By Rachel Magday

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management (PDRRM) and the Provincial Employment Services Division (PESD) conducted a joint payout event in the town of Alfonso Castañeda, on February 12.

This initiative was part of the ongoing effort to bring provincial government services closer to its citizens.

The event facilitated the distribution of emergency shelter assistance and honorariums to Trabaho ti Umili(TrPaTu) beneficiaries from various barangays within the municipality.

Governor Atty. Jose V. Gambito, Board Member Patricio F. Dumlao Jr., and former Governor Ruth R. Padilla led the distribution of PHP 5,000 each to 141 victims of Typhoon Pepito and 175 recipients of the TrPaTu program.

The total amount disbursed during the event exceeded PHP 1.5 million.

The emergency shelter assistance funds are part of the PHP 50 million provided by President Ferdinand R. Marcos to aid those affected by the typhoon in Nueva Vizcaya.

Meanwhile, the honorariums for the TrPaTu recipients were sourced from the PHP 10 million allocated by Governor Gambito for 2,000 workers under the “Trabaho para ti Umili” program.

This joint payout aimed to deliver immediate financial relief to those impacted by natural disasters and support community recovery efforts.