CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The military deployed troops and transport equipment to bring food and other items donated by local governments and the private sector in northwestern Mindanao to families displaced by flooding brought by Typhoon Ulysses in the region of Cagayan Valley.
On Thursday (Nov. 26), a military aircraft landed at the old Lumbia Airport, now a Philippine Air Force base, to be loaded with the donations, all weighing at least 2,000 kg, bound for Tuguegarao City.
Maj. Rodulfo Cordero Jr., spokesperson for the Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID), said the cargo plane was loaded with 47 boxes of non-food items that included blankets, mats, hygiene kits and 50 boxes of fo…
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