Manila, Oct. 6 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has sent more than 203,000 family food packs (FFPS) as the agency's "first wave" of augmentation support to 12 local government units (LGUs) hit by the 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Cebu.

"As of Sunday, we have released 203,708 as initial aid to the LGUs affected by the earthquake. In just 5 days, our Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC) has produced and dispatched food packs to immediately respond to the needs of our affected communities," Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) said in a statement on Monday.

Recipients of the food packs were the LGUs of Daanbantayan (37,000), Bogo City (26,000), Medellin (25,000), San R...