Manila
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday ordered the creation of an inter-agency task force to streamline the government’s response to regions. The area was ravaged by Typhoon Vamco which has left at least 53 dead. “I directed them to streamline, to speed up the rehabilitation efforts for those affected by the typhoon,” Duterte said in a televised public address amid efforts to rescue people stranded on rooftops in the northern Luzon provinces of Cagayan and Isabela. Already, Duterte said he ordered the dispatch of rescue teams from the military and the Philippine Coast Guard to the flooded region in the northern Philippines to help in the ongoing search and rescue efforts. “They will be working round-the-clock, meaning non-stop,” he added.—Xinhua
