By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
LAOAG CITY—The Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte is donated PHP300,000 for the victims of landslide in Itogon, Benguet.
In a special session held at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on September 27, 2018, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan unanimously approved Draft Provincial Resolution No. 2018-09-273 authorizing Ilocos Norte Governor Ma. Imelda Josefa “Imee” R. Marcos to donate said amount as an expression of sympathy and support to the families of the victims.
SP member Da Vinci M. Crisostomo, chairperson of the committee on laws said the amount hopes to ease the burden and sufferings of the families of the victims after a landslide buried them alive at the height of typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong).
The amount will be coursed through the local government unit of Benguet.
As of this posting, authorities suspended search and retrieval operation on September 30, 2018. The death toll has reached 91 with nine still missing at Level 070 at Ucab, Itogon, Benguet.
