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 ==[[Mindoro Oriental News]]==
-'''Calapeños receive free anti-flu vaccine'''
+'''Mindoro governor cancels party, donate P1M to 'Sendong' victims'''
-*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=mim&id=70087
+*Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=200&articleid=763128
-*Wednesday, December 28, 2011
+*December 29, 2011 01:54 PM
-:by  Louie T. Cueto
+:by  Juancho Mahusay
+CALAPAN CITY, Philippines – Oriental Mindoro Governor Alfonso Umali cancelled the annual Governor's Ball today, and instead donated P1 million for the victims of Tropical Storm Sendong in Mindanao.
-CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- About 1,000 Calapeños, including city officials and employees, received free anti-flu vaccine this month from the city health and sanitation department (CHSD).
+Umali said they decided to divert a total of P1 million funds of the provincial government to help the families of the more than 1,000 people who died on the recent devastation in Mindanao.
-The vaccination program aimed to help Calapeños become safe from flu which is rampant this month due to the cold weather condition, according to City Health Officer Basilisa M. Llanto.
-Llanto said that anti-flu vaccine costs about P1, 500 when bought from drugstores and hospitals. The city government thus wanted Calapeños, especially the marginalized folks, to avail of the free vaccine, she added.
+“We will no longer do partying here while there are people in other places who are mourning,” said Umali.
-The vaccines were given free by the Department of Health to the city government as a health protection support program to Calapeños.
-The vaccine is effective for a year upon injection. (LBR/LC/PIA-4B)
+The amount will be equally apportioned as financial assistance to the provincial governments of Misamis Oriental and Lanao Del Norte.
+Umali said he is still looking for other donors as additional support of the province to all typhoon victims.
+The “Governor’s Ball" here is an annual thanksgiving party being held traditionally for more than 50 years now
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