Manila, June 6 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prepositioned three million boxes of family food packs (FFPs) in 938 warehouses across the country as it braces for incoming storms with the onset of the rainy season.

DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said this is in line with the directives of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to ensure the well-being of Filipinos living in regions prone to storms and flooding.

"Utos ng Pangulo na siguraduhin ang kaligtasan at kapanatagan ng mga Pilipinong madalas maapektuhan ng mga bagyo at iba pang kalamidad. Ipinapatupad ng DSWD ang Buong Bansa Handa (BBH) kaya may three million tayong stockpile ng FFPs para sa mabilis at episyenteng disaster response operations (The Presiden...