By PNA and U.S. News Agency / Asian

The Cebu City Government will allocate P5 million as financial aid to the families displaced by the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck Tayasan town in Negros Oriental last Monday.

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said the city is ready to help the victims in Negros Oriental, and will charge the amount to its calamity funds.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 7 has also shipped relief goods that include food packs, mats, blankets, mosquito nets, tents and slippers, which will be given to earthquake victims in the towns of Guihulngan, La Libertad, Bindoy and Tayasan.

As of Tuesday morning, the department recorded a total of 1,100 earthquake victims, with 15 confirmed deaths. Twenty-nine others are missing.

“As more reports are coming in, the DSWD is doubling its efforts to pack additional goods for the next round of shipment and relief distribution in the other affected municipalities in Negros Oriental,” DSWD 7 said.

Social workers have conducted defusing sessions for survivors in the different evacuation centers in the province.

“We are now keeping in touch with all our local counterparts in Negros Oriental to generate updates for provision of augmentation support especially along relief works,” said DSWD 7 Director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre.

The agency set up a donation desk in its office on M.J. Cuenco Ave. in Cebu City.