PBBM checks status of PH provinces following widespread flooding
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00:00The president gathered anew his men in the cabinet and heads of the MMDA
00:05Pagasa Office of Civil Defense for an update on the typhoon's location and the extent of the damage
00:11Visited by Carina and Habagat and more importantly as our Kenneth Paciente reports
00:17the president ordered a speedy deployment of relief and financial assistance and
00:22Mobilization of government's assets and resources to help those struggling in flooded areas
00:31President Ferdinand R. Marcos jr.
00:33is on top of the country's situation following the widespread flooding caused by rains from the southwest monsoon and
00:40Intensified by typhoon Carina earlier the president personally checked the status of some of the country's provinces
00:45Cities and towns during a situation briefing at the Presidential Security Command Center headquarters
00:52Government agencies presented their proposed actions in response to the disaster
00:56The president instructed the government agencies to conduct a more detailed assessment of the country's situation
01:01To identify what assistance is needed and what area should be prioritized
01:06But we need to know now is what is the situation then?
01:09Is there water? Can we enter?
01:11Do we need to clean the sewage?
01:13What we need to ascertain now is what is the situation as of this morning and where do we go?
01:26Where do we send our people? Where do we send our equipment? That's what we need. What what we need to to define to decide now
01:33So, you know, it's not only and then the price NCR, but it's not NCR only
01:39It's region 3 Calabarzon 4a. So you're not getting none
01:44where are the
01:46But we have to we have to make an assessment as to where are the areas that should be
01:53Prioritized the president also ordered greater focus of infrastructure like floodgates pumping stations and damaged bridges
02:00What we need to know is not what's required, but can can we use it or not?
02:04Foreign
02:20President marcus jr
02:21Also instructed the dnr to conduct an environmental assessment on the sinking of an oil tanker off the coast of bataan
02:28Carrying 1.4 million liters of oil to immediately contain the spill and avert a full-blown environmental disaster
02:34hopefully we can catch it before landfall, but with the seas being so
02:51Yes, it's very hard to do anything but hopefully that will help us
02:58Dilute the the oil spill
03:01Hopefully what we'll see we'll have to make that determination
03:04As to where the tides are running where the how the wind is running
03:09uh, where if if in case it will it is headed into
03:14Into towards coastal areas, which coastal areas are those so that you can
03:19Try and prepare for that. The president also said the situation of those in the evacuation centers should be addressed
03:25The next part of this is going to be
03:27our health care
03:31But those in the evacuated areas will need to
03:34Kill a man
03:36Clinics about evacuation center or at least me
03:40A medical team the long-term problem usually
03:44So there's another thing we have to prepare with
03:49But the the the medicines i'm talking about are the obvious ones, uh, but uh,
03:55Now
04:06Chief executive also wants quick response action from concerned agencies
04:11Which the latter assured as of six this morning six areas in the country
04:15Including metro manila have been declared under a state of calamity. We have to be very focused in the use of what we have
04:22Uh, so that's what we need to determine where are the areas
04:27For where are the areas that still are in the rescue phase?
04:36Where are the areas that are now in the relief phase that doesn't mean
04:43That doesn't mean that it's not mutually exclusive you can be in rescue phase and relief phase at the same time
04:49So that's what we need to know now typhoon kareena has left the philippine area of responsibility and according to dos
04:56The weather is expected to improve even more in the coming days
05:00Kenneth paciente from the national tv network for a new and better philippines