Army sets up operations center for Pablo survivors

From the Sun Star-Davao (Dec 7): Army sets up operations center for Pablo survivors

The Eastern Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has established a Disaster Response Task Group Operations Center at Camp Panacan in Davao City to facilitate centralized and coordinated delivery of assistance to calamity stricken areas. The 10th Infantry Division (ID) is set to conduct relief caravan to flood victims in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley provinces after their meeting on Saturday with volunteer organizations, donors, and other stakeholders.

On Thursday, the Civil Relations Group of the 10th ID, led by Lt. Col. Leopoldo Galon, distributed food items and relief goods to thousands of typhoon victims. Galon said they also help in transporting flood victims from New Bataan town to safer areas in nearby towns in Compostela Valley. Galon said that the AFP-MBAI has donated P1 million for the purchase of relief goods to be distributed to typhoon Pablo survivors.

The Eastern Mindanao Command (EMC), in a text message, said the arrival of Malaysian Humanitarian Assistance Mission where a ceremonial handover of relief goods would take place, around 7 p.m., on Friday. The EMC said that under the Asean Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response, the National Focal Point of Malaysia, through the Asean Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance, offered food and non-food items to flood survivors. The good would be transported by the Royal Malaysian Air Force C-130, which would come from Subang Air Base. It is expected to arrive in Davao Airport around 7 p.m., Friday, the EMC said.

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