The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Luzon has provided fishermen in the province with PHP 3 million worth of livelihood assistance.
The Bicol University Convention and Disaster Risk Reduction and Response Facility is expected to become a safe shelter for around 7,000 evacuees in times of calamity.
Financial assistance was handed to over 1,000 rice farmers in Ilocos Norte as part of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund of the Department of Agriculture.