The Southern Luzon Command (Solcom) sustained disaster relief operations and humanitarian efforts to ease the plight of the super typhoon “Yolanda” victims by sending five 10-wheeler truckloads of assorted relief goods on Wednesday afternoon to the city’s Dalahican Port for shipment to the ravaged areas.
The relief goods were loaded on board a cargo vessel owned by Monte Claro Shipping Lines heading towards Samar and
Solcom Commander Lieutenant General Caesar Ronnie F. Ordoyo said the continuing shipments were in addition to those distributed earlier with some 1,133 sacks of assorted goods, 1,117 sacks of used clothes and 415 boxes of bottled drinking water.
Lt. Gen. Ordoyo said the relief items and commodities represented the outpouring of donations by the various national government agencies, local government units (LGUs), private sector, business entities, peoples’ organizations (POs) and non-government organizations (NGOs).
The military command here also maintains the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Relief Operations (IAHRO) dubbed as “Task Force Kaagapay” to provide more focus and holistic approach to relief operations.
The task force engages all stakeholders in the Southern Tagalog and Bicol Regions in providing assistance and extending help through the “bayanihan” spirit for the typhoon victims.
The command has already deployed more than 500 troops to augment other government teams who are already still conducting humanitarian aids in the areas.
The Solcom teams comprised the staff from Naval Forces for Southern Luzon Command (NFSL), Tactical Operations Group 5 (TOG 5) and doctors, nurses and responders.
The service support personnel from 9th Infantry (Spear) Division, Philippine Army that make up Team Albay, Team Camarines Sur and Team Quezon were also deployed.
In the aftermath of the “Yolanda” twister, the Solcom 1st Special Forces Battalion and 565th Engineer and Construction Battalion were sent as first responders for the rescue, retrieval, relief and reconstruction operations.
Ordoyo also facilitated the deployment of the landing craft utility vessel BRP Tagbanua (AT 296), M/V Ursula, M/V Natasha, M/V Reyna Emmaculada, LCT Mailing and LCT Viva to augment shipment flows from the
The sea crafts eased up transport flow of relief goods and passengers from various part of Luzon to Leyte and Samar provinces in
Lt. Gen. Ordoyo expressed his gratitude to the stakeholders for their cooperation and support to the efforts of the Command and likewise lauded his troops for their active participation in the endeavor.
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