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Former presidential political adviser Francis Tolentino has asked the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) to declare a state of calamity that will allow it to access calamity funds for activities that will lessen the effect of El Niño. “I strongly urge that a state of calamity in the country be declared as early […]
A party-list representing the agriculture sector called on government to immediately release funds for the relief of farmers affected by Typhoon ‘Ompong’ which hit the country last week. “We hope that the release of calamity funds will be rushed particularly in the areas hardest hit by Typhoon Ompong like Cagayan Valley, Ilocos, and Cordillera regions,” […]