The city government has extended financial assistance to the victims of flood in different areas in Mindanao last week.
On Tuesday, the 18th City council approved through suspended rules theallocation of P2.2 million that will be distributed to nine different municipalities and cities in Mindanao affected by the floods spawned by heavy rains.
The municipalities of Jabonga in Agusan del Norte, Talacogon and Loreto in Agusan del Sur, Lagonglong and Lugait in Misamis Oriental, Boston and Cateel in Davao Oriental, Malita in Davao Occidental and Cagayan de Oro city will each receive P250,000.
The approval of the allocation was in response to a request of Mayor Sara Duterte to immediately respond to the neighboring municipalities and cities who were affected by the recent calamity.
The budget came from the Quick Response Fund of the city.
According to Committee Chair in Finance, Ways and Means Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, it has been the tradition of the city to extend assistance to the different areas affected by the calamities.
“The assistance came from the remaining P98.6 million of the Quick response fund of the city for this year, that is only 30% of the entire Disaster Risk reduction Management Fund,” he said.
For the entire year, the city has a total budget of P340.4 million for the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Fund; P102.1 million of it is allocated for the Quick response fund.
Dayanghirang said that the city usually extend help to those struck by calamities since the city seldom experience typhoon.
“Because the city is seldom hit by typhoon, we usually extend assistance to those who were devastated by calamities, they just have to declare that they are under the state of calamity,” Dayanghirang said.
Last Saturday, the City also sends 5,000 food packs to Cagayan de Oro city to help those families who were suffering from the recent flood that hit the city.
The food packs was personally brought by Central 911 chief Emmanuel Jaldon and was received by the Local Government of CDO.
“We used 5 trucks to deliver the goods last Saturday and it was handed to the LGU of Cagayan (de Oro). We used the logistic vehicle of the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council and 4 trucks from the City Engineer (Office),” Jaldon said.
Early this year, the city handed an additional P3.5 million to the victims of typhoon Nina in the provinces of Quezon, Batangas and Marinduque
