(MANILA BULLETIN)
In a pre-recorded briefing with President Duterte aired late Tuesday, Feb. 23, DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista said that the funds and needed assistance are ready to help the survivors.
“As a whole, we have enough funds and family food packs to support the victims of the typhoon,” Bautista told the President.
Among the initial interventions of the DSWD, Bautista said, is the provision of 3,500 family food packs during the typhoon. The beneficiaries were from Marihatag del Sur and Tandag, Surigao del Sur.
“Some of the family food packs were strategically prepositioned in a way that any municipality or city that necessitates immediate assistance, then we tapped the nearby warehouse,” Bautista added.