EU donates more than 1M euros for Ulysses victims

The European Union (EU) on Friday said it would make available more than 1 million euros (about P60 million) in humanitarian assistance for the victims of Typhoon “Ulysses” (international name: Vamco).

Arlynn Aquino, head of the EU’s humanitarian response office in the country, said the aid was under the EU’s Acute Large Emergency Response Tool, which aims to to allocate funds within 24 to 48 hours of the onset of the emergency. —MARLON RAMOS