Philippine Asian News Today Vol 19 No 15 | Page 14

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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY August 1- 20, 2017
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Kailey Hill
Place of Birth: San Diego, California
Present City: Ramona, California
Birthday: March 21, 1996
Occupation: Student at the University of San Diego
What are your talents: softball, basketball, and golf
Hobbies:cooking, photography, makeup
Biggest Influence: my mom and dad
Favorite Actors: Will Farrell
Favorite Vocalists:Beyoncé Favorite
Quote:”Be strong and courageous for the Lord your God is with you
wherever you go.”
PHOTO by Christian Cunanan
Learn life lessons...
FROM PAGE 7
the Pearl Principle as a guiding
post for herself, her school, and the
people around her. She looks at it as
a movement any one can join in or
dedicate one’s self to, and harness
in the continuing effort to create a
progressive nation and its citizenry.
Her international and local
academic titles and recognition are
like the pearl’s nacre, continuing to
build up and endow her with a rare
and unique luster and which she in
turn, shares with her school, the CIE
British School. You can learn more at
www.cie.edu.
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Good news!
PAGCOR has allocated over P2
million to provide relief assistance
to families who were victims of the
6.5 magnitude earthquake in the
province last July 6. This went for
the purchase of relief goods and tent
extensions that were distributed to
3,000 affected families in Ormoc City
and Kananga town in Leyte.
Elmer Garces and his family
were among the evacuees at San
Pablo evacuation site in Kananga,
Leyte who received aid from PAGCOR.
They have had to share a single tent
with three other families. In spite of
the inconvenience, he was glad that
his family and other residents from
Barangay Lake Danao are now out of
danger zone.
Garces had to remain strong
for his children as he is a single
father to three kids aged 15, 12,
and eight. Garces was thankful that
government agencies like PAGCOR
reached out to them in their time of
great need. “Malaking kaginhawaan
sa amin na may iba’t-ibang ahensya
na nagmamalasakit sa amin (It feels
good that there government agencies
who care for us),” Garces shared.
PAGCOR president and chief
operating officer Alfredo Lim led the
relief mission in Ormoc and Kananga
town in Leyte and he stressed the
importance of bayanihan during
difficult times.
Lim was accompanied by
PAGCOR director Reynaldo Concordia
and assistant vice president for
community relations and services
Arnell Ignacio.
Kananga town
mayor Rowena Codilla expressed her
gratitude to PAGCOR for responding
to the affected families.
“It’s really a big help. PAGCOR’s
kind gesture meant a lot to us as
anything that can help our people is
important,” said the mayor. Seven
barangays in Kananga and 13 in
Ormoc were badly affected by the
earthquake. (mb.com)
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