DSWD food packs will be sent to Bacolod City by the PAF

PH | DSWD food packs will be sent to Bacolod City by the PAF | MANILA – A high-ranking official from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Thursday that the Philippine Air Force (PAF) in Central Visayas has agreed to help move food packs to flood-damaged areas in Negros Occidental.

The head of the Disaster Response and Management Group (DRMG), DSWD Assistant Secretary Marlong Alagao, said that PAF helicopters from the Mactan Air Base will take 20,000 family food packs (FFPs) from the Visayas Disaster Resource Center in Cebu City to the Bacolod-Silay International Airport.

“A request has been made to the Visayas Air Command for a fixed-wing aircraft, specifically a C-130 cargo plane, to help move the prepositioned FFPs at the Mactan Air Base more quickly,” Asec Alagao said, adding that they are still waiting for the go signal from the PAF.

It will take three days to get the 20,000 FFPs from the Mactan Air Base to the Bacolod-Silay International Airport in Negros Occidental.

Once the moving is done, all of the food packs will be sent to the DSWD regional warehouse in Bacolod City. From there, they will be sent right away to the flood-affected areas, such as Bago, La Carlota, Pontevedra, Pulupandan, San Enrique, and Valladolid. (via PNA)