“The Party urges the Filipino people and international humanitarian agencies to unite and extend all possible help to address the welfare of the people. It urges all democratic sectors to establish Serve the People brigades to help collect and distribute relief assistance,” the CPP said. The CPP said the broad masses of workers, peasants, minority people, fisherfolk and other basic sectors suffer the most from the damage wrought by Typhoon Ompong. “There is urgent need to mobilize them to carry out collective effort from the devastation and facilitate the entry and equitable distribution of all financial and material assistance,” the CPP said. “Their clamor for wage increases, land distribution, cancellation of debt, agricultural subsidies, free irrigation and livelihood assistance and economic relief demand immediate attention and resolution,” the CPP said.

Source: Philippine Star September 16, 2018 15:33 UTC