Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Office 6 director Ma. Evelyn B. Macapobre on Friday told Senate Pres. Franklin M. Drilon that there are no available sardines that can be bought from traders in Iloilo except for the 750 boxes remaining in their warehouse.

In Friday's briefing here, Macapobre said this is why she and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Regional director Dominic Abad met with retailers in the city, which is the center of trade and commerce for Western Visayas, to ask if they still have stocks that could be bought for the relief operations.

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