Soliman admits to Yolanda relief lapses

Secretary Corazon Soliman said she would rather work harder in the massive rehabilitation effort, while she admitted that her Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at fault for 7,527 food packs that got spoiled in transit from Cebu to Tacloban. In a press conference on Monday, September 15, Soliman acknowledged that the packs, which cost P2.78 million ($62,775), got wet because the goods were not properly covered on the barge, which also got delayed in the docking. The social welfare secretary took responsibility, but also appealed to the public to consider the bigger picture. “These 7,000 food packs comprise 0.17% of the 4 million that we have given out,” she said.

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