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5 remote villages in Maguindanao town get rescue vehicles

BOOSTING RESCUE EFFORTS. Mayor Ramon Piang of Upi, Maguindanao (center) turns over Friday (Aug. 6, 2021) one of five rescue vehicles for emergency use of one of five far-flung barangays in the municipality. The mayor said the vehicles (inset) would be used by the five remote villages in responding to victims of calamities, among others, in their respective areas. (Photo courtesy of Upi LGU)
BOOSTING RESCUE EFFORTS. Mayor Ramon Piang of Upi, Maguindanao (center) turns over Friday (Aug. 6, 2021) one of five rescue vehicles for emergency use of one of five far-flung barangays in the municipality. The mayor said the vehicles (inset) would be used by the five remote villages in responding to victims of calamities, among others, in their respective areas. (Photo courtesy of Upi LGU)

According to [Philippine News Agency PNA], five far-flung villages of Upi, Maguindanao received rescue vehicles from their municipality.

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Mayor Ramon Piang turned over on Friday the rescue vehicles to the villages of Kiga, Ranao Pilayan, Bayabas, Kabakaba, and Ganasi in a simple ceremony at the town gymnasium.

“The vehicles are very much needed by the selected barangays in times of emergencies considering their distance from the town proper,” he said in a media statement.

The rescue vehicles, worth PHP250,000 each, were procured through the disaster risk reduction and management fund of the town.

5 remote villages in Maguindanao town get rescue vehicles (Photo / Retrieved from The Ranao Star)

5 remote villages in Maguindanao town get rescue vehicles (Photo / Retrieved from The Ranao Star)

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Upi is a first-class municipality in the northern part of Maguindanao with agriculture as its main source of livelihood.

According to [Philippine News Agency PNA], a mixture of Christians, Muslims, and Teduray indigenous settlers are peacefully coexisting in the area.

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