrought in many parts of the country.

Now under a state of calamity are “Regions 4-A (Calabarzon), 5 (Bicol), 6 (Western Visayas), and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)”, according to The Manila Times in a report by Kristina Maralit. 

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The latest to send relief goods is Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal A. Adiong, Jr., who dispatched truckloads of rice and other goods to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). His assistance reached the Cotabato City on November 2, Wednesday.

It was actually the second batch of relief assistance from Lanao del Sur. Adiong earlier on October 31 already dispatched the first batch of truckloads of relief goods to “Paeng” affected communities in the region.

Related: President Marcos Orders Full Assistance to BARMM as Over 0.5-Million People Affected, 53 Dead, 38 Injured, 12 Missing from ‘Paeng’

BARMM Senior Minister Abdulraof Macacua received the goods, with the teams of the Bangsamoro Rapid Emergency Action on Disaster Incidence (READi) on hand to help out.

Bangsamoro Senior Minister Abdulraof Macacua.

READi is the humanitarian and disaster response arm of the BARMM, and it is under the wings of the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG) headed by Minister Naguib G. Sinarimbo.

“We thank Governor Mamintal “Bombit” Along Adiong, Jr. of the Province of Lanao del Sur for sending relief assistance to the flood victims in Magauindanao.

         Sinarimbo said the truckloads of relief assistance was checked in and received at the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) by the Senior Munister Abdulraof Macacua who is also the Responsible Officer in the EOC.
         “The relief assistance have already been dispatched by the Response Cluster in the areas of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Buldon, and Barira,” he said.
         “Thank you Lanao del Sur!”, he added
         ​Datu Odin Sinsuat and Datu Blah Sinsuat and Upi municipalities are three of the hardest hit in Maguindanao del Norte, with devastating flashfloods and landslides.
The Bangsamoro region’s provinces have sustained 53 dead, 38 injured, and 12 still missing as of November 1, per report of the MILG-READi.
         On Tuesday, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. visited the Cotabato City, making ocular inspection from the air, and receiving Situation Report from the BARMM leadership led by Chief Minister Ahod Balawag “Al-Hajj Murad” Ebrahim.
Marcos, Jr. ordered National Government Agencies (NGAs) to give full support the the disaster stricken Bangsamoro region.
         Comprising the region are the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi, the cities of Cotabato, Lamitan, and Marawi, as well as the Special Geographic Area (SGA) made up of 63 barangays or villages in North Cotabato, but under the BARMM jurisdiction.
         The Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) created the BARMM as a new political entity (NPE) to implement the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the overall peace pact between the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). (/)

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