PN transports additional 1,366 Tacloban evacuees to Cebu Monday

“I can hardly look at the tragic effect of Typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban and other parts of Leyte but I felt happy and proud to be part of the Navy’s team that is committed to support the victims in the modest way we can,” said BRP Bacolod City commanding officer Cmdr. Jonathan V. Zata said.

Upon disembarkation from the ship, the evacuees were welcomed by various local government and private agencies and organizations giving free services to uplift their morale and bringing back their condition to normal.

GMA Kapuso Foundation, ABS-CBN Cebu and Gardenia Bakeries Phils, Inc. provided hot meals, bread and bottled water to the evacuees with the assistance from Department of Social Welfare and Development, Lapu-Lapu Sangguniang Kabataan, Tau Gamma Fraternity and Barangay Gon-ob.

Free medical services and medicines were rendered to the evacuees through the combined efforts of Red Cross, Lapu-LapuHospital, City Health Office and Barangay Basak. Free calling services were provided by Globe, Smart and Sun telecommunication companies.

Even the PN provided free call and internet services to the evacuees

More than 5,000 evacuees and rescue and relief personnel have been transported by the PN Navy to and from Leyte and Samar since the disaster response operations started last week.