US gives $8.5-M food aid to RP

MANILA, Philippines—The United States on Monday announced it was giving $8.5 million (about P399 million) in food aid to the Philippines to help it recover from back-to-back storms that killed more than 900 people. US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, calling on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, said the aid, consisting of 7,000 metric tons of rice and 680MT of dry milk, could feed nearly half a million people for two months, officials said. The food aid ‘will help the people in most need of assistance, and as a longstanding friend and partner of…

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US gives $8.5-M food aid to RP

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