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P360 million aid earmarked for flood victims – Romualdez
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will release P360 million in aid for victims of Severe Tropical Storm Crising and the southwest monsoon.
The assistance will be distributed as cash grants under the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita (AKAP) program, along with food packs and other relief items.
Each of the 36 congressional districts is allocated P10 million to assist affected residents.
Leyte 1st District Representative Ferdinand Martin Romualdez announced the fund release facilitated by him and the Tingog party-list.
Romualdez stated that this is the beginning of coordinated disaster response and assured that assistance from the Marcos administration would be felt immediately.
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