By Rose Frejane A.Cruz
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – The Filipino at Tsino Magkaibigan Foundation and the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Inc., distributed 1,000 bags of 5 kilos rice to three local government units, as aid to those affected by the past three typhoons and the southwest monsoon.
Members of the FCCCII-Baguio Chapter, led by Peter Ng, first delivered 400 bags of rice (5 kilo each) to the Baguio City government, on August 13, which was happily received by City Administrator Vittorio Jericho Cawis, at the Baguio City Hall.
According to Cawis, the donation is intended to help the nearly 400 indigents who were victims of the past typhoons and the southwest monsoon in the city. “ On behalf of Mayor Benjamin Magalong, thank you very much for the tireless support
of the Baguio Filipino-Chinese community, who previously donated 200 grocery packs on July 26.
The town of Tuba also received a warm welcome, which was given 200 bags of 5 kilos of rice, which was received by Atty.George Fukai, municipal administrator and municipal legal officer.
“This is a great help to 
those affected by landslides in many parts of Tuba, caused by the recent typhoons, especially to the residents of Kennon Road. We salute the Filipino-Chinese Community for its continued assistance to our town,” Fukai said.
The next day, the group also personally delivered 200 bags of rice to the Benguet provincial government and was personally received by the personnel of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office.
Mayor Roderick Awingan was also very grateful for receiving 200 bags of rice (5 kilos each), which were also personally delivered to the town of La Trinidad, Benguet.
“We will not refuse this, this is a huge help to our constituents who were also victims of the recent calamity. Thank you very much to your foundation and our town is counted among the ones to be given a blessing,” Awingan said.
According to Ng, “Every time there is a calamity, our organization traditionally delivers aid to show our support and concern for those who were victims of the calamity.”
