Cebu among areas getting US aid

CEBU – Washington said it is providing - through the U.S. Agency for International Development – additional P17.5 million ($350,000) to support ecosystem and community recovery and this brings the total U.S. government aid for Typhoon Odette relief and recovery efforts to nearly P1.1 billion ($21.54 million). 

OCD dispatches team to CARAGA

PAGADIAN CITY – A team from the Western Mindanao Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has deployed a team of experts to the CARAGA region which was devastated by Super Typhoon Odette (Rai) to help assess the damage left behind by the calamity, especially in Surigao del Norte province and Dinagat Islands and formulate the rehabilitation and recovery programs.