LEGAZPI CITY, Nov. 12 (PIA) – Several key government agencies in the Bicol Region wasted no time providing immediate actions to aid the neighboring Visayas provinces through their relief operations as early as Saturday, November 9.
“The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) field office in Bicol as the lead in the relief operation in the Eastern and Western Samar has initially sent 8,000 relief goods amounting to P2,058,400 intended for the victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda in the towns of Guiuan and Taft of Eastern Samar,” DSWD Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program information officer Glorei Allelu Lindio said in an interview during the “Aramon Ta Daw (Let Us Know)” radio program of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Bicol yesterday.
DSWD Bicol regional director Arnel B. Garcia said the DSWD will continue to procure and repack 200,000 family food packs containing 3 kilos of rice, 7 canned goods and 10 packs of coffee.
Each family pack costs P257.30 and an additional 2,752 were released yesterday bound for Samar, Lindio said. “We thank our 1,000 volunteers composed of personnel from the Philippine National Police (PNP), local government units’ staff and DSWD personnel who prepared the family packs on extended hours,” Lindio added.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bicol dispatched Sunday morning (November 10) its clearing team composed of 15 heavy equipment operators, 5 mechanics and 5 laborers backed up with 7 dump trucks and 1 payloader to assist in clearing debris off national highways in Samar. “The team is headed by engineer Elmer Redrico and District Engineer Romeo Doloiras of Catanduanes District Engineering Office,” DPWH Regional Information Officer Lucy Castañeda told the PIA.
DPWH regional director Danilo Dequito personally delivered 1,020 food packs each containing 3 kilos of rice, noodles, coffee, canned goods and sugar to Samar accompanied by Albay Second District Engineer Rudy Angulo.
Additional dump truck from Camarines Norte left Daet yesterday carrying laborers and relief goods from Camarines Sur. Sorsogon Second District Engineering Office provided fuel for the equipment. Additional chainsaw, generator are awaiting for shipment together with two additional laborers, Castañeda told PIA.
The Philippine Army (PA) in the Bicol Region sent a contingent as early as Saturday to be part of the humanitarian mission in Leyte.
According to PA 9th Infantry Division Public Affairs Officer Captain Mardjorie Paimela Panesa, the contingent is composed of 30 soldiers who are members of the Disaster Response Operations (DRO) Team and military doctors headed by Lieutenant Colonel Mamerto Losa who will conduct an extensive search and rescue operations and medical assistance to the typhoon victims.
Meanwhile, the Office of Civil Deference (OCD) Field Office 5 will lead the rapid damage and need assessment in the Eastern and Western Samar with a team composed of composed of OCD, DSWD, Department of Health (DOH) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Lindio said that 20 DSWD personnel are deployed to join the team. Garcia disclosed that the data will be the basis for determining what towns were severely affected, the populations affected and the food packs to be distributed.
As of November 13, the result of DSWD’s rapid assessment in Samar revealed that 21 municipalities and 130 barangays were affected by the typhoon Yolanda.
Partially damaged houses reached 12,076, totally damaged are 13,221 houses, with 64,729 families and 202, 817 persons affected by the typhoon. Confirmed casualties reached 245, injured persons numbered 911 while 75 remained missing, DSWD revealed through social media.
In response to the immediate need of the victims, the DSWD will procure additional goods like biscuits, assorted cupcakes, mineral water, candles, lighter and flash lights, Lindio told the PIA.
The DSWD is also open to accept donations for the victims of the said typhoon through its donations desks installed in six provinces in Bicol, Lindio added. (MAL/JJJPerez-PIA5/Albay)
“The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) field office in Bicol as the lead in the relief operation in the Eastern and Western Samar has initially sent 8,000 relief goods amounting to P2,058,400 intended for the victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda in the towns of Guiuan and Taft of Eastern Samar,” DSWD Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program information officer Glorei Allelu Lindio said in an interview during the “Aramon Ta Daw (Let Us Know)” radio program of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Bicol yesterday.
DSWD Bicol regional director Arnel B. Garcia said the DSWD will continue to procure and repack 200,000 family food packs containing 3 kilos of rice, 7 canned goods and 10 packs of coffee.
Each family pack costs P257.30 and an additional 2,752 were released yesterday bound for Samar, Lindio said. “We thank our 1,000 volunteers composed of personnel from the Philippine National Police (PNP), local government units’ staff and DSWD personnel who prepared the family packs on extended hours,” Lindio added.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bicol dispatched Sunday morning (November 10) its clearing team composed of 15 heavy equipment operators, 5 mechanics and 5 laborers backed up with 7 dump trucks and 1 payloader to assist in clearing debris off national highways in Samar. “The team is headed by engineer Elmer Redrico and District Engineer Romeo Doloiras of Catanduanes District Engineering Office,” DPWH Regional Information Officer Lucy Castañeda told the PIA.
DPWH regional director Danilo Dequito personally delivered 1,020 food packs each containing 3 kilos of rice, noodles, coffee, canned goods and sugar to Samar accompanied by Albay Second District Engineer Rudy Angulo.
Additional dump truck from Camarines Norte left Daet yesterday carrying laborers and relief goods from Camarines Sur. Sorsogon Second District Engineering Office provided fuel for the equipment. Additional chainsaw, generator are awaiting for shipment together with two additional laborers, Castañeda told PIA.
The Philippine Army (PA) in the Bicol Region sent a contingent as early as Saturday to be part of the humanitarian mission in Leyte.
According to PA 9th Infantry Division Public Affairs Officer Captain Mardjorie Paimela Panesa, the contingent is composed of 30 soldiers who are members of the Disaster Response Operations (DRO) Team and military doctors headed by Lieutenant Colonel Mamerto Losa who will conduct an extensive search and rescue operations and medical assistance to the typhoon victims.
Meanwhile, the Office of Civil Deference (OCD) Field Office 5 will lead the rapid damage and need assessment in the Eastern and Western Samar with a team composed of composed of OCD, DSWD, Department of Health (DOH) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Lindio said that 20 DSWD personnel are deployed to join the team. Garcia disclosed that the data will be the basis for determining what towns were severely affected, the populations affected and the food packs to be distributed.
As of November 13, the result of DSWD’s rapid assessment in Samar revealed that 21 municipalities and 130 barangays were affected by the typhoon Yolanda.
Partially damaged houses reached 12,076, totally damaged are 13,221 houses, with 64,729 families and 202, 817 persons affected by the typhoon. Confirmed casualties reached 245, injured persons numbered 911 while 75 remained missing, DSWD revealed through social media.
In response to the immediate need of the victims, the DSWD will procure additional goods like biscuits, assorted cupcakes, mineral water, candles, lighter and flash lights, Lindio told the PIA.
The DSWD is also open to accept donations for the victims of the said typhoon through its donations desks installed in six provinces in Bicol, Lindio added. (MAL/JJJPerez-PIA5/Albay)
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