Manila, Oct. 7 -- On behalf of the Cebuanos and local government executives of the Northern part of the province, Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro on Tuesday expressed her gratitude to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian for the government's speedy delivery of relief assistance to families hardest hit by the Sept. 30 earthquake.

"First and foremost, I would like to thank President Marcos Jr. for the tremendous help that he's been extending to us and also to our national agencies. From the very start, right after the earthquake tinawagan ko agad ang (I immediately called the) Office of the President, national agencies, especially Sec. Gatchalian. They were th...