Manila, June 11 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed about 2,078 family food packs (FFPs) to truckers and porters stranded by the 3-ton load limit at the San Juanico Bridge, which connects Luzon and Mindanao.

Aside from FFPs, the department also distributed 443 bottles of water (6.6 liters each) and PHP14,000 worth of financial assistance under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations.

"In total, more than PHP1.2 million worth of the said food and non-food items and AICS were distributed to those stranded in Leyte and Samar, most of whom came from other regions," the DSWD said in a statement on Wednesday.

The department's disaster response management division also remains on standby at de...