Davao City donates P10-M

After Convening at the request of our good mayor, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the City Council donates ten million pesos to Luzon for Ondoy’s (Ketsana) victims.  The money is from the calamity fund of Davao sent through PNRC.

For individual donations, you may send them to the following drop-off points:

1st Congressional District Office
Qurino Ave corner Mabini St
Davao City

Davao Light
- Bangoy office
- Rendez Complex office in Bajada
- Panabo branch office

ABS-CBN
Km. 4, MacArthur Highway
Matina, Davao City

GMA 7
Suazo corner Magsaysay Sts.
Davao City

You may also send cash donations to Philippine National Red Cross through text: RED<space>AMOUNT to 2899 (Globe) or 4483 (Smart).

LOSS Inside a morgue in the town of Tanay, Rizal, east of Manila, a relative reacted after confirming the identity of a loved one killed by the floods.

(Photo: John Javellana / Reuters via the NY Times)

TRAGEDY; TOGETHER Nearly 2 million people were affected, with more than 100,000 displaced from their homes after the storm dumped 16.7 inches of rain in just 12 hours on Saturday. Filipinos helped each other pull a house that was uprooted by floods.

(Photo: Alanah Torralba / EPA via the NY Times)

A man takes a break from cleaning a house that was swamped by Tropical Storm Ketsana in Marikina City, east of Manila, on Sept. 28, 2009. The flooding has killed at least 246 people.