 April 7, 2020 The Tan Yan Kee Foundation, Inc. continues to respond to the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic through its HOPE Caravan’s outreach campaign in Paluan, Occidental Mindoro where it distributed alcohol, face masks, PPEs and food packs in cooperation with the local government unit and the Philippine Military.
In response to the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic in the countryside, the Foundation started a HOPE Caravan outreach campaign to distribute relief food items, medical supplies, disinfectant and body wash to local government officials of several communities in Regions II and III from March 27 to 31, 2020. The campaign has reached thousands of residents and their families in the towns of Aritao and Sta. Fe in Nueva Vizcaya and Carranglan in Nueva Ecija in cooperation with the LGUs and volunteer partner groups
March 30, 2020 TYKFI Hope Caravan represented by Emelda Mateo donates food packages, alcohol, body wash and facemasks to the Municipality of Carranglan, Nueva Ecija to benefit more than 500 individuals through Rogelio Abad, president of the town’s association of barangay captains. March 28, 2020 Brgy. Captain Felomina Gautane receives donation of ethyl alcohol and facemasks for residents of Barangay San Agustin, Carranglan, Nueva Ecija from Philip Sing. March 28, 2020 Brgy. Captain Eduardo Bautista receives ethyl alcohol, and facemasks for residents of RA Padilla, Carranglan, Nueva Ecija from Philip Sing. March 31, 2020 ABC Pres. Hon. Rogelio Abad and Brgy. Captain Albert Rolle receive alcohol and facemasks for Brgy. Digdig, Carranglan, Nueva Ecija. In response to the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic in the countryside, the Tan Yan Kee Foundation, Inc., partners with Tacloban Delta Volunteer Fire Rescue in their effort to disinfect streets, markets and other public places in the city of Tacloban and nearby municipalities in the province of Leyte. The local fire volunteer group headed by Jefferson Ko, Mark Aquino and Engr. Alexander Uy, are in coordination with Tanduay Tacloban Branch Manager Joram Bacorro for this collaborative effort to further prevent Covid-19 infections among the residents. The TYKFI HOPE Caravan team of Philip Sing (top, left) distributed food packages, alcohol, body wash and facemasks for at least 500 residents of the Municipality of Aritao headed by Municipal Mayor Hon. Remilina Peros-Galam, (3rd from left) Municipal Vice Mayor Hon. Ruben Sayo (center) and Members of the Sanguniang Bayan. The TYKFI team also included Jonathan Anuma, Emelda Mateo, and Ricky Biagtan.
In response to the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic in the countryside, the Foundation started a HOPE Caravan outreach campaign to distribute relief food items, medical supplies, disinfectant and body wash to local government officials of several communities in Regions II and III from March 27 to 31, 2020. The campaign has reached thousands of residents and their families in the towns of Aritao and Sta. Fe in Nueva Vizcaya and Carranglan in Nueva Ecija in cooperation with the LGUs and volunteer partner groups. Healthcare frontliners from the Indigenous People’s Hospital in Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya led by Sister Milagros Cubar (second from left) receive medical supplies from TYKFI’s Philip Sing (center), Jonathan Anuma, and Aritao Municipal Vice Mayor Hon. Ruben Sayo (right). In response to the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic in the countryside, the Foundation started a HOPE Caravan outreach campaign to distribute relief food items, medical supplies, disinfectant and body wash to local government officials of several communities in Regions II and III from March 27 to 31, 2020. The campaign has reached thousands of residents and their families in the towns of Aritao and Sta. Fe in Nueva Vizcaya and Carranglan in Nueva Ecija in cooperation with the LGUs and volunteer partner groups. The Foundation donated 285 food packages (1 pack per family) to residents of Brgy. Balete, Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya. Philip Sing (center) hands the items to Hon. Mayor Tidong Benito, Balete Brgy. Captain Hon. Romeo Bugtong, Brgy. Officials, Municipal Administrator Albert Eugenio, and Former Municipal Mayor Teodorico DP. Padilla, Jr. Also in attendance are Jonathan Anuma, Emelda Mateo, Ricky Biagtan of TYKFI.  Dr. Lucio C. Tan, chairman and president of the Tan Yan Kee Foundation, Inc .(TYKFI) (left) hands over relief goods to Mayor Gerry Natanauan of Talisay, Batangas (right), Leynes Barangay Captain Bailon Caringal (2nd from right) and children who cannot yet return to their damaged schools. The TYKFI HOPE Caravan - which helps families who lost their livelihood as farmers, tour guides or boatmen in Talisay - has continued to assist other victims of the Taal Volcano unrest and earthquakes in Mindanao with partner companies Philippine Airlines (PAL), Tanduay Distillers, Inc. (TDI), Philippine National Bank (PNB), Eton Properties (Phils.) Inc. and Dong-A Pharma, Phils. inc.
Benguet is a landlocked province situated at the southern tip most of the Cordillera Region. Buguias is considered as the heart of Benguet, a third class municipality consisting of 14 barangays and is also considered as the vegetable producing capital of Benguet.
Typhoon Ompong was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that hit northern Luzon and damaging millions-worth of properties in several regions.
With sustained winds of up to 285 km per hour, it was the strongest storm to hit Northern Luzon since 2010, and the strongest nationwide since typhoon Haiyan in 2013. It brought along swaying high-rises, broken windows, flash floods, and catastrophic landslides. Despite the fact that the devastation of typhoon Haiyan occurred only in recent memory, this typhoon brought over 100 heart-wrenching fatalities mainly due to landslides in Itogon, Benguet. |
