BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi – About 130,000 residents here are set to receive P700 million in aid during the Bagong Pilipinas Fair on Thursday.
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said Tawi-Tawi was chosen as a symbol of the government's willingness to reach out to residents from as far as the northernmost part of the country.
About P100 million in farm aid was given to Gov. Ismael Mang Sali at the Department of Education (DepEd) Cultural and Sports Complex and P10 million in family aid to Basilan Gov. Salliman Hataman.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who oversaw the distribution of assistance, said in his speech that the government aims to serve more residents in towns displaced by the El Nino phenomenon.