Philippines (Dec. 12, 2014) — The damage caused by typhoon “Ruby” has reached P3.2 billion with thousands of homeless Filipinos still staying in evacuation centers, but top disaster management officials said there is no need to declare a state of national calamity.
Retired Navy Admiral Alexander Pama, executive officer of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), said even the international community appears to be appreciating the government response that led to the minimal human casualties.
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Landslide Victims Get Houses
KIDAPAWAN CITY (June 30, 2014) – The municipal government of Arakan in Cotabato is set to construct 25 houses for families displaced by the recent landslide, a local official said.
DSWD Completes Emergency Shelter Assistance Payment for Typhoon Labuyo Victims
CABARROGUIS, Quirino, June 29 (PIA)—The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office here has reported that the 2,691 identified victims of the Typhoon Labuyo had already received their emergency shelter assistance of P5,000 each from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
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DSWD Rejects Hungry Farmers
June 14, 2014 — About 100 farmers picketed the office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Tacloban City to demand their share of relief goods but officials turned them down because they were not in the list of families affected by Typhoon Yolanda, a senior official said on Friday.