The 18th City Council of Davao City approved on Thursday during an emergency session the P11-million financial assistance for the victims of Typhoon Nina in Luzon provinces.
The emergency session was presided over by Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte through the request of Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio to immediately send financial assistance to the victims of typhoon Nina.
Mayor Sara also expressed sympathy for the victims of the typhoon.
“Davao City is no stranger to calamities, and we understand the distress that the victims of Typhoon Nina are going through this time,” she said in a statement.
The P11-million assistance will be divided to Camarines Sur with P7.47 million, Albay, P1.3 million, Catanduanes P1.06 million and Calapan City in Mindoro Province with P1.165 million.
The city council said the budget for the assistance will come from the remaining P18.614 million calamity fund of the city.
The remaining P7.614 million of the calamity funds will be allocated for any disaster related incident in the city for the next remaining days of 2016.
Mayor Sara also mentioned that the City Government of Davao prepared the amount of P11 million from the available disaster funds of the city, as financial aid to areas affected by the typhoon.
The city council approved the mayor’s request to use funds from the city’s five-percent Calamity Fund, of which, P18.614 million remains.
Of the P11 million, Camarines Sur will get P7.47 million, Albay will get P1.3 million, Catanduanes will get P1.06 million and Calapan City in Mindoro will get P1.165 million.
The remaining P7.614 million in the city’s Calamity Fund would be reserved for any disaster-related incident for 2016.
The financial assistance will be turned over by the City’s Central Communication and Emergency Response Center Chief, Emmanuel Jaldon to the local government units of the affected areas. ( Tiziana Celine S. Piatos and F. Pearl A. Gajunera)
Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, for his part, said it only fits that the remaining calamity funds of the city will be used to help others who are hit by disasters.
The assistance will be handed through cash or check.
The team that will hand out the financial assistance is scheduled to leave the city last Thursday evening.
