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@gleefjalea @_alyssarola DILG Secretary Eduardo Año on #UlyssesPH rescue efforts: Sa ngayon, we will give preference sa mga mamamayan kung ayaw nilang umalis, kasi mas comfortable sila sa kanilang lugar. We will just make ways kung paano sila mabigyan ng pagkain.

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola DILG: During typhoons there must be someone managing the opening of the dams in order to control the flow of water that would affect the LGUs and induce flooding.

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola Roque says narrowing of Cagayan River, deforestation also contributing to heavy flooding in the province.

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola DILG: Mas magandang ipun-ipon ang evacuees sa evacuation center para ma-manage ang pagpapakain natin. Pero in the next two days we expect na magsa-subside na ang tubig.

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola DA Secretary William Dar on rice supply after typhoons: Damage out of rice is equivalent to six days, pero meron tayong imbentaryo na 96 days. So we have 92 days na inventory sa rice, enough for the next three months or so, even beyond this year.

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola Cimatu on Magat Dam's discharge protocol: Hindi ko masyadong napag-aralan pa iyan, pero in the theoretical side, the water is coming from the 18 rivers, iyan ang initially na bumaba.

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola NDRRMC executive director Ricardo Jalad says they sent out advisories on the storm days before it affected the country, adds it was only the PNA who picked it up.

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola NDRRMC: Ang makikita mong advisories or PR ng NDRRMC...ay yung alert ang warning messages natin. Ang inaadvocate natin talaga is preemptive evacuation

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba: As far as rescue, talagang mahirap po because all our national roads from Tuguegarao hanggang Aparri underwater po 'yan.

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola Cagayan Governor: From Cordillera hanggang doon sa Sierra madre, tubig po lahat 'yan...It was really hard to go to them kaya we sought the help of Air Force, PNP, kaya ang dami po nating air assets ngayon dito.

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola Interior Secretary Eduardo Año: We will encourage the LGUs to include in their 2021 budget procurement of boats, especially LGUs na may low-lying areas at katabi ng mga major rivers basins natin.

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola DTI Usec. Ruth Castelo: Paalala lang po under the Price Act, automatic ang price freeze upon the declaration of state of calamity.

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola DTI on price freeze: Pwedeng ibaba ng retailers, pero hindi pwedeng umakyat yung presyo na mas mataas doon sa current market price nya or suggested retail price, effective for 60 days

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola Lahat po ba ng local chief executives (LCEs) sa Region 2 present during this calamity?

Año: For Region 2, we accounted all the LCEs except for one missing from Isabela, and we will let him explain.

@gleefjalea @_alyssarola Roque: Lahat po ng pangangailangan susubukan ibigay ng gobyerno. Magbabayanihan po tayo, we will heal as one, we will recover as one.