Metro Manila, isinailalim na sa State of Calamity;

Metro Manila, isinailalim na sa State of Calamity; PBBM, tiniyak ang tulong mula sa gobyerno para sa mga apektado ng Bagyong #CarinaPH at habagat

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00:00And because of the widespread flooding and heavy rain that is happening in Calacang, Manila,

00:06the Metro Manila Council has declared the State of Calamity in the National Capital Region.

00:12President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has promised that he will bring assistance to the affected individuals.

00:19This is what Patrick De Jesus has to say.

00:24The entire Metro Manila is now under the State of Calamity

00:28because of the continuous flooding and heavy rain that is also causing strong winds.

00:34Under the help of the Metro Manila Council,

00:38the Mayor of Metro Manila agreed to declare the State of Calamity

00:44based on the recommendation of DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos.

00:50Because of this, local governments will be able to access their Calamity Funds

00:55in order to provide assistance to their affected residents.

01:00They also have the power to implement a price freeze on basic commodities.

01:05It is very important because as you saw in the reports earlier,

01:1260-70-80% of the water in the city is too big,

01:15and it is not too fast.

01:17That is what is important here in the State of Calamity.

01:20There are also other places where the State of Calamity was implemented because of the flood and heavy rain.

01:25In Amalayan, Correta de Noro, Capacan, Cotabato, Iquit, Cotabato,

01:30Carangay, Cotuan, Abansantos, Davao, Occidental.

01:35President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the situational briefing earlier this morning in NDRRMC.

01:43He ordered various government agencies to take action.

01:48The total amount of assistance to affected residents reached P29 million.

01:55There is also P2.6 million in standby and stockpile funds from DSWD.

02:02The distribution of stockpile funds should be adjusted.

02:08We can see the trend where the areas that are being hit hardest are.

02:16So as much as possible, we start repositioning there already as a response to the need.

02:26So that we won't have a hard time.

02:29The President insisted that the government should provide assistance to all affected by the flood.

02:38Our response has been good so far.

02:41I just told them to focus on the areas that have not been hit yet.

02:52That will be the next priority of DSWD and of course Public Works.

03:02If the roads are landslides, the LGU should help them to clear the roads.

03:10Because of different weather systems, since the Bukchoy earthquake,

03:14more than 180,000 families were affected by the flood.

03:19Patrick De Jesus for Pambansan TV in Bagong, Philippines.