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Relief Goods Free Transportation Act
« on: November 20, 2019, 02:23:44 PM »
MANILA -- The House of Representatives approved on Tuesday on second reading the proposed Relief Goods Free Transportation Act that seeks to facilitate the quick delivery of relief goods and donations to calamity-stricken areas.

HB 5070 aims to bring immediate relief to victims of natural or man-made disasters when government resources are not available or are insufficient to address the needs of the emergency.

It mandates the Logistics Cluster of the Office of Civil Defense, in coordination with the Philippine Postal Corporation (PPC) and all freight companies, common carriers, private carriers, freight forwarders, other companies providing logistic services in the Philippines to provide free freight services to duly registered relief organizations in the transportation of emergency relief goods and donated articles to areas declared to be in a state of calamity.

These common carriers, freight forwarders and other entities are mandated to deliver goods and services free of charge to areas where they operate.

If the calamity-hit area is not accessible, the relief goods shall be delivered to the nearest local government unit and shall be consigned to the concerned local chief executive.

HB 5070 also mandates that certain shipping auxiliary cost, such as those for arrastre services, pilotage and other port charges that are routinely passed on to customers shall be borne by the concerned arrastre, pilotage and port authorities, provided, that container van costs, turnaround time and volume of cargo being shipped for free shall be considered to minimize the loss of profits of the private sector.

The measure also directs the Law and Order Cluster of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Council to provide security and traffic management assistance to facilitate the speedy movement of people, goods and equipment to the affected population and responding agencies. (PNA)

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