The Philippine government has prepared donation items that will be sent to quake-hit Syria, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Monday.
At a press conference, OCD spokesperson Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said there will be no “team” that will be sent to Syria.
“One is to prepare 'yung similar donated items like blankets. So wala pong team for Syria,” he said at a press conference. The Syrian government earlier made an appeal to the Philippine government for assistance following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck the country and Turkey. The OCD According to Alejandro, they are still waiting for the official announcement from the Palace and the Department of Foreign Affairs about the matter.
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