Angara directs rapid disaster response for quake-hit Mindanao schools

MANILA, Philippines — Education Secretary Sonny Angara has directed a comprehensive disaster response for 267 schools heavily affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Mindanao, deploying emergency classrooms, learning packets, and clean-up operations to the affected areas.

In response to this crisis, Secretary Angara emphasized that while resource deployment is fast-tracked, the immediate safety and ...