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'May madudukot tayo': Government has ample funds for disaster rehab, Libanan assures Pinoys 

Published Jul 28, 2024 06:25 am

At A Glance

  • The national government has enough money under the current 2024 budget national budget for emergency relief aid and rehabilitation services to communities affected by the seasonal monsoon and Typhoon "Carina", House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan has assured Filipinos.

FB_IMG_1714923495293.jpg4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan (Facebook)

The national government has enough money under the current 2024 budget national budget for emergency relief aid and rehabilitation services to communities affected by the seasonal monsoon and Typhoon "Carina".

Thus, said House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan as parts of Metro Manila and Luzon continue to reel from the effects of the extensive flooding caused by the heavy downpour.

“In the 2024 General Appropriations Law, Congress earmarked the sum of P20.5 billion for the Calamity Fund to provide relief augmentation, such as cash aid and shelter assistance,” Libanan said in a statement Sunday, July 28.

“The Calamity Fund also covers the repair and restoration of damaged vital public structures such as school buildings, hospitals, roads, bridges and seaports, among others,” Libanan said.

“In fact, we expect rebuilding activities to help create construction-related jobs that will benefit low-income households,” he added.

Libanan also said the various government departments have Quick Response Fund (QRF) allocations lodged in their respective budgets for disaster recovery.

He named the departments with QRF allocations as follows: Department of Education, (P3 billion); Department of Social Welfare and Development, (P1.75 billion); Department of Public Works and Highways (P1 billion); Department of Agriculture (P1 billion); Department of Health (P500 million); Department of National Defense (P500 million); Department of Transportation-Philippine Coast Guard (P75 million); and Department of the Interior and Local Government (P50 million each for the Philippine National Police and the Bureau of Fire Protection).

Libanan said the Calamity Fund “will replenish the QRF allocations of the various departments, as needed".

The last two typhoons to hit the Philippines--Carina and "Butchoy"--adversely affected more than 3.3 million people.

The severe weather events caused extensive damage to public infrastructure, farm harvests and private property, mainly on account of widespread flash flooding, coastal storm surges and landslides.

A total of 104 cities and municipalities, including the whole of Metro Manila, are now under a state of calamity.

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