
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. extended on Friday over PhP610 million in financial assistance and other services to thousands of Filipinos affected by Typhoon Julian in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has allotted a standby fund of PhP9 million, stockpile of 245,506 family food packs and non-food items worth PhP421.57 million to residents of the three regions.
For its part, the Department of Health (DOH) has augmented health commodities for the said regions, valued at PhP7.25 million along with the PhP8.4 million worth of logistics prepositioned to regional offices and facilities of the department.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) also made available PhP164.27 million worth of agricultural inputs for the three regions as it allotted PhP25,000 in loans per farmer and indemnification of insured affected farmers.
As of 6 pm on Thursday, the government has recorded over 63,000 typhoon-hit families in Northern Luzon with 148 families staying at evacuation centers in the regions of Cagayan Valley and CAR