DSWD to LGUs: Enough relief goods for 'Ineng'-hit areas

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday assured the local government units (LGUs) that families affected by typhoon Ineng (Goni) will receive sufficient relief supplies. 

 

DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman said the agency continues to preposition relief supplies in towns and provinces affected by the typhoon.  

 

Apart from the prepositioned goods at the local level, the DSWD  also has 366,781 family food packs in all its field offices nationwide.

 

The National Resource Operations Center in Pasay City is ready to augment LGU resource, the DSWD said. 

 

At the same time, the agency has allocated P47.47 million standby funds for the purchase of emergency relief supplies when needed, Soliman said. 

 

She said that while goods were prepositioned at the provincial and municipal levels, if these have been exhausted, the LGUs can request for additional resources which becomes the basis for the provision of the assistance. 

 

In Region II where 'Ineng' continues to bring heavy rains, DSWD personnel have been delivering food packs to the towns of Claveria, Gonzaga, Sta. Ana, Sta. Teresita,  Abulog, Aparri, Ballesteros, Calayan and Calamaniugan, all in Cagayan Valley.

 

In other 'Ineng'-hit LGUs, close to P50,000 worth of relief assistance were also provided by DSWD, as of 10 a.m. on Saturday. 

 

To date, a total of 1,787 families with 7,776 persons are staying in 31 evacuation centers managed by LGUs. 

 

Some 163 damaged houses, of which 25 are totally and 138 are partially damaged in Regions 1, 2 and Cordillera Administration Region, have been initially reported.