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AUSTRALIAN AID TO TYPHOON PABLO REACHES P432MILLION

Wednesday 6th of February 2013
DAVAO CITY, Feb. 06 (PIA) -- Ambassador to the Philippines Bill Twedel announced that the Australian Government has so far infused a total of P432 million to Philippine government as response and rehabilitation efforts to build back typhoon Pablo-hit areas and to assist affected families. He revealed that the total humanitarian response and rehab funds of Australian government include the fresh assistance worth P126 million in response to appeals of the Philippine Government and the United Nations for international communities to augment aid further to address the typhoon Pablo devastation. Twedell explained that the P126 million additi...
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PDRRMC bares relief assistance to 'Pablo' victims
PDRRMC bares relief assistance extended to typhoon Pablo victims PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 20 -- Members of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) convened January 16 and discussed the relief goods delivered to typhoon "Pablo" victims and the added requirements for food and materials that will enable victims start normal lives. According to the report of the Social Welfare chief Flordeliza Obani, the provincial government had delivered 38,000 ...
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Relief assistance for 'Quinta' victims in WV reaches P7.8-M
ILOILO CITY, Jan 10 (PIA6) -- Relief assistance worth P7.8 million have already been extended by the Department of Social Welfare and Development – 6 (DSWD-6) as well as by local government units to families and individuals adversely affected by typhoon “Quinta” in Western Visayas especially in the provinces of Aklan, Capiz, and Iloilo. The assistance included family food packs part of which National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and Office of Civil Defense Admi...
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  • 10
    Dec
    2012

    Foreign aid arrives as gov't. race to save communities hit by Typhoon Pablo

    DAVAO CITY, Dec 10 (PIA) -- More relief assistance arrived from Indonesia and the United States of America as the government continues its search, rescue and retrieval operation and in sending more help to areas affected by Typhoon Pablo. The Indonesian National Defense Force handed the relief goods and cash assistance to the government 8 am Monday at the Davao International Airport. The delegation was welcomed by Lt. General Jorge Segovia, commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command. Brian G...
  • 31
    Aug
    2012

    Lucban LGU to send relief assistance to 1,000 families in Paombong, Bulacan

    LUCBAN, Quezon, Aug 31 (PIA) -- The municipal social welfare and development office (MSWDO) in this town and the Sangguniang Bayan will send relief assistance today for 1,000 families in Paombong, Bulacan affected by the recent southwest monsoon. Librada C. Edan of the MSWDO said the relief assistance is made up of assorted groceries, rice, blankets and ready-to-eat foods. Edan said the relief goods will be forwarded to the victims upon the approval of the request of the municipal mayor of Pa...
  • 15
    May
    2012

    35 barangays in Pampanga benefit from European assistance project

    CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 15 (PIA) -- A total of 35 barangays in Apalit, Candaba, San Simon, San Luis, and Masantol towns benefited from various relief assistance services provided by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) under its emergency humanitarian relief assistance to flood affected populations project in Pampanga. Funded by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), the project provided emergency primary healt...
  • 04
    May
    2012

    RLECC distributes relief goods to 150 Sendong survivors

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 4 -- Members of the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Council (RLECC) in Northern Mindanao distributed relief goods to 150 Tropical Storm Sendong survivors at the Indahag Transitional Shelter Camp, this city, on April 25. The activity is done simultaneously with the planting of 3,500 tree seedlings at the said barangay and the relief goods consisted mainly of food packs, rice, canned goods, pail, a bottle of water, a pair of slipper among others. Earlier, RLECC met...
  • 02
    Feb
    2012

    Tagalog news: Tulong ng Batangas para sa Cagayan de Oro, inihatid

    BATANGAS CITY, Peb.  2 (PIA) --Nakiisa ang lalawigan ng Batangas sa national relief efforts para sa mga nasalanta ng bagyong Sendong na nagdulot ng malawakang  trahedya at pagkasira sa  sa Northern Mindanao partikular sa Cagayan de Oro.     Sa direktibang ipinalabas ni Governor Vilma Santos Recto sa mga ahensya at kawani ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan, pinamunuan ni dating kagawad Lianda Bolilia at mga opisyal ng Batangas Kalipi Foundation at Provincial Women’s Coo...
  • 23
    Dec
    2011

    S. Cotabato sends assistance to Sendong victims

    KORONADAL CITY, Dec. 23 (PIA) -- Some 450 sacks of rice and 20 caskets were transported today from the provincial government of South Cotabato to victims of typhoon Sendong in Northern Mindanao.   Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. said the relief goods comprised the initial assistance from the province to affected residents of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro cities.   "The 450 sacks of re-packed rice is only half of our help to the affected families. We will send the other half, along with ...
  • 24
    Apr
    2011

    OWWA Davao extends relief assistance to OFWs

    DAVAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) here has extended relief assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers repatriated from Libya. OWWA regional head Zenobia Caro said 54 out of the 56 OFWs who were sent home in the wake of escalating hostility in Libya, have availed of the government assistance. Caro said OWWA has been facilitating programs to assist the OFWs who went home with less or nothing to bring to their families. Aside from the relie...
  • 11
    Feb
    2010

    PNoy releases P2M calamity fund to Jolo

    JOLO, Sulu, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino, III revealed that calamity fund worth P2 million was released to Jolo in the wake of the flooding experienced by the province.   Asked by the local media during his visit here today, as to what are the immediate and long term solution the government is giving Jolo flashflood victims, the President said that some P2M calamity fund was already released in the form of relief assistance. He asked Department of Social Welfare and Develo...
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