Bilang ng namatay sa pagguho ng lupa sa Maco, Davao de Oro, umabot na sa 37

Bilang ng namatay sa pagguho ng lupa sa Maco, Davao de Oro, umabot na sa 37;  DSWD Sec. Gatchalian, namahagi ng tulong sa mga apektado ng landslide

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00:00 The 37 people who were killed in the earthquake in Maco, Davao de Oro,

00:07 along with the ongoing search, rescue and retrieval operation,

00:11 are the ones who are continuously asking for help from other places.

00:15 This is the surprise of Regine Laduza of PTV Davao.

00:19 Just this morning, when we arrived here in Nuevo Eloko High School,

00:26 the reporter of the Social Welfare and Development Office, DSWD Secretary Rex Gachalian,

00:31 personally received the help of the residents who are still affected by the landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro.

00:37 Aside from providing help, he also visited the children who are being investigated by social workers in the child-friendly space.

00:45 He also entered the classrooms and asked about the condition of the children.

00:50 He personally went to the local president to find out the situation of the area.

00:55 The president's priority is to help the residents,

00:59 especially if they are not sure when they can return to their homes.

01:03 According to Secretary Gachalian, the DSWD will continue to provide help to the Davao region

01:09 and it has already reached 300,000 food packs.

01:12 I became the local chief executive at one point in my career and I know that if the evacuation period is long,

01:19 the local government unit will have a hard time.

01:21 So the assurance of the DSWD, by instruction of our president Ferdinand Marcos Jr.,

01:25 is to ensure that all the help that our local government units need to serve their evacuees and victims will be provided.

01:34 One of the residents who was helped here is Maribel Cajos.

01:37 Even though her family was displaced, she is still thankful because the government is already meeting their needs.

01:44 For now, she is still afraid to return to her house in the hope that the landslide will happen again.

01:50 Yes ma'am. I'm very worried ma'am because I have to sleep, it's safe and we can't go out in the rain.

01:57 According to the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office or MSWDO of Maco Davao de Oro,

02:02 1,102 families or 3,815 individuals are still in the evacuation zone until now.

02:10 The residents are still unable to return to their homes because the landslide is still dangerous and the landslide is still ongoing.

02:16 That's why they are not letting the residents go.

02:20 Aside from the government's help, they are also receiving a lot of donations.

02:24 They are okay because they are provided with meals.

02:30 The three meals, breakfast, dinner, lunch, snacks, through a community kitchen.

02:38 So immediately we have a community kitchen installed in every camp.

02:42 Davao de Oro Governor Dorothy Gonzaga assured that the government will continue to provide assistance until the residents recover.

02:49 She also thanked the national government for the great help it provided to their province.

02:54 Meanwhile, aside from the evacuation center, Secretary Gatchalian also went to Ground Zero in Barangay Masarama, Maco Davao de Oro,

03:01 where the landslide happened last Tuesday night.

03:04 The officials talked to the situation of the search, rescue and retrieval operation to get updates and to know what needs are still needed.

03:11 This is the fifth day of the search, rescue and retrieval operation here in Ground Zero of Barangay Masara, Maco Davao de Oro.

03:19 As of now, we can see that there are a lot of heavy equipment that is helping to make the work easier.

03:25 The damage of the area is visible in the area.

03:29 The land from the mountain reached the residents and their barangay hall.

03:33 The roadway that the residents are now worrying about was also covered.

03:38 In the latest update, 37 bodies were retrieved, 32 were injured and 63 missing.

03:46 Regine Nenuza for Pambansang TV ng Bagong Pilipinas.