00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. appointed the Office of Civil Defense, or OCD,
00:05as the head of a task force that will focus on building a long-term solution
00:10and preparing for the calamities brought by the eruption of volcanoes.
00:15This is what is being built by various branches of the government and local government.
00:20Among the tasks in the task force is the establishment of permanent evacuation sites.
00:26This is after the President personally learned of the situation of those affected by the eruption of the volcano.
00:34President Marcos Jr. was also the first to provide financial assistance that reached almost Php 200 million.