Actors Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo saw to the welfare of their long-time friend, actress Gladys Reyes who, together with her family, was stranded in her house in Vista Verde, Cainta, Rizal over the weekend. Gladys said she was teary-eyed seeing Ryan brave the flood with his raft to rescue them. The Agoncillo’s brought Gladys milk and food.  

“Wowowee” host Willie Revillame, together with Sen. Manny Villar, gave packed lunch to flood victims. All of the packed lunch bore a note that read, “Tulong Mula Kay Manny Villar.” Below the message was a check mark--Manny’s campaign sign.

Revillame and Villar rode a helicopter that enabled them to distribute the packages to residents of Pasig, Marikina, Montalban, San Mateo, Marcos Highway and other areas that were unreachable by land.

TV host-cager Chris Tiu has appealed to the public to send out donations for victims of typhoon “Ondoy.” Interested parties can drop off their donations at Ateneo de Manila University.

Star for all Seasons Vilma Santos said on “The Buzz” that two of the recent typhoon victims are part of the “In My Life” crew. These are producer Malou Santos and director Olivia Lamasan whose houses were sunk in flood waters.

The Batangas Governor added that though she is currently in Los Angeles, California for a special screening of her movie, she receives round-the-clock hourly reports on the state of her province.

“Inaasikaso na rin ang pamimigay ng pagkain at gamot at paglibot ng mga teams sa iba’t-ibang mga lugar,” said Vilma who will return to the Philippines on Oct. 8.

Kris Aquino was one of those who spearheaded a telethon on ABS-CBN that has raised some P20 million in cash pledges as well as 25-million worth of goods for the flood victims as of Sept. 28, 11 a.m.

And while Kris was giving updates on “ASAP ‘09” last Sept. 27, Mel Tiangco announced on GMA-7 that the TV host-actress has pledged an amount to GMA’s Kapuso Foundation.

Not satisfied with just donating half a million to the flood victims, Angel Locsin has been roving Metro Manila since Sept. 27 to personally get the donations from people who pledged these on air.

More updates:

· Actress Jean Garcia, her daughter Jennica and the rest of their family are now safe after their house in Commonwealth got submerged in flood. Jennica called for help via the show “Startalk,” Sept. 26.

· Ditto with “Lovers in Paris” star K Brosas and her daughter, Crystal, who both stayed for hours on the roof of their house in Vermont, Antipolo before they were retrieved.

· There are no updates as of this writing on TV host-actress Carmina Villaroel and her family who were all trapped inside their house because of the floods. She was worried for her son, Mavy, who was ill the time she texted “Showbiz Central” for help on Sept. 27.