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Palace says ample funds available for Mindanao earthquake response

Published Jun 8, 2026 02:25 pm
The structural remains of a fast-food restaurant lie in ruins in General Santos City on Monday, June 8, 2026, after a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Mindanao region. The intense tremor caused widespread structural damage, triggered regional tsunami warnings, and knocked out critical power infrastructure across the southern grid. (Ryan Jay Quizon I Facebook)
The structural remains of a fast-food restaurant lie in ruins in General Santos City on Monday, June 8, 2026, after a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Mindanao region. The intense tremor caused widespread structural damage, triggered regional tsunami warnings, and knocked out critical power infrastructure across the southern grid. (Ryan Jay Quizon I Facebook)
Malacañang said there is sufficient funding for the government's response efforts to address the impacts of the strong earthquake that jolted Mindanao on Monday, June 8.
All concerned agencies are required to respond following the strong earthquake that struck off the coast of Sarangani, Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said.
"At alam po natin na ang pondo po sa ngayon ay sapat pa para sa pagsasagawa po ng pagligtas at pag-rescue at para po maibsan ang impact ng nangyaring sakuna nitong araw na ‘to (And we know that the available funds are currently sufficient to carry out rescue and recovery operations and to help mitigate the impact of the disaster that occurred today)," Castro said in a Palace briefing.
Marcos has ordered government agencies to act immediately following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck off the coast of Sarangani at 7:37 a.m. on Monday.

Marcos won't visit quake areas for now

When asked if the President will visit the affected areas, Castro said Marcos is not expected to visit the earthquake-hit areas for now.
The Palace official explained that the President does not want attention, which must be fully directed to response operations, to be given to him during a visit.
Instead, at present, all concerned agencies have already been called in and instructed to act swiftly.
"Ang Pangulo po kasi kung kailan po nagkakaroon talaga ng ganyan medyo magulo po ang sitwasyon hindi po sumasabay ang Pangulo dahil kapag po ganyan ay mas mabibigyan pa po siya ng atensiyon. Hindi po nais ng Pangulo na siya pa ang unahin (The President believes that when situations like this occur, and conditions are somewhat chaotic, the President does not want to divert attention from the response effort to him. The President does not want himself to be the priority)," Castro said.
"So, ang dapat unahin dito ang mga kababayan natin, dapat focused ang trabaho ng mga agencies at ng mga kababayan natin at mga public servants natin sa mga tao na naapektuhan po ng lindol (So, what should be prioritized are our fellow citizens. The efforts of government agencies, public servants, and everyone involved should remain focused on helping the people affected by the earthquake)," Castro added.

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