Pacquiao, Moreno sending aid to typhoon victims

Residents walk past their destroyed homes in Hernani town, Eastern Samar province on December 17, 2021, a day after Super Typhoon Rai pummelled the southern and central regions of the Philippines.

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MANILA, Philippines — After the delivery of a planeload of relief goods in Cebu Saturday night, presidential aspirant Sen. Manny Pacquiao dispatched another batch of humanitarian aid to Cebu yesterday to help families struggling in the aftermath of Typhoon Odette.

Pacquiao said he has also procured some 55,000 Unipak sardines in Cebu, now being prepared for distribution.

“Last night (Saturday) we were able to send the first wave of our humanitarian relief for Cebu City. A Cebu Pacific Airbus A320 carrying 10 tons of assorted relief goods like rice, noodles, coffee and clothes arrived in Cebu City at around 6 p.m.,” Pacquiao said in a statement.

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