US embassy donates $50K for immediate 'Ondoy' relief
09/26/2009 | 07:19 PM
United States Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney has offered to give $50,000 (roughly P2.3 million) as immediate disaster relief assistance for the damage brought by tropical storm 'Ondoy' in the country.
In a statement sent to media Saturday evening, Kenney informed Philippine National Red Cross chair Sen. Richard Gordon that the said funds will be coursed through the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
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"The damage this storm has caused is heartbreaking," US Embassy spokesperson Rebecca Thompson said in the statement.
According to Thompson, embassy officials are in touch with officials of the National Disaster Coordinating Council to determine what other aid the US may offer.
NDCC chair Gilberto Teodoro Jr. has declared a state of calamity in 25 provinces in Luzon and Metro Manila.
Teodoro said local governments in places under a state of calamity are allowed to mobilize resources needed for rescue, evacuation and relief operations.
The provinces are Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Quezon, Isabela, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Mindoro Oriental, Mindoro Occidental, Marinduque, Camarines Norte, and Bataan.
According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), the heavy downpours spawned by typhoon "Ondoy" in a span of six hours on Saturday resulted in the highest recorded rainfall in 42 years. - Joseph Holandes Ubalde, GMANews.Tv
In a statement sent to media Saturday evening, Kenney informed Philippine National Red Cross chair Sen. Richard Gordon that the said funds will be coursed through the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
These are the hotlines that our citizenry can call for disaster emergency situations, especially urgent rescue and relief needs.
National Disaster Coordinating Committee
911-1406
911-1873
911-1906
911-5061
912-0984
912-2665
912-3046
912-5296
912-5668
Help hotlines:
734-2118
734-2120
According to Thompson, embassy officials are in touch with officials of the National Disaster Coordinating Council to determine what other aid the US may offer.
NDCC chair Gilberto Teodoro Jr. has declared a state of calamity in 25 provinces in Luzon and Metro Manila.
Teodoro said local governments in places under a state of calamity are allowed to mobilize resources needed for rescue, evacuation and relief operations.
The provinces are Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Quezon, Isabela, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Mindoro Oriental, Mindoro Occidental, Marinduque, Camarines Norte, and Bataan.
According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), the heavy downpours spawned by typhoon "Ondoy" in a span of six hours on Saturday resulted in the highest recorded rainfall in 42 years. - Joseph Holandes Ubalde, GMANews.Tv
