Malacanang said on Sunday the government will remain
steadfast in helping the victims of typhoon "Nona" despite the ambush
of three government trucks carrying relief goods for typhoon victims in Samar province.
”The government will be unshaken and will even intensify its
efforts to bring the assistance to our countrymen affected by the typhoon
despite the ambush done by the suspected NPA (New People’s Army),” Presidential
Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a
Radyo ng Bayan interview.
The convoy of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel
belonging to the 546th Engineering Battalion and the 81st Division
Reconnaissance Company had just brought relief goods in typhoon-stricken areas
when they were ambushed by the armed men last Thursday in Pinabacdao, Samar .
”The AFP and the Philippine National Police continue to
coordinate with DSWD to increase the security for the relief operations,”
Coloma said.
Coloma said the decision by President Benigno Aquino III to
declare unilateral suspension of military operations last Friday would boost
the relief operations for typhoon victims in Oriental Mindoro, Albay, Samar , Romblon and Sorsogon.
Typhoon "Nona" reportedly damaged an estimated PhP320
million worth of infrastructure and agriculture.
Coloma said the government is also helping the victims of
tropical storm "Onyok" that brought heavy rains in Mindanao
areas.
Last Friday, President Aquino also issued Proclamation No.
1186 declaring a state of national calamity to further hasten the distribution
of relief assistance and to impose price control, particularly in areas heavily
affected by "Nona."
Coloma said the National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council (NDRRMC) had already distributed PhP56.2 million assistance
to Regions II, IV-A, IV-B, V and VIII.
He said the DSWD had also prepositioned PhP674 million worth
of standby funds, PhP111.5 million worth of food and non-foot items and 204,000
food packs in Regions X, XI, XII, Caraga and the National Relief
Operations Center
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