More than two months after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act 11494 or the Bayanihan to Recover As One Act, health frontliners will soon receive active hazard duty pay amid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the DSWD and LGUs to ensure that relief efforts in the aftermath of typhoons address the needs of affected children, including their safety from COVID-19.
President Rodrigo Duterte condoles with families of villagers who died after Typhoon Ulysses battered Cagayan province, as he tagged climate change as the culprit in the massive flooding that engulfed Cagayan Valley.
Senator Nancy Binay said she will formally write the Department of Foreign Affairs to seek assistance from the international community to help the government in its relief and rescue missions.
North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco has welcomed the proposed Mindanao River Basin Project by the Mindanao Development Authority to address the recurring flood problem in the province and the 220,000-hectare Liguasan marsh.
At the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Locsin called for the Asean Comprehensive Recovery Plan to be a proactive “smart plan” and for it to be crafted as soon as possible rather than being a “post-pandemic recovery plan”.