Manila, Aug. 21 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) delivered relief supplies and cash aid to 583 evacuee families in two evacuation centers amid the ongoing effects of widespread flooding brought by the enhanced southwest monsoon and tropical cyclones Luis and Maymay.

DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian, alongside Undersecretary Diana Rose Cajipe, Calumpit Mayor Lem Faustino, and Vice Mayor Zacarias Candelaria, led the aid distribution on Thursday.

The recipients included 228 families at the San Marcos Evacuation Center and 355 families in Barangay Pio Cruzcosa. The distributed aid consisted of 335 food packs, as well as Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) and financial assistance amounting to PHP10,000 per qualified family ...