Gov’t on top of situation amid #KristinePH onslaught

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00:00The government has been working around the clock to ensure all the necessary assistance are provided

00:05to those severely affected by the latest weather disturbance.

00:08Here to give us an update about the steps being taken by the Marcos administration

00:13is the Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonathan Victor John Vic Rimulya.

00:18Good evening, Secretary Rimulya.

00:21It's Juanito Victor, not Jonathan.

00:25Good evening, good evening to all of you.

00:26Good evening, Secretary John Vic.

00:28Sir, what provinces are currently being hit hard by the severe tropical storm, Christine,

00:33and what is the Chief Executive's directive to you and to the governors as well?

00:38Well, the hardest hit yesterday, and yesterday was the Bicol region and up to the Barum area.

00:47Today, the hardest hit were Region 4, specifically Cavite and Laguna,

00:53where now a total, not only in the total, in totality of the Philippines,

00:57over a million families have been affected with, let me get an exact number, with,

01:09wait, I have the exact number here, with 5,097 evacuation centers and 160,000 plus families

01:21already inside evacuation centers.

01:24The President has directed to exert all efforts necessary in order for relief efforts to arrive.

01:30However, we are hampered by the current situation of

01:35the floods, especially in the Bicol region.

01:38Cavite is also hit hard, especially in the coastal areas of Noveleta and Rosario and

01:43parts of General Trias, but I think that we will – it is being handled as we speak.

01:50The President has also instructed that standby field hospitals be ready in case that the

01:56hospitals, especially in the Naga region, cannot handle the current load.

02:00As of present, we have made an accounting of the hospital beds'

02:04capacity, and it is still within capacity of the province.

02:07The DOH is on standby to airlift the hospital there, as well as the relief goods from the DSODD.

02:14Secretary Romulia, speaking of beds, what are the field medical hospitals

02:18ordered by the President, and where are these?

02:22These are here in NCR.

02:23We have three of them, which are accredited by the United Nations as field-ready.

02:30They are tested already, and they are of international standards.

02:34We are actually one of the few countries who are already ready with these hospitals,

02:38and we have to commend the DOH for preparing these.

02:41Secretary John Wick, how many evacuation centers are there currently, and can you tell us

02:45the number of individuals who are presently staying in these centers?

02:50As of last count, there were 5,097 evacuation centers with over 166,000 families

02:57already occupying them.

03:00However, we must state that more than a million families were affected by these storms,

03:05and that's not a complete accounting yet.

03:07That is only as of 7 p.m.

03:09As we speak, Laguna and Quezon are being hit hard by the

03:14rains, and we still have to get the full accounting.

03:17Secretary John Wick, can you ask what is the situation now in the affected regions?

03:23The regions of Naga and up to the storms have already exited as of I think 6 p.m.

03:34The Iota storm has exited off, I think, La Union or Ilocos Sur.

03:44But the rain still persists in the area, especially here in the areas of Region 4

03:49and Bataan and Zambales.

03:52So we will have a full accounting by around 12 p.m.,

03:56and I think tomorrow the relief efforts will go on full blast.

04:00That's good to hear, Secretary.

04:01What is the government's main intervention now as we deal with this typhoon, Secretary?

04:08Well, the main interventions are already in place.

04:12We have to commend the DSWG Secretary for preparing very well.

04:15The relief goods were prepositioned before the storm happened.

04:21The only hindering factor really were the high floodwaters,

04:24because that's why we couldn't get to them in a timely manner.

04:27However, this should serve as a lesson to all of us,

04:29to prepare our budgets for next year to have a readiness program.

04:34In this kind of situation where history has taught us lessons over and over again,

04:41we must be ready all the time,

04:42and we must have the physical capacities present even before the storm hits.

04:48So my department is looking into pouring a lot of resources into disaster prevention

04:55and mitigating efforts for the next year's series of storms.

05:02Good evening, Secretary Remulia.

05:04This is Princess.

05:04Assalamualaikum.

05:05We would like to know also, on the other hand,

05:08what specific instructions did President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. give you?

05:14He instructed me to get a full accounting of what is happening in all the local government units.

05:20Our field offices have been in touch.

05:22He also asked me to make sure that the intervention of the national government

05:27is put in a timely manner.

05:29We must commend the OCD.

05:31They've been doing a great job.

05:32Also, the DDWH, also the Department of Health.

05:36Everyone is working together as a team,

05:38and we have to commend all the secretaries for doing a great job.

05:41That's nice to hear, Secretary.

05:43Now, can we say that the government has also provided assistance

05:46to almost everyone who needs help?

05:49Everyone who needs help will get the help.

05:52Unfortunately, to say now that they have gotten it is an overstatement.

05:57As I said earlier, we are hampered by the high floodwaters,

06:01but we assure everyone that anyone who needs help will get the help,

06:06and everyone who deserves the help will surely get it.

06:10Thank you so much.

06:11Thank you so much for the update, DILG Secretary John Dick Remulia.

06:14Have a good evening.

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