Sulu donates rice, goods to NCR residents – BusinessWorld Online
COTABATO CITY — The provincial government of Sulu has donated 2,000 bags of rice and 1,000 cases of canned goods for typhoon-stricken families in the National Capital Region (NCR), military officials announced on Sunday.
Lt. Gen. Antonio G. Nafarrete, commander of the Western Mindanao Command based in Zamboanga City, told reporters on Sunday that the relief supplies from Sulu were channeled through the 11th Infantry Division (ID).
Sulu’s vice governor, Hadji Adbdusakur M. Tan, Sr., who is also functioning as officer-in-charge of their provincial government in concurrent capacity, said on Saturday, that the WestMincom and the headquarters of the Philippine Army will disperse the food supplies to residents of NCR affected by typhoons in recent days.
Mr. Nafarrete and his subordinate-officers in Sulu had said that the 10th ID and the office of Mr. Tan cooperated in the relief effort for the typhoon-stricken communities in the NCR.
Mr. Nafarrete said the WestMinCom is thankful to provincial officials in Sulu for reaching out to needy compatriots in Metro Manila. — John Felix M. Unson
