Manila, July 18 -- Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday assured that all of the agency's field offices (FOs) across the country are prepared for a synchronized disaster response amid Tropical Storm Crising and the southwest monsoon or (habagat).

"Kasi yung Bagyong Crising, yung hilaga ang tatamaan pero yung habagat nasa west side ng Pilipinas. So, importante na sabay sabay 'yung pag-responde ng ating field offices (Crising is affecting the north while the habagat is in the west side of the Philippines. So, it is important to have a synchronized response among our field offices)," Gatchalian told reporters shortly before the site visit of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at the National R...