Panayam kay Edgar Posadas, spokesperson, Office of Civil Defense (October 28, 2024)

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00:00One hundred and fifty towns and villages in the country are in a state of calamity because of Hurricane Christine.

00:06And for that, let's talk to the Office of Civil Defense Spokesperson, Director Edgar Posadas.

00:11Good morning and welcome to Balitang Hali.

00:14Good morning, Rafi. Good morning to all the viewers listening to you.

00:18Yes. In your assessment, which provinces were most affected by Hurricane Christine?

00:24What we're looking at here, based on our data,

00:30this is a region. This is the Calabarzon and this is the Region 5, sir.

00:39In Bicol, are there still areas that have not received assistance or have not been contacted and are still isolated?

00:48Yes. We coordinated with our regional director in Region 5 and there are still areas near the river basin of Bicol.

01:03These are the towns in Camarinasur. It's improving because the weather is getting better and the situation there is getting better.

01:21But our problem is not the goods that will be delivered there. It's actually how to get them there.

01:29So what we're doing now, sir, as the humanitarian group said, we are doing everything we can by land.

01:39We are securing, but most of them are heavy trucks that can enter.

01:46We have coordination with government agencies like the police and the local government to prioritize the humanitarian corridor,

02:00the entry of trucks that deliver food and other assistance.

02:08We have another meeting just for that, so that the trucks of the big oil companies under the... this is facilitated by the DOE,

02:28can pass through unhampered so that there won't be a shortage there and we can send the fuel there, sir.

02:39There are already 116 missing. There are three shops that are missing. As for the missing, what is the nature of this?

02:47Well sir, like here in the area of Calabarzon, we are still in the search, rescue and retrieval operation.

02:56We are trying to negotiate and we are removing the landslides little by little, sir.

03:08So that's it. The others may have been flooded, but until we find them, we will not know.

03:20So that is our goal now. Hopefully, we can see that we can bring their families back to life.

03:30So there are many here because of the landslides?

03:34Yes, landslides and flooding, sir.

03:36Will these numbers increase?

03:40What sir?

03:41Will these numbers increase?

03:44Well, this is our running total, Rafi. Meaning, we get this. There is no validation here. It's just reported.

03:53And then, coming from the regional offices, it's not encouraging. It's increasing.

04:01Now, again, there is no validation. There are already 116. There are 109 injuries and 39 missing.

04:10This was at 7 a.m. this morning, sir.

04:13How is the situation of the schools that are using evacuation centers?

04:18When will you use these again so that you can class in those places again?

04:23Well, there is, like earlier, just an example in the areas of Bicol, Verde. When I say okay, the time is good and they can go back to their homes.

04:38They will go back because the others will not go back. Then probably that will be the trigger there.

04:45Until that happens, because they will transition, Rafi, from retrieval to response to early recovery.

04:53Besides, there are many provinces and regions that are experiencing a state of calamity.

05:07So at least that will help in a way to mobilize their resorts.

05:14But going back to your question, Rafi, if they can go back to their homes, then we will free up the school buildings and classrooms so they can start classing again.

05:31But I think, Rafi, this will take a little bit of time because from what we can see from the scenario, if they can go back to their homes until now,

05:41maybe a few more days to a week or so for us to achieve this, to start classing again.

05:53How big is your concern for the upcoming storm, Leon? Although it's far from the most affected areas, but there are areas that were hit by Christine that may still be affected by this storm.

06:04Yes. As we have proven, if I'm not mistaken, we already have a tropical cyclone warning signal because of Leon.

06:20TCWF number one, this is in the north again, the areas that were hit by Christine and Leon.

06:33This is a big portion, Batanes, Cagayan, to include the island municipalities, Isabela, Ilocos Norte, Abra, Apayao, Calinga, a portion of Mountain Province,

06:47a portion of Ipugao, a portion of Quermino, Aurora, and here in Bicol, there is also Katanduhan.

06:55Yes. Because of these three weather disturbances, how are the resources of the government?

07:01God have mercy Rafi. I was checking on our own quick response fund for OCD so we can meet the needs of our regional offices that need to replenish.

07:15But as of now, they still have enough resources. In fact Rafi, they are using it to send their available resources,

07:25especially our regional offices that were not affected. They are borrowing and sending their resources.

07:36Anyway, our prepositioning is continuous, augmentation, procurement. This is already allowed by law, prepositioning of goods.

07:45That will also be replaced. In the meantime, we will send it as augmentation to the region that needs it, particularly to the Region 5 Rafi.

07:55Okay. Thank you very much for the time you shared in the news. We will continue to talk on this news.

08:01You have free access to us if you want to make a call about the assistance needed for relief operations. Thank you very much to you.

08:11Thank you very much Rafi Wildo. Thank you very much. Take care. Long live to you.

08:14This is the Office of Civil Defense Spokesperson, Director Edgar Posadas.

Panayam kay Edgar Posadas, spokesperson, Office of Civil Defense (October 28, 2024) | Balitanghali

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