00:00About 30,000 families in several parts of the country have been affected by the Typhoon Bising and the Southwest Monsoon.
00:08Meanwhile, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, or DSWD, has family food packs pre-positioned in the event of a Taal volcano eruption.
00:16Joshua Garcia dwells on the details in this report.
00:21Typhoon Bising has exited the Philippine area of responsibility, but she visited quite some damage on families and their homes in different parts of the country.
00:28In an interview with Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, spokesperson of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, or DSWD, on PTV4's program, Bagong Pilipinas,
00:37she said that around 30,000 families or more than 95,000 individuals were affected by the Southwest Monsoon and Typhoon Bising in Ilocosur, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Zambales, Olonggapus City, and Itogon Benguet.
00:50In addition, over 800 families were affected in Zamboanga and more than 500 families in Davo de Oro and Davo Oriental.
00:58One family each from Pampanga and Zambales is currently staying in evacuation centers, while 600 families in Zamboanga are also taking shelter there.
01:06Ito pong mga pamilya na ito ay patuloy nating minomonitor kasama na po ng mga lokal na pamahalaan para po maibigay natin yung kaukulang tulong.
01:16Damaged houses were also recorded in Ilocosur, Bataan, Batanes, Olonggapo, and in the Cordillera administrative region.
01:23From the 6AM DROMIC report, meron pong totally damaged na mga tahanan, apat po iyan, and 13 partially damaged.
01:32From the report ng aming pong mga field offices, isa po ang partially damaged sa Ilocosur, and then apat naman po yung totally damaged sa Region 3.
01:42Isa po sa Bataan, dalawa si Zambales, and isa po sa Olonggapus.
01:46Doon sa report ng aming field office for Guilhera, administrative region, initogon din get isang dosena naman po na mga tahanan ang partially damaged.
01:58Dumlao emphasized that the DSWD had delivered family food packs and non-food items to LGUs affected by the Southwest Monsoon and Typhoon Bisinga.
02:06The agency has distributed over 1.2 million pesos in humanitarian assistance.
02:11An insunod sa kautusan ni Pangulong Marcos Jr. na tiyakin yung kapanatagan ng kalooban ng ating mga kababayan na naapektuhan po ng iba't ibang mga kalamidad,
02:20ang DSWD po ay agarang nagpahatid ng tulong.
02:23Meanwhile, over 200,000 family food packs and non-food items have been prepossessioned at DSWD field offices as preparation in case Taal Volcano erupts again.
02:33Joshua Garcia from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.