Following are updates on the effects of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Bohol, Cebu and other provinces as of 25 October 2013. The death toll has risen to 201 according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). Injured people were tallied at 720 for Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, Negros Oriental and Iloilo, while 10 are still missing in Bohol. The NDRRMC said a total of 3,158,869 persons were affected in 1,494 barangays in 59 municipalities and 6 cities in 6 provinces of Regions VI and VII.
Total cost of assistance provided by DSWD, DOH, LGUs, and NGOs to Regions VI and VII is at PHP33,859,189.17. Bohol and Cebu were declared under the State of Calamity.
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center (NDRRMC)
Account name: NDRRMC Donated Funds
Account Numbers: 0435-021927-030 (Peso Account); 0435-021927-530 (Dollar
Account); Swift Code: DBPHPHMM Account #36002016
Address: Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), Camp Aguinaldo Branch, PVAO
Compound, Camp Aguinaldo Quezon City, Philippines 1110
Contact Person: Ms. Rufina A Pascual, Collecting Officer NDRRMC, Office of Civil
Defense, Camp Aguinaldo, Q.C.
Contact Nos. (632) 421-1920; 911-5061 up to 65 local 116
Email: accounting@ocd.gov.ph; website: www.ndrrmc.gov.ph
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Account No. 3124-0055-81
Bank branch address: Land Bank of the Philippines, Batasan, Quezon City Philippines
Contact Person: Ms. Fe Catalina Ea, Cash Division
Contact Nos. (632) 931-8101 local226; cell phone (632) 918-628-1897
Website: www.dswd.gov.ph
Philippine Red Cross (PRC)
Tel. (632) 527-0000
Bank accounts for Donations:
Banco De Oro
Peso: 00-453-0018647
Dollar: 10-453-0039482; Swift Code: BNORPHMM
Metrobank
Peso: 151-3-041631228
Dollar: 151-2-15100218-2; Swift Code: MBTCPHMM
Philippine National Bank
Peso: 3752 8350 0034
Dollar: 3752 8350 0042; Swift Code: PNBMPHMM
Unionbank of the Philippines
Peso: 1015 4000 0201
Dollar: 1315 4000 0090; Swift Code: UBPHPHMM
Monetary donations are the most flexible and would therefore be appreciated by NDRRMC, Philippine Red Cross or DSWD.
Per PRC website, "For your donations to be properly acknowledged, please fax the bank transaction slip at PRC nos. +63.2.527.0575 or +63.2.404.0979 with your name, address and contact number."