The combined damage and losses brought by recent Typhoon Quinta and Supertyphoon Rolly have reached P4.5 billion, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced on Tuesday. Despite the reported damage and losses, DA Director for Operations Roy Abaya, in a virtual briefing, assured the public of enough food supplies to cover the demand until the end of the year. Of the affected farmers and fisherfolk, he said 47,864 were affected by Quinta while the 30,094, by Rolly. The DA official said Quinta damaged worth P2.5 billion of commodities, while Rolly recorded P1.9 billion as of the said date.

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