Cagayanons feed 400 children to celebrate 31st EDSA People Power anniversary

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 25 (PNA) -- Supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte and Senate President Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III commemorated the 31st anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution by serving food to hundreds of children in a coastal village here Saturday afternoon.

About 400 pre-school kids benefited from the “Libre Kusina sa Mindanao” (Free Kitchen in Mindanao), a mobile Duterte-Pimentel feeding program launched in Barangay Macabalan in this city.

The event was organized by supporters of President Duterte and Pimentel, in cooperation with local leaders of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban).

In a statement, Teresa Pimentel, convenor of the event, said the feeding program was the Mindanaons’ way of celebrating the anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution that led to the downfall of the Martial Law regime.

She said it was in Mindanao that the seeds of the protest movement against the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos also took root when then opposition mayor, former Senate president Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr. of this city openly criticized him.

The elder Pimentel’s opposition to the Marcos rule resulted in his imprisonment several times on trumped-up charges, becoming one of the steadfast leaders of the resistance against martial rule.

Part of his legacy was the founding of the PDP Laban in 1982.

Meanwhile, Barangay Gusa chairman Marlo Tabac, PDP Laban city council president for Cagayan de Oro, said the free “lugaw” (porridge) was for everyone, especially the less fortunate residents of the city.

For his part, Barangay Macabalan chairman Norbel Saa said the office of Senator Pimentel got in touch with him to prepare the activity.

Saa said he chose pupils of six daycare centers in the villages here as the main beneficiaries of the program.

“We are very thankful that Macabalan was chosen as the venue for the feeding program. This is indeed an honor for us, and most importantly, for our children who benefited from the activity,” he added.

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