US gives P37.3M more for typhoon Ompong victims

AN ADDITIONAL P37.3 million assistance will be distributed by the United States government to those who were affected by typhoon Ompong (international name: Mangkhut) last Sept. in the northern parts of Luzon. In a statement Monday, the US Embassy in Manila said the fund, which brings total assistance to the typhoon victims to P42.5 million, is intended to “provide six months of emergency home rental assistance for 375 families in Benguet province displaced by landslides, implemented in partnership with Catholic Relief Services. The assistance will also purchase seeds for 1,400 small-scale farmers in Cagayan province to help them plant new crops, in partnership with World Vision.” The assistance is made through the US Agency for International Development (USAID). — Camille A. Aguinaldo