Fund drive launched for blast victims

The Philippine STAR launched yesterday a fund campaign for the victims of the Dec. 30 bombings in Metro Manila.

As of yesterday, 22 people had succumbed to injuries resulting from five bomb blasts that ripped through the metropolis last Saturday. Over 90 others were wounded by the precision attack, most of them seriously.

STAR president and chief executive officer Miguel Belmonte said Damayan, the newspaper’s charity arm established by its founding chairman Betty Go-Belmonte, will spearhead the fund drive.

"We hope to alleviate the suffering of the survivors of the bombings and the families of those who perished . No one deserves such cruelty," said Belmonte.

Donors may call Damayan coordinator Melita Dioso at 527-79-01.