00:00BSWD and Office of the Civil Defense have confirmed the presence of the Ilocos Region in the upcoming typhoons in the country.
00:07Rocky Estolas-Estal and Bautista of PIA Ilocos have news for the country.
00:15Although the upcoming typhoons in the country were confirmed by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council of Region 1,
00:24it is ready for the upcoming typhoons.
00:27The Ilocos Civil Defense in OCD-1 is still on standby
00:31and remains in close coordination with the Provincial Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices from the four provinces of Region 1.
00:40Because the typhoons are coming one after another, we are just making sure that we are ready no matter what.
00:47Initially, to mitigate the effect of our problems.
00:52We have to remind again the local chief executive,
00:56from the level of the governor, for the governor to tell his mayors in these places that they will pass
01:04for possible preventive evacuation.
01:08Equipments are ready.
01:11Our Air Force is there, our Coast Guard is there,
01:16our other members of our AFP or branches of our service are there.
01:22And then, of course, the line agencies here in the area, DPWH, DSWD, everything is ready.
01:30To our fellow countrymen, listen, it is better to lose the TV than to lose our lives.
01:39Meanwhile, the supply of DSWD is still on standby and remains sufficient for any requests for the augmentation of relief stacks
01:47in case the local governments need it from the 17 regional and satellite warehouses.
01:54In total, the DSWD of 73,578 family food packs, 10,037 non-food items, and 11,875 bottled water is ready.
02:06Our coordination with the DSWD Central Office is still ongoing
02:11to ensure the availability of our stockpile here in Region 1.
02:19So if needed, coordination with the Central Office.
02:24Yes, but we can say that we are ready in case the two packages for DSWD arrive.
02:32Yes, yes, sir.
02:35The assistance of the agencies in the RDRRMC of Region 1 is ongoing
02:41for the preparation of the Ophel and Sipipito earthquakes.
02:44From the PAA Locos Region, Rocky Bautista for Balitang Pambansa.
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