MANILA, Philippines?The allegations of a blogger that the Department of Social Welfare and Development was hoarding foreign donations will ultimately hurt the storm victims, Secretary Esperanza Cabral lamented on Tuesday.

?Accusations, no matter how unfounded, are bound to affect donors. The ultimate losers are the victims,? Cabral said.

But Cabral added that while DSWD employees ?were very unhappy at being vilified without basis,? they were still ?determined to continuing doing their duty as public servants.?

She said repacking of relief goods and their distribution were unhampered by the controversy.

In an earlier interview, Cabral said some 31,000 families displaced by Tropical Storm "Ondoy" (international codename: Ketsana) and more than 3,000 families displaced by Typhoon "Pepeng" (Parma) remained in evacuation centers.

In a blog entry last week, book author Ella Rose, who claims to have volunteered in the DSWD?s warehouse, denounced the alleged slow distribution of relief goods, an allegation Cabral vehemently denied in a 781-word reply posted on the DSWD?s website.

In her latest entry, the blogger lamented that she was already being ?maligned as a person? because of what she wrote. She also wrote: ?I am just a blogger who wanted to know what?s going on. I did not accuse anyone of hoarding. There were never any allegations of pilferage.?

However, Cabral interpreted this as a form of ?recantation.?

Cabral said: ?She is now claiming she never accused us of hoarding or pilferage. That is another lie, of course, but at least she has gone against herself and that is documented. But the harm has been done.?

In her original post, the blogger had said: ?The relief goods are not moving. By the way things look, they are not going anywhere.?

She also uploaded photos of the donated goods, including that of branded camp beds, which she said was not part of what the DSWD was packing for the victims. She proceeded to ask: ?Para sa mga ?special victims? kaya ito (Are these for ?special victims)??

She also wrote this caption for another photo: ?Relief goods na ayaw yata ibigay sa mga nasalanta. Halatang-halata (Relief goods that they apparently don?t want to give to the victims. It is obvious).?

Cabral maintained the DSWD was very transparent in accounting the donations it had received. The accounting is updated on its website: It said that aside from P60 million donations in kind, the government also received more than P103 million and $212,508 in cash donations.