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BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Cordillera said about 469 families, or 1,568 individuals, in the region have been affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami). In its situational update No. 4 issued at 6 a.m. Thursday and submitted to the Cordillera Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC), the DSWD said of the total, 352 families have evacuated, with 225 families taking temporary shelter in 21 evacuation centers across the region, and 127 families opting to shelter with friends and relatives. It also reported damage to 31 houses. ‘DSWD is augmenting

The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday provided medical interventions in evacuation centers in areas affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami) in the Bicol region. The members of its Health Emergency Response Team from different regions distributed hygiene kits and medicines to the evacuees. Evacuees were also given medical consultations following the initial assessment of the evacuation centers. There is enough supply of disinfectants, chlorine granules, and aquatabs that are important in accessing clean water and sanitation in evacuation centers, it added. The agency said the local Emergency Operations Center at Patient Navigation Referral units are open 24/7 to

SM Development Corporation (SMDC) symbolically turned over its PHP248 million first vertical socialized housing project, the KaUswagan Residences, in Barangay San Isidro, Jaro, to the local government here on Thursday. SMDC signed an agreement with the Iloilo City government and the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) for the project during the middle of the pandemic. ‘With the successful completion of our project, we hope to inspire future partnerships between the government and the private sector to come up with more socialized housing projects here in the beautiful city of Iloilo,’ SMDC senior assistant vice-president David Tan said

ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported on Thursday that relief goods provided to families affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) in Western Visayas reached PHP2.34 million. The assistance consisted of PHP1.16 million worth of goods from the DSWD and the rest came from local government units as of noon today, mostly in family food packs, and the majority were for Iloilo, Capiz, and Negros Occidental provinces. ‘We recognize the fast action of our staff, as well as those from the LGUs. We see the prepositioning of food packs to be very

DUMAGUETE CITY – One person was rescued while two others remain missing in separate drowning incidents in Mabinay and Pamplona towns in Negros Oriental at the height of Tropical Storm Kristine’s onslaught. Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO), said Thursday that the incidents took place Wednesday afternoon at the Tabuay River in Sitio Nalimbagan, Barangay Lumbangan, Mabinay and at Sitio Hakuton, Barangay Mamburao in Pamplona. In Mabinay, a farmer from Sitio Tilingan in Barangay Lumbangan and two companions were crossing the river when they were carried downstream by a strong water current. His two