A lawmaker on Tuesday stressed the need to build permanent evacuation centers with priority given to calamity-prone areas in light of Typhoon Odette’s onslaught in the Visayas and Mindanao.
DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones led DepEd employees as she urged education workers in all regional and division offices nationwide to apply for the national ID.
President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to look for another PHP2 billion on top of the initial PHP2 billion he earlier committed for provinces ravaged by Typhoon Odette.