The Philippine Navy said on Monday that two of its logistics vessels, carrying 328 tons of assorted relief goods, arrived in
Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Fabic, Navy spokesperson, said that these ships are the
He added that BRP Dagupan arrived at around 3:20 p.m. at the Tacloban City Pier. It left Dapitan Pier, Zamboanga del Norte, at around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, carrying 140 tons of relief goods and mineral water.
Aside from this cargo, a PN engineering contingent was also transported by the ship to help in the ongoing relief and rehabilitation efforts.
Fabic also said that three Marine disaster relief response teams (DRRTs) are on standby for possible deployment to
These consist of two officers and 28 enlisted personnel with two M-35 trucks, two disaster response operations trailers, two DeHaviland boats with outboard motors, chain and circular saws, ambulance and one "LARC-v" (a type of amphibious vehicle).
Aside from this, two Navy medical teams have arrived in Tacloban via C-130 cargo plane.
Another one is on stand-by and this consists of one EENT/orthopedic specialist nurse trained in stress management and debriefing and two hospital men.
Aside from this, the PN Civil Military Operations Group teams from Tagbilaran City and Tubigon, Bohol under Naval Forces Central, which is based in Cebu, was consolidated and deployed to Tacloban Sunday afternoon and utilized to coordinate with local government agencies regarding the Navy's humanitarian assistance and disaster response teams.
Meanwhile, Naval Forces Southern Luzon deployed one water sanitation team in Tacloban to help in addressing water supply problem in the locality.
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