Tag: interagency task force

President Duterte approves 6-month closure of Boracay

Closure to start on April 26 (Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the six-month closure of Boracay to pave the way for its rehabilitation. The President approved the proposal of the Department of Tourism, Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources during the 24th Cabinet meeting in Malacañang on Wednesday. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the closure will start on April 26. President Duterte had called […]

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Rep. Benitez says P40B of P60B in “Yolanda” aid released under previous admin “unaccounted for”; seeks “special audit”

(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 […]

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President Duterte creates interagency task force to monitor rehab efforts in Yolanda-hit areas

(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 […]

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