President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. tasked involved authorities businesses to verify if there was a necessity to supply households affected by a restive Mayon Volcano with monetary help, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian mentioned Tuesday.
“Naguusap na rin kami ng local government, upon the instruction of the President, na baka kailangan sustentuhan din natin o ayudahan natin ng financial assistance so naguusap at maguusap pa kami ni Governor kung paano at kailan natin ipapamahagi ang financial assistance at magkano,” Gatchalian mentioned at a press briefing.
(We are speaking with the native authorities, upon the instruction of the President, to verify if we additionally want to supply monetary help. We will proceed to speak with the Governor after we may give this assist and the way a lot we’ll give.)
The DSWD earlier mentioned it already distributed greater than 50,000 meals provisions amid Mayon Volcano’s current actions. The meals packs include six kilos of rice, 9 canned items, espresso, and ready-to-eat oatmeal.
Gatchalian additionally talked about that fifty tons of varied meals gadgets would arrive in Albay later tonight. These donations have been from the United Arab Emirates, he added.
On Monday, the provincial authorities of Albay prolonged the hazard zone round Mayon Volcano to seven kilometers attributable to its “increasing unrest.”
Mayon Volcano is below Alert Level 3 attributable to its “intensified unrest” or magmatic unrest. A lava stream was noticed on Sunday night time, emplacing at the least 500 meters from the summit crater alongside the Bonga and Miisi Gullies. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
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