(Eagle News) — More than half of the money released by the previous administration as aid for Typhoon “Yolanda” victims are unaccounted for, a lawmaker said. According to Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, as such, he has asked the Commission on Audit to hold a “special audit” to determine where the P40 billion of the P60 billion released by the national government under then-President Benigno Aquino III have gone. He said the audit was also […]

(Eagle News) — An interagency task force has been created to monitor the government’s rehabilitation and recovery efforts in areas struck by Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013. The body, to be led by Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr., was created through Administrative Order 5, which President Rodrigo Duterte signed on Aug. 8. The task force will be co-chaired by Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino and Presidential Assistant for Special Concerns Norberto Gonzales. Its members […]