For governors of Odette-hit provinces, help can’t come fast enough
MANILA—Governors whose provinces bore Odette's destructive might of have a common message 6 days since the super typhoon laid waste in their jurisdictions: they need a lot of help.
"But you must understand that most of our disaster funds were used also for COVID-19. So, you know, very small na lang 'yung amount that was left. We had to look for savings, which we were able to do. And with that savings, we decided to buy roofing materials, because I feel if our evacuees can start rebuilding, the faster normalcy will set in," Lacson told Teleradyo.
"Nakakarating na pero paunti-unti lang, kasi what happened due to the typhoon last Saturday . . . 'Yung Odette, until now . . . It's already 6 days, wala pang commercial RORO vehicles. So 'yung mga relief goods, nandoon lahat sa Surigao naka-pending, except 'yung na-deliver ng mga Coast Guard, Navy boats at chopper," said Matugas, who told national government to send in Navy boats to help move relief goods from Surigao City to Siargao Island.
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