CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City--The Armed Forces of the Philippines transported onboard a PAF C-130 aircraft 850 boxes or 7,395 kilos of family food packs to Batanes on May 25 in preparation for the possible impact of Super Typhoon Betty to the province.
The relief goods were provided by the DSWD and were loaded at the Tuguegarao Airport with help from the DSWF Regional Office 2, OCD Region 2, the NDRRMC, Philippine Coastguard, Philippine National Police, and personnel of the Tactical Operations Group 2.
The AFP earlier alerted all search, rescue, and retrieval units for humanitarian assistance and disaster response operations in areas expected to be affected by the typhoon.
A total of 7,970 personnel, 4,242 CAFGU Active Auxiliary members, and 180 reservists are alerted as first responders. 2,518 land transportation assets, 20 air assets, and 265 water assets shall be deployed for the HADR operations to take part in efforts to help minimize casualties. ///
