From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 23): PA's 701st Infantry Brigade aids 'Agaton'-displaced families in Davao Oriental
The Philippine Army's 701st Infantry Brigade, a field unit of the Nueva Ecija-based 7th Infantry Division, has distributed 3,500 sacks of relief goods to families displaced by tropical depression "Agaton" in Manay and Caraga towns, Davao Oriental.
The relief items consisted of medicines, food and clothing, according to a report from Capt. Mark Anthony Ruelos, 7th Infantry Division spokesperson, Thursday.
Ruelos said that 701st Infantry Brigade commander Col. Benjamin Madrigalimmediately mobilized all the unit's assets shortly after the onslaught of the weather disturbance to help in the ongoing relief and rehabilitation missions.
“Agaton” was the first cyclone to enter the Philippine area of responsibility this year and batteredEastern Mindanao and its neighboring provinces.
It brought heavy rains that caused floods, landslides and millions of pesos worth of damage to agriculture and infrastructure facilities.
Several bridges were also destroyed and rendered impassable, paralyzing communications and causing delay in the distribution of relief goods.
As a result, personnel of the 701st Infantry Brigade, together with some volunteers from the provincial government, had to travel by foot or ride motorized boats just to reach the isolated towns to help people in need, Ruelos said.
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The Philippine Army's 701st Infantry Brigade, a field unit of the Nueva Ecija-based 7th Infantry Division, has distributed 3,500 sacks of relief goods to families displaced by tropical depression "Agaton" in Manay and Caraga towns, Davao Oriental.
The relief items consisted of medicines, food and clothing, according to a report from Capt. Mark Anthony Ruelos, 7th Infantry Division spokesperson, Thursday.
Ruelos said that 701st Infantry Brigade commander Col. Benjamin Madrigalimmediately mobilized all the unit's assets shortly after the onslaught of the weather disturbance to help in the ongoing relief and rehabilitation missions.
“Agaton” was the first cyclone to enter the Philippine area of responsibility this year and battered
It brought heavy rains that caused floods, landslides and millions of pesos worth of damage to agriculture and infrastructure facilities.
Several bridges were also destroyed and rendered impassable, paralyzing communications and causing delay in the distribution of relief goods.
As a result, personnel of the 701st Infantry Brigade, together with some volunteers from the provincial government, had to travel by foot or ride motorized boats just to reach the isolated towns to help people in need, Ruelos said.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=608525