Red Cross aids Catanduanes, CamSur
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in partnership with American Red Cross, USAid, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and Qatar Red Crescent, conducted relief efforts to aid the typhoon-affected families in Catanduanes and Camarines Sur, distributing cash grants and shelter tool kits beneficial to their recovery. The humanitarian organization distributed PHP 500,000 worth of shelter tool kits and galvanized iron sheets to 61 families whose homes have been hit hard by the successive typhoons. PRC also provided tarpaulin and sleeping kits as part of its shelter rebuilding efforts. Moreover, 200 families in Tigaon, Camarines Sur, and 364 families in Brgy. Palnab Del Sur, Virac, Catanduanes received PHP 3,500 cash grant each from PRC. “This cash assistance will jumpstart the livelihoods of the affected families in Bicol. After the typhoons which hit their area, this relief provision can ensure their recovery and help them start anew,” Gordon said.
Be patient in promoting programs vs insurgency - Sec. Andanar
Mindanao Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC X) in Cagayan de Oro. “I encourage everyone to be more patient, considerate, and caring to one another especially to the public we serve. We have to create positive Presidential their patience Communications while implementing changes in our society especially in Operations Office programs improving the lives (PCOO) Secretary addressing the of the least, the Martin Andanar root causes of weak, the poor, and on Monday, 7 insurgencies in the the unreachable, December 2020 countryside. encouraged Secretary Andanar which I believe is our ultimate purpose in government led the meeting life,” he added. employees to extend of the Northern
Task Force Zero Hunger consults stakeholders The Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger, led by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, conducted the Kasapatan at Ugnayan ng Mamamayan sa Akmang Pagkain At Nutrisyon or KUMAIN Consultation Series which aims to 1 PIA Bulletin Online
objectively address hunger and poverty, improve nutrition among Filipino families, ensure food security, and establish a sustainable system of local agriculture. “We conducted the KUMAIN consultations thoroughly with as
many partners as possible because we wanted a comprehensive and doable set of solutions. We also wanted all stakeholders to actively participate in enforcing the National Food Policy based on their own inputs.”