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Tulong ng DSWD sa maaapetuhan
ng Bagyong Ompong, handa na
By Lucia F. Broño
LUNGSOD
QUEZON
- - Nakahanda na ang
Department
of
Social
Welfare and Development
(DSWD)
sa
posibleng
magiging epekto ng Bagyong
Ompong
na
inaasahang
papasok sa Philippine Area
of Responsibility (PAR),
Miyerkules.

Ito ang pagtitiyak ni
DSWD Secretary Virginia
Orogo na nagsabi ring ang
mga quick response teams
(QRTs) ng ahensiya ay
nakaalerto upang tumulong sa
mga maapektuhang lugar.

Ayon
naman
kay
Undersecretary Hope Hervilla
ng DSWD Disaster Response
Management Group (DRMG),
nakahanda na ang mga
“stockpile” at “standby fund”
sa DSWD Central Office,
sa mga Field Offices (FOs)
at sa
National Resource
Operations Center (NROC).
Dagdag
pa
ni
Hervilla, aabot sa 356,349
family food packs (FFPs)
na
nagkakahalaga
ng
P118,947,645.65 at “non-food
items” na nagkakahalaga ng
P710,825,555 ang naihanda
ng ahensiya at naipamahagi
na ito sa lahat ng rehiyon.
May karagdagang tulong
na ibibigay sa field office
ng Region II dahil ito ang
inaasahang tiyak na daraanan
ni Ompong.
Kaugnay
nito,
magpapadala ng karagdagang
5,000 family food packs;
1,000 hygiene kit, 1,000
family kit at 1,000 sleeping
kit sa nasabing rehiyon.

Nakahanda na rin
ang mg relief goods para
sa mga karatig rehiyon na
maapektuhan ng Bagyong
Ompong.

Mayroong kabuuang
halagang
P872,003,147
standby funds ang DSWD
na maaring magamit ng mga
maaapektuhang lugar.

Patuloy na makikipag-
ugnayan ang DSWD sa PAG-
ASA at sa lahat ng rehiyon
upang
makapagbigay
ng
agarang tulong sa mga
mangangailangan.
(PIA-
NCR)
Calatagan Sea Weeds Coop,
Tumanggap ng P3M mula sa
PRDP, Batangas Capitol
KATUWANG ang Philippine
Rural Development Project
(PRDP) ng Department of
Agriculture,
iginawad
ng
Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng
Batangas ang halagang PhP 3
Milyon sa Batangas Seaweeds
Farmers Association (BASEFA)
ng bayan ng Calatagan noong
ika-10 ng Setyembre 2018 sa
Bulwagang Batangan, Capitol
Compound, Batangas City.
Pinangunahan
ang
turn-over ng nasabing PRDP
fund nina Batangas Gov.
Dodo Mandanas at Provincial
Cooperative,
Livelihood
and Enterprise Development
Officer Celia L. Atienza, na
siya ring Investment in Rural
Enterprises and Agricultural and
Fishery Productivity (I-REAP)
component head ng pamahalaang
panlalawigan.

Sa pamamagitan nito,
inaasahang makagagawa ng
mahigit dalawang daang libong
kilo ng raw dried seaweeds
ang
nasabing
kooperatiba,
na
makapagdadagdag
sa
kita ng seaweeds farmers ng
32%. Dahil sa proyektong
ito, napoprotektahan din ang
karagatan mula sa iligal na
pangingisda at iba pang mga
mapaminsalang gawain dahil
sa masusing pagbabantay ng
mga kooperatiba sa kanilang
kinukulturang sea weeds.
Ang
PRDP
ay
pinopondohan ng World Bank,
pamahalaang nasyunal at ka-
partner na LGUs, na obligadong
maglabas ng counterpart fund
para sa mga pagawain sa kanilang
lokalidad. Sa pamamagitan ng
PRDP, inaasahang makapagtatayo
ng isang plataporma ng gobyerno
para sa makabago, climate-
smart, and market-oriented na
agri-fishery sector. ✎ Louise
Mangilin, Batangas Capitol PIO
DSWD personnel puts final touches to boxes of relief supplies at the National Relief Oerations Center in Pasay City,
prior to shipping to various field offices in the regions.
President Duterte vows to
help undocumented Filipinos
AMMAN, Jordan -- President
Rodrigo Roa Duterte on
Friday, September 7, pledged
that his administration would
immediately find solutions
regarding the predicaments of
Filipinos abroad without legal
documents.

The President capped
his three-day official visit
here with a meeting with the
Filipino community at the
Royal Cultural Palace.

The Chief Executive
has been consistently saying
that apart from enhancing the
Philippines’ bilateral relations
with its foreign counterparts,
his main priority will always
be the Filipino people, and
this was also evident in his
official visit to the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan.

During the President’s
meeting with King Abdullah
II on Thursday, September
6, he mentioned that one of
his principal interests is the
situation of the Filipinos in
Jordan. Although most are
in a good position, there are
some who are still in the
predicament of not having
proper documents.
“Bakit ako pumunta dito?
Well, of course, first is to make
a historic visit to the Kingdom
of Jordan. Kaya matagal kami
nag-usap about you…kayong
lahat. Pag-usapan lang is ‘yung
undocumented dito,” he said.

He further noted that
his administration is finding
possible solutions to this
matter. “I will send maybe
a senator…o kaya [itong si]
Secretary Cayetano to fix this
thing. Alam mo bakit? Wala
kayong dapat taguan. His
Majesty is a man of his words.
Totoo talaga.”
The
President
expressed his admiration for
the King’s sincerity and for
having “a human soul” when
he brought up this issue to
him. “Isa sa mga rare na nakita
ko na talagang kung magsalita,
you can see the human spirit in
his words. So I hope to work
on it right away,” he added.

He also expressed his
gratitude to King Abdullah II
for inviting him to visit Jordan
and most importantly, “for
being kind to my people.”

Jordan is home to,
more or less, 48, 000 Filipino
workers. Since the government
is eager to advance the
Filipinos’ living conditions
abroad, the Chief Executive
encouraged the Filipinos in
Jordan to avail themselves of
services the two governments
offer to help them improve
their skills.

“
[I]
encourage
Overseas Filipinos to take
advantage of programs for
self-improvement and training
offered by the Philippine
Embassy
and
various
organizations in Jordan or in
the Philippines. I would also
reiterate the significance of
self-improvement in nation-
building and becoming true
agents of change,” President
Duterte said with eagerness.

Furthermore, he also
stressed the government’s
initiatives to make “working
abroad a choice, not a necessity
Sundan sa pahina 6..