Mediamen distribute relief goods in Tarlac

PANIQUI, Tarlac — Some 1,000 families here who are still struggling with the aftermath of last month’s heavy floods received relief goods yesterday from members of the National Press Club.

Assisted by the Tarlac Press and Radio Club (TPRC), headed by Leng Lopez-Tiamzon, Manila-based journalists led by NPC president Tony Antonio saw for themselves how this town’s western farming villages have virtually become swamps.

Paniqui villages were heavily flooded after an earth dike along the Tarlac River in Barangay Colibangbang was breached when strong torrential rains pounded the province last month.

The joint NPC-TPRC undertaking was made possible through the help of Taiwanese investor Sammy Chou. — Benjie Villa