LGUs outside Batangas send aid to Taal eruption victims

Local government units outside of Batangas are extending aid to communities and evacuees affected by the Taal Volcano eruption.

Malabon City is accepting donations at the Oreta Sports Center.

Quezon City has deployed a team to Tanauan and Sto. Tomas, Batangas, to provide medical assistance, aid in search and rescue, and help with damage assessment, and has provided blankets, sleeping mats, partition tents, and mobile showers for evacuees.

Pasig City will donate P7.5 million in cash and P5 million worth of food and supplies to the victims.

The provincial government of Pangasinan has extended food and non-food relief aid to displaced residents of Batangas province.

The Lingayen town has initiated the collection of voluntary donations, including nebulizers, N95 face masks, asthma medicines, canned goods, clothes, blankets, and bottled water, with the first batch of donations to be transferred this weekend.

As of January 16, a total of 15,525 families or 68,638 people in Batangas, Laguna, and Cavite were affected by the volcanic eruption, with 12,877 families or 52,286 persons taking shelter in 257 evacuation centers.