00:00The U.S. government has promised to provide assistance to those affected by the Pipito earthquake.
00:05That's what the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd James Austin III, announced in his courtesy call
00:11to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in Malacanang.
00:13The additional assistance will reach more than 59 million pesos.
00:18Through this assistance, the United States Agency for International Development and World Food Program
00:27is expected to improve the impact of the earthquake.
00:28Meanwhile, the President also gave the role of Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement Sites,
00:34particularly in sending assistance to areas affected by the calamity.
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