MANILA, Nov. 24 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prepositioned more than 1 million boxes of family food packs (FFPs) to areas that may be affected by Tropical Depression Verbena.

In a statement, Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD's Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) said the DSWD has 1,058,580 FFPs prepositioned across the country, while repacking operations continue at the Luzon Disaster Resource Center (LDRC) in Pasay City and at the Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC) in Mandaue City to replenish stocks distributed during the past storms.

The DSWD spokesperson said the agency's field offices in Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao, and Caraga are coordina...