Butuan City – Regional Director Minda B. Brigoli of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga, together with some staff, visited this morning the municipalities of Esperanza, Talacogon and San Francisco in Agusan del Sur which were hardly hit by the tropical depression Agaton.

She personally talked with Municipal Mayor Deo Manpatilan, Jr. of Esperanza as the whole barangay Poblacion is submerged in water. Dir. Brigoli immediately ordered the regional office to release P 805, 950.00 which includes 3,000 family packs to the afflicted victims of the said province and directed the DSWD field workers to help the operations in the Local Government Units (LGUs).

Likewise, she monitored the operations and looked out the situation of the flood victims in the evacuation centers.

Regional Director Minda B. Brigoli is in full force with the team to continue monitor and report the situation on 24-hour basis. ### Social Marketing Unit/Maria Cecilia N. Sosas