Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian assists President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr during the distribution of the Presidential Assistance to Farmers, Fisherfolk and their Families (PAFFF) on Thursday (November 14) in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro.

Approximately 5,000 farmers and fisherfolk who were affected by the series of typhoons that hit the country are expected to receive cash assistance from the government.

Aside from Secretary Gatchalian, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francis Tiu Laurel Jr., Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Cesar Chavez, and top local officials joined the Chief Executive in the aid-giving. (YADP)