DILG Central News
Roxas: Intrigues wont stop Government relief effort
November 21, 2013
Roughly 275,000 families or 1.4 million individuals in Leyte and Samar
provinces will continue to receive relief goods as part of the national
government’s “Yolanda” disaster response, Department of Interior and
Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas said Wednesday.
Leyte and Samar provinces are areas with most damaged homes numbering
about 26,598. These areas account for almost 94% of the recorded
fatalities totaling 3,982 as of the latest report of NDRRMC.
Roxas, vice chairman of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council(NDRRMC), said providing survivors with relief goods
remain as the government’s top priority, saying that he will not step
down the level of those who continue to sow intrigues to undermine the
government’s relief efforts in typhoon-affected areas.
“Kahit na tuloy tuloy ang intriga. Kami dito tuloy tuloy lang ang
ginagawang pagtulong,” Roxas said. He earlier belied claims made by the
camp of Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez that the he is muscling the
official out of city hall. “Kalokohan yun,” he said, even though he
expressed dismay over the apparent breakdown of LGUs because of the
devastating impact of the supertyphoon.
“Last week, baso-baso. Naging tabo-tabo. Gagawin nating balde-balde
hanggang maging drum-drum at maging hose ang buhos ng tulong sa mga
kababayan natin. Tuloy tuloy lang ang magiging operasyon natin hanggat
kailangan,” Roxas said.
The NDRRMC has divided focus into five clusters as part of the
“Yolanda” disaster response. These include peace and order, distribution
of food and other relief goods, cadaver recovery and burial; clearing
operation and normalization.
Roxas, who has been leading the national government’s “Yolanda”
disaster response, said so far, a total of 524,147 family food packs
have been distributed by the government, 192,975 liters of water and
58,876 units of high-energy biscuits. Because of the scale of the damage
wrought by the supertyphoon, government and private volunteers have to
work 24/7 to reach all the affected areas.
A total of 24,770 personnel from government and private corporations,
according to Roxas, have been providing the overall relief effort a big
boost.
Roxas also underscored the support of local and foreign medical teams
that have been working in various parts of Samar and Leyte provinces to
provide survivors with medical attention. A total of 88 local and
foreign medical teams are providing medical assistance in strategic
areas. “We are very thankful for all the humanitarian effort of our
neighbors,” he said.
The foreign
medical teams are from Belgium, Japan, Germany, Australia, Hungary,
Canada, Norway, Switzerland, USA, Korea, South Africa, France, Italy and
Israel.
Roxas said assured that relief efforts will continue without delay,
noting that delivery of food packs is now faster and more organized with
the establishment of “conveyor of food supply”. He said that 1,306
vehicles, 104 seacraft and 163 aircraft and 27,532 units comprising of
various equipment are operating in the field to fast track delivery of
relief goods, clearing of debris, recovery and identification of
cadavers for burial.
Meanwhile, Roxas said that water supply has been restored in most
parts of Samar and Leyte and provinces. Likewise, he said that mobile
communication lines have been fully restored in the provinces of Bohol,
Cebu, Guimaras, and Negros Oriental.
In Leyte, the services of the dominant carrier has been restored. He
said the government is now stepping up efforts in Eastern Samar to fast
track service restoration in the area.
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