PBBM assures the public that gov’t has adequate funds to address effects of incoming weather disturbances

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00:00Since the last week of October, the country has dealt with four tropical storms and or

00:04cyclones beginning with the unexpectedly devastating tropical storm Christine that ravaged several

00:10regions from western and eastern Visayas, Picol, Calabarzon, the Cordilleras, Ilocos

00:15and Cagayan Valley.

00:16And with two more weather menaces headed right into the country this weekend and next one,

00:21one wonders how the hundreds of billions of millions in relief of financial assistance

00:26distributed thus far is bankrolled by government's Calamity Fund, 22 billion for this year alone.

00:33Our Clazel Padilla tells us more about the solvency of the fund and how it's been reduced

00:38for the final quarter of the year.

00:43Even as Taipunica continues to impact the country, two more storms are expected to follow,

00:49bringing further threats to the Philippines.

00:51In response to these challenges, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. assured the public

00:56the government has adequate funds to address the impacts of incoming typhoons.

01:02Presidential Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez explained, while the Calamity Fund

01:06is decreasing, President Marcos, Jr. has confirmed the Department of Budget and Management's

01:13readiness to support disaster response efforts.

01:16The assurance comes as authorities prepare for the potential arrival of more severe weather

01:21disturbances in the coming days.

01:24The government always has a fund, and we have assurance from the DBM that we have enough

01:30funds for the next calamities until the end of December.

01:36The Calamity Fund is used to aid disaster victims, repair damaged infrastructures, and support

01:42other emergency responses.

01:45The DBM has allocated a Php22 billion Calamity Fund for 2024.

01:50In preparation for approaching storms, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has directed the Department

01:55of Public Works and Highways and the Department of Transportation to alert their private contractors

02:01to deploy trucks and equipment immediately in a heightened sense of urgency.

02:05This directive also extends to the attached agencies of both departments, ensuring response

02:11teams are ready before typhoons make landfall.

02:15This will ensure road-clearing operation and swift delivery of relief goods.

02:20The trucks, machinery, and private contractors that have contracts with the government, DOTR,

02:28DPWH, should be prepositioned.

02:31They should have instructions from the DOTR, the Department of Public Works and Highways,

02:39and attached agencies of DOTR and DPWH, the trucks of the contractors that have contracts

02:47with the national government should be prepositioned.

02:52Typhoons Ophel and Petito are expected to hit the country later this week.

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