ANGELES CITY –– The provincial government of Tarlac has called off its scheduled Christmas party next month and instead donate funds allocated for it to victims of Typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas.
“This is a show of solidarity to our kababayans in Regions 6, 7, and 8. We are donating the money to them as a way of doing our share in the rebuilding of the lives of the survivors of Typhoon Yolanda,” Tarlac Gov. Victor Yap said in a statement.
This is apart from the provincial government’s “Tawid Tulong Visayas” project that involved local folk who were victims of the recent Typhoon Santi also donating relief goods for Yolanda victims.
“I hope that in our own little way, we would be able to ease the suffering of our kababayans there specially this holiday season,” Yap said. Tarlac is Pres. Aquino’s home province. Both his father, the late Sen. Benigno Aquino and mother, former Pres. Corazon Aquino, were natives of Tarlac.
