Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority spokesperson Celine Pialago has sent much-needed assistance to Cagayan residents affected by Super Typhoon “Egay.”
In a Facebook post, Pialago thanked Kevin Yao, president and CEO of Autokid, for donating 100 boxes of sardines and 100 sacks of rice for the people of Cagayan.
“I am very grateful to my friends for supporting my advocacy of helping Filipinos during calamities. Mr. Yao was very generous for providing more relief goods for the people of Cagayan devastated by the super typhoon,” said Pialago.
She added that she has come to realize that even outside of government, anyone can help people in need especially during calamities.
The important thing, the beau of Vice Governor Melvin “Boy” Vargas Jr. said, is the desire and will to help.
Pialago added that she had been stricken with what the province has to offer.
“Cagayan is a very beautiful place. I have fallen in love with it and its people,” Pialago said.
She pressed more people to help the people of Cagayan and other areas badly hit by the super typhoon.
“I am urging others to step up and help our kababayans in need. They badly need us now and together we can weather this storm,” she said in a mix of English and Filipino.
On 25 July, state weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration hoisted Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 4 over the northeastern portion of mainland Cagayan due to Egay.
Aside from serving with the MMDA during the Duterte administration, Pialago also served as one of the spokespersons of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.
Pialago was also the founder of the Malasakit Movement, which performed several charitable works before, during, and after the Covid-19 pandemic.