Tag: post-earthquake assistance

DSWD says only 15 out of 54 barangays in Surigao have not been given post-earthquake assistance

QUEZON CITY, Feb. 16 – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) gave updates on its relief efforts in Surigao. DSWD Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo said that the Field Office in Caraga continues its efforts to assist residents affected by last Friday’s earthquake and the aftershocks which continue to hit the region three days later. “We have established a more orderly system of relief distribution in coordination with the local government units (LGUs) down to the barangay […]