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The Philippines will soon send a humanitarian contingent to provide assistance to earthquake-hit Morocco, an executive of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said on Friday.
THE Office of Civil Defense (OCD), as the executive arm of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), is making arrangements for the possible deployment of the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) to quake-hit Morocco.
As it expressed its sympathies to the victims of the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that rocked Morocco last September 8, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Saturday said it is looking at the possibility of deploying a relief contingent to help in the ongoing search-and rescue missions in the quake-battered…