Negros Occidental province restarts its COVID-19 vaccination drive but can't push local governments still struggling with lack of power and water and with parts of local populations losing homes
President Duterte has committed an additional P10 billion to assist the provinces that felt the wrath of typhoon "Odette" over the weekend.
President Rodrigo Duterte (center) presides over a meeting with local officials of Negros Occidental, uniformed personnel, and officials from the national an
Negros Occidental estimates damage to property and industries to rise above the initial P5-billion estimate as assessment teams have yet to hear from isolated municipalities
Negros Occidental's estimate of damage from Typhoon Odette is almost 3 times the P2-billion President Rodrigo Duterte will give to each affected province
Typhoon Odette hit Negros Occidental's poor families the hardest, tearing down their homes, and damage sustained by the sugar industry and churches will make relief and recovery a harder task