Manila, Oct. 22 -- The Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday assured the public of its readiness to deliver aid to localities to be affected by the latest weather disturbance, Tropical Depression (TD) Salome.

According to Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD's DRMG, the department is prepared with close to two million boxes of family food packs (FFPs) prepositioned in its warehouses nationwide, ready to be tapped for timely relief operations.

"The DSWD, especially through the Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG), always sees to it that we are updated on the latest weather disturbance, its track, and areas that are at risk as it traverses our countr...