00:00President Bongbong Marcos assessed the extent of the flood damage in his home province, Ilocos Norte.
00:06He also asked the Public Works Department why some flood control projects were damaged there.
00:12Jasmine Gabriel Galvan of GMA Regional TV was on the scene.
00:18In the aftermath of the Ilocos Norte flood damage,
00:21the estimated value of the damage to infrastructure and agriculture reached almost a billion pesos,
00:27according to the local government.
00:29In the aftermath of the flood damage, the Ilocos Norte was under state of calamity.
00:34As for the damaged land in Barangay Gabo Norte, Salawag,
00:38the President distributed financial assistance and relief goods to 800 recipients of ACAP,
00:44or Ayuda sa Kapusangkita Program.
00:47The President also announced that he will build a new land.
00:51The President also conducted an aerial inspection and visited Ilocos Norte
00:55to investigate the extent of the damage.
00:59In the post-calamity briefing in Salawag City, which was led by the President,
01:03he asked DPWH Secretary Manuel Bunoan
01:06why some flood control projects in the province were damaged after several typhoons.
01:12Before the typhoons, this was not damaged.
01:15This was during my time.
01:17It's strong.
01:18Why was it damaged now?
01:19The riverbed is silted.
01:21The siltation here is too much.
01:23We have to do something.
01:24We'll figure something out.
01:26I'll talk to whoever we can.
01:28We can talk to who can help us.
01:30The President ordered the financial assistance to be given to the affected residents.
01:35The provincial government of Ilocos Norte also received P100 million in financial assistance
01:41from the Office of the President.
01:43From GMA Regional TV and GMA Integrated News,
01:46I am Jasmine Gabriel Galvan,
01:48for 24 Hours.
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