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(Eagle News) — Limang taon matapos ang pananalasa ng Bagyong Yolanda sa Leyte, umaabot pa lang sa mahigit 40 percent ang mga housing units na natatapos ng gobyerno para sa mga biktima ng kalamidad. Katunayan, sa pagdinig ng Senate Committee on Urban Planning Housing and Resettlement na pinamumunuan ni Senador JV Ejercito, lumilitaw na sa 205,000 housing units ang target ng gobyerno para sa mga biktima ng Yolanda, ngunit 90,000 pa lang sa mga ito […]
(Eagle News) — Plano ng National Housing Authority (NHA) na matapos sa taong 2019 ang housing program nito para sa mga biktima ng super typhoon Yolanda na nanalasa noong taong 2013. Ayon sa NHA, umaasa sila na maitatayo ang natitirang permanent housing units sa unang quarter ng 2019. Tiwala aniya sila na matatapos ito hanggang sa second quarter ng nasabing taon. Batay sa status report ng ahensya, mula nitong October 30, nasa kabuuang 78,291 units […]
(Eagle News) — Perjury charges are set to be filed against the contractor who secured an P800-million contract with the government for the construction of houses for “Yolanda” victims. In a radio interview on Tuesday, Rep. Albee Benitez, chair of the House of Representatives’ housing committee, said the charges would be filed against JC Tayag after he was found to have lied to congressmen looking into possible anomalies in the implementation of the National Housing […]
(Eagle News) — Puwede nang maibigay sa mga biktima ng super typhoon Yolanda na hindi pa nakatanggap ng emergency shelter assistance (ESA) ang kanilang presidential financial assistance sa Hunyo. Kinumpirma Liza Camacho ng Department of Social Welfare and Development-Regional Field Office-6 na naglaan ng isang bilyong pisong pondo ang pamahalaan, upang mabigyan ng tig-limanlibong pisong tulong pinansiyal ang libu-libo pa ring Yolanda victims na hindi pa nabibigyan ng ESA hanggang sa ngayon. Kabilang sa mga […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang revealed that there is a problem on the quality of housing built for Yolanda victims in Tacloban, Leyte. Housing Czar and Secretary to the Cabinet Leoncio Evasco Jr., said that when President Rodrigo Duterte made his inspection round, it was very apparent that many of the housing units were substandard. The housing project was begun during the Aquino administration and was only finished during the Duterte administration. https://youtu.be/XbVsEa4hSEI
MANILA, Jan. 5 – In line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to provide victims of Typhoon Yolanda a conducive and permanent resettlement area, Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said that water tanks and jetmatic pumps have been installed in all resettlement sites of Yolanda victims. “As promised, all resettlement sites are now provided with water. The Tacloban North Resettlement Site is now equipped with 67 units of 5 cubic meter and […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte led a wreath-laying ceremony in Tacloban City on Tuesday, November 8 to mark the third anniversary of a devastating typhoon that killed thousands in the central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan (with a local name Typhoon Yolanda) barreled through the central Philippines in 2013, killing more than 6,000 people and displacing four million. Duterte told residents during the ceremony that he was dissatisfied by the progress of rehabilitation and promised to […]
(Eagle News) — Kabuhayan at water supply pa rin ang pangunahing kailangan ng mga biktima ng super typhoon Yolanda na inilipat sa resettlement sites sa Tacloban City. Ayon sa lokal na pamahalaan, isinusulong nila ang agarang implementasyon ng water supply project at planong mag-imbita ng investors na magtatayo ng negosyo malapit sa resettlement sites. Magkakaroon din ng construction ng terminal, palengke, health facilities at police stations na maaaring makapag-bigay trabaho sa mga residente. 9.8 billion […]
United States Agency for International Development or USAID chief financial officer Reginald Mitchell visited Tacloban City to inaugurate new structures as part of the U.S. government’s continuing support for communities impacted by typhoon Yolanda. Mr. Mitchell joined Tacloban City mayor Alfred Romualdez and Department of Education (DepEd) region VIII Director Dr. Luisa Yu in the formal opening of four climate-resilient and fully-furnished classrooms at the Tacloban City National High School. Meanwhile, as part of the […]
Militant representatives said that Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman should be held liable after several sacks of rice were discovered in Leyte. It is believed that said rice was for the Yolanda victims. They added that Soliman should explain said incident since she is the one responsible for ensuring the distribution of relief goods to the Yolanda victims. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by […]
Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman admitted that the construction of permanent housing for the victims of super-typhoon “Yolanda” remains as the toughest challenge faced by the government. Soliman added that the government targets to finish the housing project by the end of 2016. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
In the ongoing investigation of the Senate Housing and Resettlement led by Senator JV Ejercito, officials of the National Housing Authority admitted that 50% of those who were adversely affected by the super-typhoon “Yolanda” remains in temporary shelters as the housing shortage in the affected areas remain unresolved. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded and Edited by MRFaith Bonalos)
