While Typhoon Egay has weakened based on the latest report of the state weather bureau, its effects continue to affect a large portion of Northern Luzon prompting the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to intensify its disaster response efforts to assist and augment the resources of local government units (LGUs) hardest hit by continue reading : DSWD intensifies relief support for ‘Egay’-hit LGUs in the Cordillera
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Thursday (July 27) directed the Ilocos Regional Office to conduct an inventory of family food packs (FFPs) in the Laoag City warehouse, which was partially damaged by the strong winds of Super Typhoon Egay. “After the storm, let’s take stock of what got damaged continue reading : DSWD chief wants inventory of rain-damaged FFPs in Laoag City; DRMG dispatches more FFPs for augmentation
DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian convenes an online disaster operations coordination meeting with regional directors from Regions 1 (Ilocos) and 2 (Cagayan Valley), Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and MIMAROPA to check on the status of disaster response operations in the four regions relative to the effects of Super Typhoon Egay and the Southwest monsoon. Also attending continue reading : DSWD chief convenes disaster operations meeting
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday (July 26) assured the public that the DSWD has sufficient funds to augment the resources of local government units (LGUs) affected by Super Typhoon Egay and the Southwest Monsoon. In an interview on the sidelines of the 2023 Post-SONA discussions, the Secretary said continue reading : DSWD chief assures sufficient funds for ‘Egay’ and ‘Habagat’–affected families
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian serves as a panelist during the Post-SONA Discussion on Environmental Protection and Disaster Management on Wednesday (July 26). Secretary Gatchalian was joined by Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Renato Solidum Jr., Climate Change Commission (CCC) Secretary Robert Borje, Department of the Interior and continue reading : Post-SONA Discussion on Environmental Protection and Disaster Management
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian highlighted the agency’s new disaster preparedness program called Buong Bansa Handa during the 2023 Post-SONA Discussion on Environmental Protection and Disaster Management on Wednesday (July 26). “DSWD has formulated the plan based on the President’s instruction to come up with fail-safe mechanisms for our supply continue reading : DSWD chief highlights Buong Bansa Handa to ensure “omnipresent” disaster response ops
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has ordered the immediate delivery of 10,000 family food packs to Ilocos Norte, which is now under a “state of calamity.” “We are also planning to provide emergency cash transfer (ECT) to typhoon-affected families and individuals in Ilocos Norte,” Secretary Gatchalian said. On Wednesday (July continue reading : DSWD chief orders 10k FFPs delivered to Ilocos Norte amid ‘state of calamity’
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian joins fellow Cabinet secretaries National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma, , Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson Prospero De Vera III in the 2023 Post-SONA Discussion continue reading : Secretary Gatchalian at the Post-SONA Discussion
The DSWD Cagayan Valley regional office has been actively responding to requests from local government units (LGUs) for family food packs (FFPs). This Wednesday morning, Field Office – 2 personnel distributed FFPs to typhoon-affected residents of the towns of Alcala, Gonzaga, Sta. Teresita, Aparri and Sanchez Mira in Cagayan province as well as in Itbayat continue reading : Ongoing relief distribution in Cagayan Valley
Region 1 (Ilocos Region) volunteers on Wednesday (July 26) unload some 3,000 family food packs (FFPs) that were dispatched by the DSWD-National Resource and Logistics Management Bureau (NRLMB) to the Field Office 1 warehouse in San Fernando, La Union. #
