00:00The Department of Social Welfare and Development, or DSWD, promised that it will provide assistance to those affected by Hurricane Christine.
00:08Meanwhile, the Philippine Air Force and the Philippine Navy are also working together to provide assistance to those in Bicol Region and Cagayan Valley.
00:17Details on the national news, Noel Talacay, live.
00:21Noel?
00:23Sheila, a whole-of-government approach, this is now the attack of the Department of Social Welfare and Development
00:31in their reminder to those affected by Hurricane Christine.
00:36It is proven that Sheila, they are already coordinating with the Air Force and the Navy to reach the areas that are still submerged in the flood.
00:45The Department of Social Welfare and Development, or DSWD, is already coordinating with the Philippine Air Force and Navy
00:53to reach the areas that are still submerged in the flood.
01:00This is what Leo Quintilla, Special Assistant to the Secretary for Disaster Response and Management Group of DSWD, said.
01:10There are areas that are still submerged that we haven't reached yet.
01:13The same report that we saw this morning, but with the continuous clearing of course by the DPWH, hopefully,
01:21and the flood will subside and we will reach these areas.
01:26It will be more difficult to provide assistance to those affected by Hurricane Christine.
01:32The government assured that it will also provide assistance to other areas.
01:38We already have a preposition in the warehouses, even to the last miles, our family food packs and non-food items.
01:45The LGUs come in to pick up those food packs and non-food items.
01:52According to the record of DSWD, more than 71,000 family food packs have been distributed.
02:00This includes Region 2, 5, 6, 8, Region 9, 11, Coldellera Administrative Regions, and Limaropa.
02:10Despite the widespread flooding, especially in the Bicol Region and Cagayan Valley,
02:16the government assured that the warehouses of DSWD were not affected,
02:21and that their relief goods are in a preposition.
02:25One of the indicators that we are carefully checking is the location of the warehouses
02:32to ensure that these are not located in disaster prone areas.
02:37That is one of the conditions that we have set.
02:40It was also confirmed that the DSWD's family food packs and budget are sufficient
02:46to provide financial assistance to those affected by Hurricane Christine.
02:51The DSWD also said that the agency is on full alert
02:55to continue monitoring while Hurricane Christine is in effect
03:00so that they can immediately respond to the impact of the storm.
03:05Thank you very much, Noel Talacay.
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