CANDABA, Pampanga – Expressing social responsibility, both the GV-AM and GV-FM stations’ broadcasters, discjockeys and staff in cooperation with the Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement (PGKM) initiated “Munting Handog” last October 6, 2009 and distributed relief packs to the residents of Barangay San Agustin of this town still reeling from flood waters.
Led by the GV General Manager Elmer Buasan, AM Station Manager Arnel Panganiban and FM station Regina Santiago, the whole mission on board a bus motored to the town center and riding on three wooden boats braved the over-a-week-old flood waters brought by typhoon “Ondoy” and stationed at the two-storey barangay center whose groundfloor as of this writing is still flooded by at least two feet.
Both Buasan and Panganiban brushing off the near mishaps which saw them nearly falling off to the waters while on board wooden boats rendered unstable by the tossing flood waters, took the helm of distributing relief packages in cooperation with all the members of the barangay council.
Buasan and Panganiban were one in saying that it is the least that the “Munting Handog” mission can do to come to the aid of their province-mates who were victimized by “Ondoy.”
“We embarked on this mission as we always do in the past, conscious of our social responsibilities and if we have as much resource we wish to further contribute to all efforts to help our province-mates back to their feet the soonest possible time and likewise lessen their vulnerability,” Busan explained.
“What we delivered is of not enough, and our mission’s objective is but to ease the predicament of typhoon victims in San Agustin. We and our broadcast station are but instruments. Credit should first and foremost go to the PGKM and many other generous souls who poured in resources upon our ‘on air’ call to the victims’ aid,” Panganiban added.
According to the barangay council members led by its chair Marino Macapagal, San Agustin’s population of over 4,000 were all affected in varying degrees. Most of the residents rely on marginal fishing and rice planting, and over 30% of their expected rice produce were destroyed by the flood.
Led by the GV General Manager Elmer Buasan, AM Station Manager Arnel Panganiban and FM station Regina Santiago, the whole mission on board a bus motored to the town center and riding on three wooden boats braved the over-a-week-old flood waters brought by typhoon “Ondoy” and stationed at the two-storey barangay center whose groundfloor as of this writing is still flooded by at least two feet.
Both Buasan and Panganiban brushing off the near mishaps which saw them nearly falling off to the waters while on board wooden boats rendered unstable by the tossing flood waters, took the helm of distributing relief packages in cooperation with all the members of the barangay council.
Buasan and Panganiban were one in saying that it is the least that the “Munting Handog” mission can do to come to the aid of their province-mates who were victimized by “Ondoy.”
“We embarked on this mission as we always do in the past, conscious of our social responsibilities and if we have as much resource we wish to further contribute to all efforts to help our province-mates back to their feet the soonest possible time and likewise lessen their vulnerability,” Busan explained.
“What we delivered is of not enough, and our mission’s objective is but to ease the predicament of typhoon victims in San Agustin. We and our broadcast station are but instruments. Credit should first and foremost go to the PGKM and many other generous souls who poured in resources upon our ‘on air’ call to the victims’ aid,” Panganiban added.
According to the barangay council members led by its chair Marino Macapagal, San Agustin’s population of over 4,000 were all affected in varying degrees. Most of the residents rely on marginal fishing and rice planting, and over 30% of their expected rice produce were destroyed by the flood.
