DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao – “Lahat ng mga gumuho, kalbo ang bundok, and that’s the problem,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said after visiting Tuesday the devastated areas in the province, the worst hit with the onslaught of Typhoon “Paeng,” recording more than half of the country’s 110 fatality count.
He told regional and provincial officials “to study the pre-positioning of our equipment and adjust,” noting that typhoons rapidly intensify in a matter of hours. Citing the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration , the President said that four typhoons are still expected before the year ends.
He told social welfare workers to hasten relief efforts and to get rid of what he called as bureaucratic “coupon” system. He initiated the ceremonial assistance of P10,000 from the national government to help survivors rebuild their houses. Marcos asked government planners to study the region’s flood-control infrastructure network and river systems.
Maj. Gen. Roy Galido, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division who is also the incident commander of the retrieval and relief operations at Barangay Kusiong, briefed President Marcos that based on information gathered from the locals in the area, only four persons remain missing.
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