‘Happy ending’ at DSWD

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CONSENSUS FOUND. Representatives from DSWD and Barug Katawhan present the joint agreement that also signified the end of the occupation outside the DSWD regional office in Davao. All photos by Karlos Manlupig
Representatives of a typhoon survivors movement and the Department of Social Welfare and Development met behind closed doors to find a solution to relief distribution in Mindanao on February 27. Following two tense days and more than 3 hours of discussions, DSWD Assistant Secretary Camilo Gudmalin said the government and Barug Katawhan agreed on 7 points of implementation, including the continuation of relief operations till June 2013, hastened validation of relief supplies needed for areas that have not received or have received inadequate aid, and no reprisals for the tensions between Barug Katawhan, the local police and DSWD. Thousands of protesters earlier ransacked the local DSWD office to get relief goods stored there.


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