Tulong
Kapatid, represented by the officials of the MVP Group of Companies, is
pledging support for communities displaced by Typhoon Pablo by holding a
four-hour telethon today, December
10, from 6:00 to 10:00 PM on TV5, Aksyon TV and Radyo Singko. This is
in response to reports from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council (NDRRMC) that the strongest storm to hit Mindanao in
two decades took almost 600 lives, with another
827 missing and affecting over a million families.
Tulong
Kapatid, the joint corporate social responsibility and disaster
response initiative of the MVP Group chaired by businessman and
philanthropist Manuel V. Pangilinan, will collaborate
with Kapatid personalities from news and entertainment, as well as
celebrity endorsers of various companies under the MVP Group, to man its
phone lines and accept pledges from the public.
“We at Tulong Kapatid are coming together to raise awareness and financial support forKapatids severely
hit by Typhoon Pablo. During this time when our fellowmen are in need,
we are called upon to initiate efforts so that communities affected by
Pablo can rise again,” said NEWS5 Chief Luchi Cruz-Valdes who also heads
TV5’s charity arm Alagang Kapatid Foundation.
Tulong Kapatid will accept and course contributions via Alagang Kapatid Foundation. For
cash donations, interested parties may deposit through the Foundation’s
peso account at BDO (savings account number 00-5310-410164 with swift
code BNORPHMM), CITI Bank (savings account number 0757138018 with swift
code CITIPHMX) and BPI (savings account number
1443-05333-2 with swift code BOPIPHMM) under the name of Alagang
Kapatid Foundation, Inc.
For
Kapatids overseas who want to donate to the cause, they may do so via
the following US dollar accounts: BDO account number 10-5310-46264-4
with swift code BNORPHMM;
CITI Bank account number 0757138026 with swift code CITIPHMX; and BPI
account number 1444-0214-85 with swift code BOPIPHMM. Cash donations may
also be coursed through Cebuana Lhullier outlets nationwide.
Aside
from TV5, other members of the MVP Group of Companies are: PLDT, Smart,
Sun Cellular, Maynilad, Meralco, Metro Pacific Investments Corp., SPi
Global, Asian Hospital and Medical
Center, Cardinal Santos Medical Center, Makati Medical Center, Metro
Pacific Tollways, ePLDT, iPlus, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Cignal,
Philex Mining Corp., PLDT Global, Davao Doctors Hospital and Dr. Pablo
O. Torre Memorial Hospital.
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