As part of disaster preparedness efforts, Malacañang has called on local government units (LGUs) to ensure that buildings comply with safety standards following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar that left over 1,600 people dead and four Filipinos unaccounted for. (Video courtesy of RTVM)
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00:00Q. Regarding Lindo in Myanmar and Thailand, concerned government agencies are taking steps
00:13to check on our fellow Filipinos in the two countries. Any directive straight from the
00:19President for assistance to our fellow Filipinos?
00:22A. Yes. There was an inter-agency meeting and the President and Secretary Gilberto Chedoro
00:28Jr. said that they will mobilize the resources so that we can help our fellow Filipinos immediately.
00:36Tomorrow is the tentative travel date for deployment of our troops. The grand total
00:44is 114 personnel that we will send tomorrow. That is the tentative date. It will come from
00:50agencies such as DOH, Urban Search and Rescue Team, Bureau of Fire Protection, Armed Forces
01:00of the Philippines, MMDA, and Apex Mining Corporation of First-Gen Energy Development.
01:10So that is our tentative date tomorrow so that the Philippines can help our fellow Filipinos
01:18and citizens here in the countries that are experiencing crisis due to the aforementioned
01:27Lindo.
01:28Q. Joseph, is the President here?
01:31A. Yes. That is the order of the President to our agencies to immediately help our fellow
01:39Filipinos.
01:40Q. How prepared is our government for this kind of disaster?
02:09A. Yes. We are prepared. We are ready to help our fellow Filipinos. We are ready to help
02:25our fellow Filipinos.
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