Marcos visits flooded Tacloban, quake-hit GenSan

President Marcos visited Tacloban and General Santos cities yesterday to oversee the government's response to the floods that inundated parts of Eastern Visayas and the earthquake that hit Mindanao.

- By ALEXIS ROMERO

 

Marcos directed state agencies to fast-track the giving of relief to Northern and Eastern Samar residents affected by floods caused by the low-pressure area (LPA) and shear line.

He also assured earthquake victims in Mindanao that the government would provide them all the assistance they need to recover from the disaster.

The President's visits to Tacloban and General Santos were his first public engagements since arriving from his week-long visit to the US, where he attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and met with Filipino communities in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hawaii.

Marcos was supposed to land in Catarman town yesterday morning, but the bad weather prevented him from visiting the Northern Samar capital. He presided over a situational briefing with Samar officials in Tacloban City via Zoom.

During the briefing, he instructed the public works department to ensure that all roads are passable so that the government could distribute relief goods faster.