SOON TO RISE. Just like the Housing department, the Department of Social Welfare and Development is also constructing a quarantine facility that may be used as an evacuation center in Libagon, Southern Leyte. The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development shared on Saturday (May 28, 2022) that it has sealed an agreement to construct one evacuation center each in Palo, Hilongos, and San Isidro in Leyte province. (Photo courtesy of MSWDO-Libagon) MANILA - The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) has finalized separate accords with the local governments of Marinduque and Leyte for the construction of more evacuation centers within the two provinces. One evacuation center will each rise in Mocpog and Torrijos in Marinduque and Palo, Hilongos, and San Isidro, the Leyte towns previously battered by strong typhoons. DHSUD Secretary Eduardo Del Rosario said on Saturday more evacuation centers will "boost the country's overall disaster preparedness,