July 4, 2025
As the combined effects of Tropical Depression ‘Bising’ and the ‘habagat’ bring inclement weather in the country, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public on the agency’s readiness to support families who will be affected, with over 3 million boxes of family food packs (FFPs) prepositioned nationwide. Director Maria Isabel Lanada of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Management Bureau (DRMB) said these food items were made readily-available in 935 storing facilities across the country even before the LPA developed into a tropical depression. This reflects the agency’s proactive response in line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr’s […]