Salamat gid sa K.com sa Bulig Antique nga efforts. Duro ang nabuligan. Duro man gusto magbulig. Salamat sa mga pictures kag news updates. Pero duro pa gid wara kamaan nga ang natabo sa Iloilo kag Capiz natabo man sa Antique. Gani nga ginabuyagyag ta sa media ilabi na gid thru internet nga ang Antique naapektuhan man katama. Butang ta rugya kung may man-an kamo nga mga links ukon impormasyon nga naga-report parte sa kadya nga hitabu. Kag kung may chansa kamo nga ipa-malita dya para duro pa gid ang magburulig palihog lang himua ninyo kag i-butang ang link kang k.com.

Frank, what have you done?

Aftermath of Frank in Antique

Halin sa iririmaw yahoo group nga post:

Have talked to our Admin Head. They are giving us One room at Ground Floor, Unionbank Plaza Bldg., Meralco Avenue, Ortigas, as our venue para sa tanan nga gusto mag tugro ka bulig for Antique. Starting 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday June 28, 2008, Anne Naig and I will be there to assist. I understand i-darhun ja nga mga amot jan sa Antique through Manny Magbanua's assistance's (Kiniray-a.com) . Palihog gid kon sin-o may gusto magbulig, gapanawagan gid kami don't hesitate to come and bring your donations. Ja para gid sa tanan natun nga mga kasimanwa nga gin bahaan. Hoping to see you all on Saturday.


Kiking Deramas-Sedonio
0918-928-0747

Anne Naig
09273458392

From Sister Deanna Combong:

Text message from our Sisters in Manila :
... We decided to open an account to receive all the financial assistance for ILOILO, ANTIQUE AND AKLAN ( Bishop of Kalibo is Romy Lazo, first grad of SJA). Please make checks payable to :

ASSUMPTION SISTERS TYPHOON AID

From Enid Sevilla
> Subject: Be an Answer to a Prayer
> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:01:20 -0700
>
> The Assumption sisters are going to facilitate
> donations to the victims of
> the Typhoon that devastated the lives and homes of
> people of the towns of
> Antique, Sibalom, Iloilo in the Philippines.
>
> Here in the United States, please make your
> tax-deductible check payable to
> the "Religious of the Assumption" and mail it to
>
> The Assumption Sisters
> c/o Sr. Mary Ann Azanza
> 11 Old English Road
> Worcester, MA 01609
>
> If you feel the tickle to send something, be prompt
> and send it. That's God
> tickling you to be His answer to the pleading
> prayers of the victims. After
> all, we are the best vehicles for God's answer to
> prayers.
>

The GMA Kapuso Foundation will be leaving Iloilo City for Antique to bring
relief goods ASAP. The foundation is appealing to the PRIVATE sector for
assistance: We need a truck to transfer the goods and vehicles for the staff
members and military escorts.

Dong Elio
09164758297

Kabay nga maka-lambot man dya nga bulig sa Antique!! Dapat i-lobby dya kang mga opisyales.

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PHILIPPINE EMBASSY NEWS RELEASE

PGMA thanks U.S. gov't for extending help to typhoon
Frank's victims

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
personally thanked today the United States government
for the support it is extending to the victims of
typhoon Frank.

The President expressed the Philippines’ gratitude
during her meeting with US State Department Deputy
Secretary John Negroponte at the Willard Hotel here.

''We are deeply grateful for the help by the US
government...'' the President said.

The US pledged to send P4 million (or roughly
$100,000) worth of emergency relief goods through the
Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC).

The US Navy Ship Stockton, with rescue helicopters on
board, is now on its way to Sibuyan Island off Romblon
to help in the rescue and recovery of the passengers
of sunken MV Princess of the Stars.

The US Navy P-3 maritime aircraft was also ordered to
help in the search for survivors.

Negroponte said President George W. Bush would
personally convey tomorrow to the President the US
government’s ''condolences to the Filipino people.''

''We want to express our condolences to the government
of the Philippines and the people, particularly those
who have been affected by the tragedy,'' Negroponte
said.

''Our hearts go out to the government and people of
the Philippines, particularly the victims of this
terrible tragedy which has just occurred,'' he added.

Typhoon Frank left hundreds of dead and missing with
an estimated P1.45 billion in damages.

US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney, who
is also here for the President's visit to the US
capital city, echoed Negroponte's statement that
President Bush would convey the US government's
condolences when the two leaders meet tomorrow at the
Oval Offic

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Plane-load of relief goods and water purifiers flown
this afternoon to Aklan

A military cargo plane loaded with relief goods and
water purifier sets is scheduled to fly to Kalibo,
Aklan this afternoon to deliver government assistance
to the victims of typhoon Frank, Presidential Deputy
Spokesman Anthony Golez said.

Golez, also the deputy administrator of the National
Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), said the C130
military cargo plane will fly to Kalibo as soon as the
relief goods and water purifier units are placed on
board the plane by the members of the Philippine Air
Force (PAF).

"So dadalhin po namin (relief goods and water
purification systems) as soon as mapuno iyong C130,"
Golez said in a radio interview this morning.

He said that the water purification sets were the
urgent request of Aklan local officials of after their
water purifiers were damaged by the mudslides and
flashfloods when typhoon Frank (international
codename: Fengshen) crossed to their province Sunday.

Golez assured that all government agencies are helping
each other to attend and provide necessary help and
assistance to the victims of typhoon Frank.

Aside from government agencies, he said, other private
entities and non-government organizations are now
working with the NDCC on how they will help the
victims of calamities.

He said the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the
Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) are helping in the
rescue efforts in all areas affected by the typhoon.

On the ongoing search and rescue operations at the
site of the M/V Princess of the Stars that capsized
off Sibuyan in Romblon, Golez revealed that the US
Navy Ship under Commodore Bradley Smith reached
Sibuyan Island – which is located 17-20 miles from the
sunken ship – at around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Golez also said that around noon on Tuesday, Smith
motored to the town hall of San Fernando, Romblon to
get a briefing from local authorities in-charge of the
search and rescue operations.

Right now, he added that coordination between
Philippine and US rescue teams is being conducted for
the rescue efforts.

On Monday, at least 57 survivors and 20 fatalities of
the ship have been recovered in Mulanay town, Quezon,
and Burias Island, northwest of the ferry wreckage off
Sibuyan Island in the central Philippines.