MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered concerned government agencies to extend round-the-clock assistance to earthquake victims in Mindanao, Malacañang said Monday. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake jolted Davao del Sur and nearby areas Sunday afternoon. In a statement, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles said “the national government has already mobilized all frontline disaster response […]
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered concerned government agencies to extend round-the-clock assistance to earthquake victims in Mindanao, Malacañang said Monday.In a statement, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles said “the national government has already mobilized all frontline disaster response and humanitarian assistance units to make sure that we can immediately provide help for all of the victims.
“The national government, together with our local disaster risk reduction management offices, are definitely on top of the situation on this latest quake that hit Davao del Sur,” he added. Medical assistance, he added, “is also being provided for the 37 people who are initially listed as injured as a result of the powerful quake.”
The 6.9 magnitude quake that jolted Padada town in Davao del Sur and was felt in various areas in Mindanao, was the fourth powerful quake that hit the region this year.
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