Burial, cash aid to quake victims set

The Department of Social Welfare and Development will provide burial assistance as well as a P10,000 cash aid to families of victims of Tuesday’s magnitude 6.9 earthquake.

- By JOSE RODEL CLAPANO

“The DSWD’s Field Office Central Visayas is now counting the number of casualties and their location. Our social workers will also talk to the concerned families to inform them that the DSWD will shoulder the burial expenses of their loved ones,” DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said in a statement.

The death toll from the powerful quake that rocked Central Visayas continues to rise, along with the number of injured and missing individuals based on reports by Cebu’s Provincial Disaster Response and Risk Reduction Management Office.

Cebu has been placed under a state of calamity to give the provincial government the ability to respond quickly and mobilize resources.