00:00Rescue and relief operations are continuing in the flood-stricken areas of Baco, Oriental Mindoro.
00:06ASAPI's Philippine Information Agency, MIMAROPA, has the details of the situation in the country.
00:13Some areas in the Oriental Mindoro province are still submerged in floodwater
00:18due to the heavy rain and wind brought by the shirline.
00:20Baco is already one of the affected areas last Saturday and Sunday.
00:26Of the 11,000 affected families,
00:30436 families or 1,936 individuals were evacuated and brought by the authorities to evacuation centers.
00:38Because of this, the local government of Baco continues to provide relief assistance
00:43to the affected families in the evacuation centers.
00:47According to Gina Makuhan of Baco Public Information Office,
00:50more than 100 family food packs have been provided since yesterday
00:55and relief goods are still being repacked to be distributed to other families.
01:00In an aerial inspection,
01:02the fishing and fishing vessels in 24 barangays in the town of Baco made a profit.
01:08According to the Office of the Municipal Agriculturalist,
01:11the total damage to the agriculture and fisheries sector in the town of Baco
01:16has reached more than Php 9 million.
01:19Until now, rescue and relief operations continue in the town of Baco
01:24despite the heavy rain and wind brought by the shirline in Oriental Mindoro.
01:28From the Philippine Information Agency, I'm Maropa.
01:31ASAPIT, Balitang Pabansa.