At least three million persons have been affected by Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng,” the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Tuesday. READ:
“Right now, we are currently monitoring our fellow Filipinos and based on our estimation, the affected individuals reached around three million in all regions of our country affected by Paeng,” DSWD Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Romel Lopez said in an interview with Super Radyo dzBB.
“Currently, we have a P186.4 million quick response fund, this is just at the central office. The available standby fund of the regional offices is still at P82 million. Our prepositioned foodpacks are at around 46,441,” he said. Lopez said at least P69 million worth of assistance were already distributed, of which P65 million came from the DSWD and P3 million from several local government units.
And more than P3 million came from the LGUs. We also have received assistance from NGOs about P13,600,” he said.
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