Disaster relief ops straining AFP resources

By Mario J. Mallari 10/13/2009 Weeks of search and rescue and continuing massive disaster relief operations in various parts of the country due to the successive onslaught of typhoons “Ondoy” and “Pepeng” have started to take their toll on the resources of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Military spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner, at a press briefing yesterday, described the ongoing disaster relief operations as “massive and expensive.” “It will be massive and expensive on the part of the AFP. These operations starting from Ondoy up to now are starting to take their toll on the resources of the AFP because of the massive usage of gasoline although we still have supply but a big…

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Disaster relief ops straining AFP resources

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