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Over 73,000 disaster-hit families receive aid from OVP
The Philippine Star
|December 02, 2025
Despite operating under a significantly reduced budget, more than 73,000 families affected by major disasters received assistance from its disaster relief operations, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) reported yesterday.
In its year-end report, the OVP said it was able to extend aid to 73,054 families, with 9,129 of them receiving donated relief goods.
Vice President Sara Duterte said the OVP’s rapid response efforts included the distribution of 2,514 bags of 25-kilo rice to communities hit by the magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Cebu and the Mt. Kanlaon eruption.
For 2025, the OVP received a budget of P733 million, which is P1.29 billion lower than its P2.037-billion proposal.
This story is from the December 02, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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