CAVITE CITY—Senator Lawrence Go led the distribution of financial assistance to 747 families from Barangay 5 and Barangay 7 at the Montano Hall Stadium here.
Cavite City Mayor and other local officials here welcomed the Davao senator with a huge crowd consisting of fire victims of Barangay 5-Gen. Edelberto Evangelista and Barangay 7-Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, who lost their homes in a massive fire that hit on July 14, 2024.
Each family received P20,000, 42 days after the fire razed houses in an area called Sitio Badjao.
Currently, the State of Calamity signed by Mayor Denver Chua endorsed by the City Council and the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Managing Council is still in effect in the said affected barangays. Go also distributed groceries to each family and bikes to selected individuals.