The National Housing Authority has turned over PHP27.5 million to the provincial government of Negros Oriental as initial assistance for people who lost their homes during the onslaught of Typhoon Odette.
Linemen in Cebu province will receive a financial incentive after helping the restoration of electricity that was affected by Typhoon Odette in the entire Cebu province.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development reported that there are over 80,000 individuals who are still staying in various evacuation centers in Iloilo and Negros Occidental as of Jan. 3, 2022.
Senior Citizen Party-list urged local government units to allow walk-in vax for senior citizens, persons with disabilities and immunocompromised individuals since there are still over a million seniors who have not yet received any vaccine.
San Miguel Corporation has extended its coastal clean-up drive to in Batangas, even as it prepares to start cleaning up the heavily-polluted Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando river system in Bulacan.
The presidential yacht has been transformed into a floating hospital, has served patients from isolated areas in the Dinagat Islands, one of the provinces devastated by Typhoon Odette in December.