FLIGHTS to and fro in Eastern Visayas have been cancelled Tuesday, December 24, as the region is placed in signal number 2 following severe tropical storm “Ursula” which is expected to make landfall over Eastern Samar Tuesday afternoon or Christmas eve.
List of cancelled flights are:
Cebu Pacific
5J 659 Manila-Tacloban, Estimated Time of Departure (ETD) 11:45 a.m.
5J 660 Tacloban-Manila, ETD 2:00 p.m.
5J 653 Manila-Tacloban, ETD 4:05 p.m.
5J 654 Tacloban-Manila, ETD 6:15 p.m.
5J 657 Manila-Tacloban, Estimated Time of Departure (ETD) 6:15 p.m.
5J 658 Tacloban-Manila, ETD 8:25 p.m.
DG 6577 Cebu-Tacloban, ETD 4:10 p.m.
DG 6578 Tacloban-Cebu, ETD 5:30 p.m.
Philippine Airlines
PR 2987 Manila - Tacloban
PR 2988 Tacloban - Manila
PR 2671 Clark - Calbayog
PR 2672 Calbayog - Clark
PR 2234 Cebu – Tacloban ETD 2:00 p.m.
PR 2235 Tacloban – Cebu ETD 3:20 p.m.
PR 2238 Cebu – Tacloban ETD 5:30 p.m.
PR 2239 Tacloban – Cebu ETD 6:45 p.m.
PR 2382 Cebu - Siargao
PR 2383 Siargao - Cebu
PR 2927 Cebu – Legazpi ETD 4:50 p.m.
PR 2928 Legazpi – Cebu ETD 6:20 p.m.
Air Asia
Z2 327 Manila-Tacloban
Z2 328 Tacloban-Manila
Z2 329 Manila-Tacloban
Z2 330 Tacloban-Manila
Meanwhile, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the region they “stand ready for any disasters.”
As of today Monday, December 23, DSWD has a stockpile of 6,416 family food packs, 563 sacks of National Food Authority (NFA) rice (50 kg each), 5,557 cans of beef loaf, 4,053 cans of corned beef, 144,644 sachets of coffee, 2,000 blankets and 6,029 malongs.
“All of these relief items are at DSWD’s Regional Resource Operations Section in Tacloban City and are ready to be distributed once the local government units request for augmentation,” the department said.
“DSWD staff are also alert and are prepared to render Quick Response Team duty when the need arises,” it added.
In a statement, the department said they have a standby fund of P1,477,735 which can be used to purchase additional relief items when necessary. (SunStar Philippines)