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14K Food Packs On The Way To Batanes

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14K Food Packs On The Way To Batanes

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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will deliver 14,000 family food packs (FFPs) to the island province of Batanes.

A total of 5,500 boxes of FFPs are currently being transported by the Philippine Coast Guard (CG) and are expected to reach Batanes late Friday or early Saturday.

“Yung 5,500 na FFPs ay en route na sa Batanes. Per advise ng Philippine Coast Guard this morning, once okay na ang weather, they will need to travel 20 hours para makarating sa Batanes (Some 5,500 FFPs are enroute to Batanes. As per advice by the Philippine Coast Guard this morning, once the weather turns okay, they will need to travel 20 hours to reach Batanes),” DSWD-National Resource and Logistic Management Bureau (NRLMB) Chief Administrative Officer Irish Flor Yaranon said in a press release.

The NRLMB official pointed out that the agency is utilizing all possible entry ports and modes of transportation to deliver the 14,000 FFPs to Batanes as instructed by DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian.

As of posting time, a total of 7,484 families or 21,391 persons were affected by the onslaught of STS Kristine and Super Typhoon Leon in the 29 barangays of the island province. (PNA)