The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), with the assistance of other government agencies, airlifts 300 family food packs (FFPs) to the island province of Batanes on Saturday (July 22) via Philippine Air Force (PAF) C295 aircraft.
This is part of the Department’s disaster preparedness efforts for Tropical Storm Egay.
Assisting the DSWD were the Social Welfare and Development (SWAD); Provincial Social Welfare and Development (PSWD); Philippine National Police (PNP); Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP); Philippine Marine Corps (PMC); PAF; and the personnel and staff of the Provincial Government of Batanes.