The government can now better implement its relief and rehabilitation efforts for victims of tropical storm �Ondoy� and typhoon �Pepeng� after the Senate approved on Wednesday a P12-billion supplemental budget for the purpose...Congressional committee to monitor the spending of the...
MANILA, Philippines — Driving rain on the heels of back-to-back storms
triggered dozens of landslides across the northern Philippines on Friday,
burying more than 160 people, washing away villages and leaving almost an entire
province under water.
The latest deluge brought the death toll to nearly 500 from the Philippines'
worst ...
What sort of mentality is it to swindle money received for Tsunami relief, that too by a lady Doctor, when the profession of doctors is considered to be a noble one and above suspicion? That is what is reported from Chennai. The amount of nearly 17.63 crores of rupees had been sent to a CSI (Church of South India) church by an NGO Episcopal Relief ...
Unlike most typhoons Parma(Pepeng in the Philippines) has not moved far or fast but continues to be near enough to the northern Philippines to continue heavy rain and cause floods and mudslides and deaths. The situation has been made worse by the fact that the government released water from a dam that consequently flooded towns ...
Many of Pakistanis are still not aware of Kerry-Lugar bill named by two senate men Richard Lugar and John Kerry. Kerry-Lugar bill is an important topic of discussion now a days. The problem is that our government is ready to accept the bill while Army is not as there are some points raised in the bill which is quite alarming for ...
On Wednesday (Thursday past midnight in Manila), House Resolution 800 urging the US federal government to support relief operations in the Philippines is scheduled for a vote. California 12th District Rep. Jackie Speier introduced the resolution on...
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Oct. 14 (PNA) –- The Senate committee on finance unanimously approved on Tuesday a joint resolution authorizing the use of the unprogrammed fund in an amount not to exceed P12-billion for emergency relief operation, rehabilitation and...
The Senate on Wednesday voted 16-0 to approve the P12 billion supplemental budget for the emergency relief and rehabilitation efforts for the devastation caused by tropical cyclones �Ondoy" and �Pepeng." The approval came with the assurance that...
The government can now better implement its relief and rehabilitation efforts for victims of tropical storm �Ondoy� and typhoon �Pepeng� after the Senate approved on Wednesday a P12-billion supplemental budget for the purpose...Congressional...
Local executives and civil society groups on Wednesday joined the call for the immediate passage of a measure seeking to revise the government's approach to disasters...Calls for the bill's immediate passage heightened after the consecutive...
With the Lower House's approval of the P12 Billion calamity fund , Senator Edgardo J. Angara said that the Senate must approve the joint resolution without further delay so that the funds can be released by next week. ...
Senate of the Philippines banner ... Panfilo M. Lacson has suggested that a P12-billion fund for victims of "Ondoy," "Pepeng" and similar recent calamities be sourced from government savings and other untapped fund sources. ...
A joint resolution was filed in the Senate yesterday for the scheme to augment the calamity fund which has… Original post: 'Unprogrammed' money tapped to raise P12B for calamity fund ...
Angara assured the panel of his support of the motion for the resolution to approve the calamity fund allocations which he submitted to the Plenary yesterday. Save for a few issues that some members of the Senate raised, Angara is ...
The amount collected by the Senate Public Assistance Center (PAC) will also be used to purchase goods for the barangays, which are in dire need of assistance as identified by the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Typhoon Ondoy. ...
The lady senator, who also chairs the Senate Committee on Climate Change said that the Calamity Plan should include as sources of funds the unprogrammed fund for 2009 as well as forthcoming donations from other countries. ...
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