As of December 07, 2014, 3:00 AM

MALATE, Manila— The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) IV- MiMaRoPa has already prepositioned more than 5,000 family food packs containing canned goods,  noodles and more than  900 cavans of  rice at the regional office to be delivered  in areas that may be hit by typhoon Ruby.

The Department also provided advanced stockpile for Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan provinces totaling to 31,496 food packs.

As of this writing, 143 evacuation centers across the region were activated catering 1,862 families with 8,510 individuals.

The Department is now ensuring the safety of families in  evacuation centers and enough supplies of food in coordination with the local government units.

Typhoon Ruby is expected to make land fall in MiMaRoPa areas on Monday according to PAGASA.###