MANILA — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday announced that he will start working on assembling relief packages for local government units (LGUs) affected by Super Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon, known as habagat.
According to Philippines News Agency, some LGUs have already reached out to the Office of the President for relief assistance. Speaking to reporters after personally inspecting the situation and providing assistance to residents in Valenzuela and Navotas, Marcos said he plans to visit more areas to assess the needs of victims, particularly those who suffered severe flooding.
"Now, when I get back to the office, I will be putting together — now that I know what the situation is, where the areas are that need the most — we'll be putting together already the relief packages for the LGUs," Marcos told reporters. "Here in NCR (National Capital Region), not only NCR, in Region 3, in Calabarzon, NCR, marami nang tumawag sa akin kaninang umaga pa (A lot of people have been calling me up since the morning). So, we will put that all together so that we can go to DBM (Department of Budget and Management) and tell them to release this already para magamit na ng ating mga (so it can already be used by our) officials," he added.
The DBM earlier stated that the government still has some PHP11.123 billion in calamity funds for this year.