Manila, Sept. 17 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DSWD-CAR) has extended financial and psychosocial assistance to families and survivors of a vehicular accident in Bontoc, Mountain Province, that killed six people, including a 5-month-old baby.

DSWD-Mountain Province said in a social media post Wednesday that it provided PHP30,000 in cash assistance to three bereaved families and PHP5,000 in food assistance to each of 14 victims who remain hospitalized for treatment.

DSWD personnel in Mountain Province are also providing psychological first aid to the victims and their families.

The agency said it is gathering additional information to determine other forms of assistance that ...