KONSULADO PANLAHAT NG PILIPINAS CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE Tel. No. (312) 332-6458 30 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 2100 Fax No. (312) 332-3657 CHICAGO Chicago, Illinois 60602

PRESS RELEASE No. 10-09

DONATIONS TO VICTIMS OF TYPHOON ONDOY

The Philippine Consulate General in Chicago would like to inform the public and concerned Overseas Filipinos in the Midwest that the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in issued on Sunday (27 September) a circular to Philippine embassies and consulates general on the mechanics of processing of donations from foreign sources, per the guidelines of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), specifically Administrative Order No. 53, series of 2003 (Omnibus Guidelines in the Management and Processing of Donations) (http://www.dswd.gov.ph/images/articles/AO53.pdf).

For the information of the public, the following are the bank accounts to which voluntary cash donations for Typhoon Ondoy victims may be remitted:

A. National Disaster Coordinating Center (NDCC)

NDCC Donated Funds Current Account (Philippine Peso) #0-00149-435-3 (Swift Code: DBPHPHMM Account #36002016) Development Bank of the Philippines Camp General Branch Camp Aguinaldo, Philippines

NDCC updates can be accessed via www.ndcc.gov.ph

B. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Contact Persons: Imee Rose Castillo / Rey Martija Tel. Nos.: (632) 931-8101 loc. 506 & 507 / (632) 9517119

U.S. Dollar Philippine Peso DSWD Foreign Donations DSWD Donation Account No. 3124-0055-81 Account No. 3122-1011-84 ZIP Address: TLBPPHMMXXX LBP Batasan Branch LBP Batasan Branch Constitution Hills, Quezon City Constitution Hills, Quezon City

C. Philippine National Red Cross

For donations to be acknowledged, please fax bank transaction slips to (632) 525-5654 or (632) 404-0979 with donor’s name, address and contact numbers.

Guidelines for on-line donations may be accessed via www.redcross.org.ph

U.S. Dollar Philippine Peso The Philippine National Red Cross The Philippine National Red Cross Account No. 151-2-151-00218-2 Account No. 151-3-041-63122-8- Swift Code: MBTC PH MM MBTC Metrobank Port Area Branch Metrobank Port Area Branch Anda Circle, Port Area Manila Anda Circle, Port Area, Manila

The Philippine National Red Cross The Philippine National Red Cross Account No. 81140030-94 Account No. 4991-0010-99 Swift Code: BOPIPHMM BPI United Nations Branch BPI United Nations Branch , Manila Ermita, Manila

Other queries and donations may referred to the following agencies:

A. NDCC (Relief Goods/Rehabilitation Equipment)

Maj. General Glenn J. Rabonza NDCC Administrator Attn: Engr. Florentino Sison Deputy Chief, Operations Division Tel. Nos.: (632) 912-5979 / (632) 912-2665 Fax Nos.: (632) 911-1873, 911-1406, 912-5668, 912-0984

B. Department of Health (Medicines and/or Medical and Humanitarian Missions)

Dr. Virginia Ala Chief, Bureau of International Health Cooperation Department of Health Attn: Ms. Noni Balbino Chief, Technical Division Tel. No.: (632) 781-2843 Fax No. (632) 781-8843

C. DSWD (Relief Goods)

DSWD Donation Drop Off Points Area National Resource Operations Center Chapel Road, Pasay City Attn: Mrs. Francia Fabian Tel. Nos. (632) 852-8081 / (63918) 930-2356 Quezon City Area Disaster Resource Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) Information Center (DROMIC) DSWD Central Office Attn: Rey Martija or Imee Rose Castillo Tel. No.: (632) 951-7119 / 951-7435

or Assistant Secretary Vilma Cabrera Tel. No.: (63918) 934-5625 Manila Area DSWD-NCR San Rafael corner Legarda St. Quiapo, Manila Attn: Director Delia Bawan Tel. No.: (632) 734-8622 / 734-8642

For other inquiries on donation to the victims of Typhoon Ondoy, the interested and concerned parties/donors may contact the Consulate (Attn: Deputy Consul General Orontes V. Castro) at tel. no. (312) 332-6458 ext. 15; fax no. (312) 332-3657; or through the Consulate’s e-mail address at [email protected] or visit the following other website addresses: www.dswd,gov.ph or www.ndcc.gov.ph.

Chicago, 28 September 2009