00:00Borongan City residents are used to the typhoons so they are not aware of the preparations being made by the local government for the calamity.
00:08But their mindsets are slowly changing when it comes to preparation against the disasters.
00:14The details of the national news is brought to you by Rachel Almaden of PIA Eastern Visayas.
00:21Although Borongan City residents are changing in the Eastern Summer,
00:25they chose to obey the local government's order to evacuate if a typhoon is coming.
00:31According to Ricardo Vena, when the Borongay announced that a typhoon is coming,
00:35he did not hesitate to bring his family to the evacuation center.
00:40Our Borongay captain allowed us to go to the evacuation center before the typhoon came.
00:50When we arrived at the evacuation center, the city government gave us relief.
00:57After that, the city government continued to give us relief.
01:06Jake Brandon Lorenzo Agda, OIC City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer of Borongan,
01:14said that in order to avoid casualties, the pre-emptive evacuation is being done immediately, especially for high-risk Borongay residents.
01:21Members of our community, if there is a typhoon, during a typhoon, you are not allowed to go out.
01:31We are avoiding casualties related to typhoons.
01:35If the pre-emptive evacuation is being done immediately,
01:41we will have time to go out and avoid the typhoon.
01:46If there is a typhoon, we will have time to go out and avoid the typhoon.
01:52According to Severina Amoyo, City Social Welfare and Development Officer,
01:57the coordination of all government agencies is a big help.
02:01We invited stakeholders to remind us of our respective responsibilities,
02:10and of course involving and informing the barangays.
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