DSWD readies 23K food packs in Ilocos
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Some 22,897 family food packs are available as of Tuesday as an augmentation to the relief operations of the local government units (LGUs) in the Ilocos Region following the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Maring. In a virtual press briefing hosted by the Philippine Information Agency Ilocos Region Tuesday, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Ilocos Region director Marie Angela Gopalan said some of the stockpiles of family food packs were stored and prepositioned in the different warehouses in the region. Gopalan said there are 500 food packs readied ...