00:00It's not an easy situation. There's no simple answer to any of this. We'll just have to keep
00:06monitoring the situation and make sure always the rescue and relief are, that cannot stop.
00:16It doesn't matter if there's another storm coming, we cannot stop. That cannot stop. And
00:20then the support that we are giving, that the SWD giving, is those who have been displaced,
00:26who are still in evacuation centers, or they are staying outside of their own homes, wherever
00:32that might be, with relatives or friends, that also cannot stop. So those are the main
00:44elements, I think.
00:45Mr. President, we have already harvested about, depending on each area, 60 to 70 percent.
01:03And actually before the storm hit, a week before the storm hit, we accelerated harvesting
01:09and buying from NFA. So we'll have to make up for that 30 to 40 percent, if it's outright
01:21destroyed.
01:22Hopefully not, but yes. But we have enough stocks, sir. Then we have Kadiwa trucks also
01:31going to Kamsur, and we also have NFA rice ordered by the LGUs being deployed as we speak
01:39to prepare for what is coming. We also instructed NFA to send additional rice above and beyond
01:48what was requested.
01:49Thank you, sir.
01:50And then we'll just keep me updated about the damages that our people are seeing in
01:57terms of the agricultural sector.
02:00All right. Well, that's the situation now. As we have already experienced, as we have
02:12experienced many, many times, there are phases to the thing. There's the rescue phase, then
02:18the relief phase, and then the recovery phase, where we start to bring our people back to
02:25their normal homes, residences. We are, it is made much more complicated by the fact
02:39that the effect of the storm is very wide. So what happened is that Bicol is in one phase,
02:53Caloosan is in another phase, Region 1-2 will be in another phase. So it became complicated
03:00because the impact is so big, and the impact is not the same, but different. And of course,
03:05it is increasing slowly. So we just have to be more creative and be able to maximize our
03:13resources.
03:14All right. We're going to make an inspection. So, okay, just keep me informed, and whatever
03:28problems arise, just raise them up with me. And if not, actually amongst yourselves, if
03:36you can solve it, just do it that way, as quickly as possible. Just remember, there
03:41are people still in water right now. They're still flooded. They're walking around with
03:51water up to their waist. They have no water supply. They have no food. They have no place
03:55to stay. So if you think you're tired, think about what their condition is. So let's always
04:03keep that in mind.
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