The government has proposed a ₱31-billion National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF) or calamity fund for 2026, nearly 50-percent higher than this year’s allocation. According to the National Expenditure Program (NEP) for fiscal year (FY) 2026, the proposed calamity...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman has assured the public that the Marcos administration has sufficient funds to address the needs of areas affected by recent flooding and the expected typhoons that may hit the country. Pangandaman said in a July 24 statement...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of La Castellana in Negros Occidental has asked the national government for P47 million in additional funding to replenish their resources for the evacuees of Kanlaon Volcano. MANGILIMUTAN Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan said that the amount will help...
(Unsplash) The 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) or national budget features an additional P500 million worth of Calamity Fund, which would do a long way in terms of improving the country's disaster preparedness and long-term climate resilience....
The government disbursed P13 billion in calamity funds in the first seven months, primarily for the restoration of infrastructure damaged by typhoons, data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) showed. Based on the data, the DBM released some P2.33 billion in July from the national...
(Noel Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN) Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. said the Marcos administration has bumped up the country’s Calamity Fund to P31 billion in preparation for the impending impact of climate change and extreme...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said that almost half of the government's calamity funds are still available to assist people affected by Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon. According to Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman, approximately P11.12 billion remains in the calamity...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Thursday, Jan. 25, announced the establishment of a Calamity Fund for public school teachers to provide them with immediate financial assistance during disaster situations. (Photo courtesy of DepEd / File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Duterte made...
The office of House Speaker Martin Romualdez has donated a calamity fund worth P500,000 each to Oriental Mindoro's 1st district and Davao de Oro's 1st district. This was learned by the Manila Bulletin Sunday, March 26 even as the Speaker’s office also facilitated the distribution of targeted...
Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto is worried that the available National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF), otherwise known as the calamity fund, may be "insufficient for rehabilitation work". The damage caused by the July 27, 2022 earthquake in Abra "We are just in the...
A ranking official of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has denied that that the government's multi-billion Calamity Fund remain unspent, stressing that it is continuously being spent by the agency to address the needs of victims of various disasters and other...
