Navy units are in the thick of the campaign to rehabilitate
"Ferdie"-ravaged Batanes Island .
This includes troops from the 92nd Marine Company, a unit of
the Marine Security and Escort Group, Naval Forces Northern Luzon (NFNL) public
affairs office chief Lt. (JG) Burns Sabado said in a message to the Philippines
News Agency on Thursday.
The 92nd Marine Company is now deployed in Basco, Batanes
and helping in the ongoing humanitarian assistance and disaster response
operations being conducted, he added.
As the naval component of Northern Luzon Command, NFNL was
appointed to lead the Joint Task Force Batanes which will monitor and take
charge of the relief efforts being conducted by NOLCOM, Sabado disclosed.
Joint Task Force Batanes is commanded by NFNL deputy
commander Capt. Nichols A. Driz.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
(NDRRMC) earlier announced that is now focusing to early recovery operations
for Batanes Island
"There is now an ongoing coordination with the Regional
DRRM (Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council) for the formation of a Post
Disaster Needs Analysis Team to be deployed in Batanes," NDRRMC executive
director Ricardo Jalad said.
Also, a Psycho-social Stress Debriefing Team had left for
Batanes Tuesday to help assist typhoon victims traumatized by typhoon
"Ferdie".
Jalad also said restoration of toppled power and
communication lines are now ongoing.
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