Agencies whose functions involve the delivery of basic and health services, preparedness/response to disasters and calamities, and/or the performance of other vital services, such as, but not limited to, the Department of Health, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Bureau of Fire Protection, and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, are hereby directed to provide stand-by emergency assistance near protest sites and areas of mass action.
The suspension of work in private companies and classes in private schools in affected areas is left to the sound discretion of their respective heads.
By authority of the President: (SGD.) MENARDO I. GUEVARRA Acting Executive Secretary |
Manila, September 19 2017