CEBU CITY, Philippines -- Ousted president Joseph Estrada on Friday delivered assistance to 3,300 victims of typhoon "Frank" (international codename: Fengshen) in Northern Negros Occidental.

Estrada, Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay and former Senate president Ernesto Maceda distributed food packs to 1,500 families in Cadiz City, 1,300 in Sagay City, and 500 in Manapla.

Maceda said the donations, worth P800,000, came from Estrada and Makati.

Each pack contained three kilos of rice, sardines, milk noodles, corned beef and candy.

Frank devastated the Cadiz City fishing industry, leaving 48 fishermen dead and 82 still missing, Cadiz Vice Mayor Samson Mirhan said.

In Barangay (village) Molocaboc, Sagay City, 100 houses were destroyed and 80 were damaged, Mayor Alfredo Marañon Jr. said.

Marañon said Estrada distributed assistance to those who lost their houses and indigents in the area.

As early as 8 a.m., people waiting to see Estrada gathered at the Cadiz public plaza for his noontime visit.

Referring to the missing fishermen, Estrada said many families in Cadiz had lost their breadwinners, and with many more still reeling from the typhoon’s devastation, the nation should sit up and take notice.

Estrada said he would mobilize his Erap (Estrada’s nickname) para sa Mahirap (Erap for the Poor) Foundation to help. "I will help where I can," he vowed.

Estrada said he also called on the country’s top 100 corporations to show corporate social responsibility for the typhoon victims.

"I feel so bad seeing these people suffer," Estrada said.

He also delivered assistance to Frank victims in Panay and Romblon.

"We have helped about 200,000 families," he said, as he also called on media to highlight the plight of the typhoon victims to make the nation aware that they still need help.

Estrada said even if he is no longer president, it his commitment to help the poor.

"It is the poor who watched my movies, voted me in to office and stood by me," he said.

"Even as citizen Erap, I want to help the poor who patronized my movies and elected me to my office," he said, but stressed he was not trying to compete with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Maceda said: "If our going to these places is triggering more relief from government, then that is good."