The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Office 6 has bought P2.5 million worth of rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) for stockpiling in anticipation of the worse effect of the La Niña phenomenon.
DSWD head for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Julian Ledesma said that of the amount, they have now more than 2,000 sacks of rice on stockpile at the NFA warehouse which they could draw anytime there is a need.
Pagasa (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) head Rafael Tapales, during the Western Visayas Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC) council meeting last week said that the weather condition now is on a transition towards La Niña phenomenon and its onset is expected within the next two months. (PNA) /MP
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