Marlyn Tigas, provincial chief of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, led the distribution of a gift pack each to 1,300 families in Bagac town composed of beneficiaries of government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.
Aside from members of 4Ps, beneficiaries of the gift-giving project of Gov. Albert Garcia were senior citizens, people with disabilities, farmers, fishermen and other sectors belonging to the poor, she said.
Canned goods and noodles were among those in the gift packs.
Tigas said they started handing the gift packs last December but were not able to finish the distribution so extended it until February. “Beneficiaries from Bagac are our last batch,” she said.
The social welfare officer said the young Garcia continued the project began by his late father Enrique Garcia while then governor years ago.
