MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday said he will start working on lumping up relief packages for local government units (LGUs) affected by Super Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon or habagat.
Speaking to reporters after personally inspecting the situation and providing assistance to residents in Valenzuela and Navotas, Marcos said some LGUs have already reached out to the Office of the President for the provision of relief packages.
Marcos said he will be visiting more areas to find out the needs of victims, especially those who suffered severe flooding.
‘Now, when I get back to the office, I will be putting together —now that I know what the situation is, where the areas are that need the most… we’ll be putting together already the relief packages for the LGUs,’ Marcos told reporters.
‘Here in NCR (National Capital Region), not only NCR, in Region 3, in Calabarzon, NCR, marami nang tumawag sa akin kaninang umaga pa (A lot of people have been calling me up since the mo
rning). So, we will put that all together so that we can go to DBM (Department of Budget and Management) and tell them to release this already para magamit na ng ating mga (so it can already be used by our) officials,” he added.
The DBM earlier said the government still has some PHP11.123 billion in calamity funds for this year.
Source: Philippines News agency
