Manila, Oct. 24 -- After staying for more than a week in evacuation centers while enduring aftershocks, some 86 families from Tarragona, Davao Oriental were allowed to return to their homes following clearance from authorities.

In a statement on Friday, Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD's Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) reported that the agency, through its Field Office 11 (Davao Region), has extended assistance to the 'balik-bahay' families on Oct. 22 during a send-off ceremony.

"Natutuwa po ang DSWD na nakakuha na ng clearance para bumalik na ang ating mga evacuees mula sa Tarragona sa kani-kanilang mga tahanan. Pinabaunan po ng DSWD ang mga naapektuhang pamilya ng family food packs (FFPs), ready-to-eat- food (R...