vert inuchalive toou:r corrn-
try," said Romualdez.
Romualdez, who char'rs
the House committee on
rules, said the vehicles .ar-
rying relief goods for Taal
evacuees clogging South
Luzon Expresswat (SLEX)
remind of the support and
asslstance thev received
when Eastem Visar.a..
"*-
peciallv Tacloban Citv- was
htt bi Super tyihoon
Yolanda mbre tha-n five
years ago.
"It's really heartwarm
ing to see p;ropte helping victims. Ang pagtaas ng
calamiry victims. Thank presyo ng gamot dahil rnat
you for'showing compas- matinding dernand ditir be glre key resuJt a reas
sLon and remindins the dahil sa l;ang nahrral di program and
world that bayanihin is saster av hindi economi.s inB task group.its Iimplement-
uation center duiinq tirnes
of calamities or dis'asteK
Vargas, author of HoDse
Bill (HB) No. 1403. whi;h
Proposes the consiruction
of a mrlti?urpose glrn in
every local goverrunent in
the Ph rlippinies to effective-
ly addrcss the needs of dis,
placed families in times of
emergencies, made the .all
after Jeamins the Dlisht of
some evacueis fl eehifrom
the Taal Volcano en;nrinn
who were stayins at the
cockpit arena
in tr4anshi-
nao Uno in Bauan, Baian-
gas.
"It has come to our at-
tention that unlike other
evacuation centerc na mav
tiled floorins and o'""J.
lighting and ventilatibn.
'yong evacuees sa Barran
cockpit - kasama na ang
ngu4it isang pandaraya at
pagkagahanan. We do not
' House senior DeDutv
Minori$ Ieader and hoillr
Rep. Jariette Garin, a former
secretarv of the DeDartmenr
of Healih (DoH), 1;ged rhe
association of Dhamacies
and drug stores ln the coun-
try to give 20% discount on
their medicines for Taal vic-
tims and remind their mem
bers not to take advantage
ot the situation
,naps"IfpharTnacles
at all possible, per
can con-
'e\tending
sider the same
twentv Delcent discount
(20%)
;rdnEd to our senior
citizens to the Taal Volcano
mga maliliit na salggol
ay nagssrlfsikan at sa kar_
ton lang nakahiga,', said
vargas.
Anakalusugan Dartv-
list Rep. Michiet Detensirr
urged state universities r'n
the provinces
of Batansas.
Lavite and Laeuna to c;n
sjder o{Iering-portions of
their campuses as Dossihlc eruption of the Taal
temporary evacuation sites
tor people d ispJaced by the
Drewtng explosive eruD_ ers damaged by the
tion" of Taa[ Volcano_ '
tion mustle aciounted tri.
"State universities can Right now, 200, 000 na msa
decide on their or,r,n to al- kababayan natin sa Bar#,
low the use ot their oDen
spaces as transimt ev;cD-
ation centers if necessarv
and where feasible - whi6
government js findine wavs
to esrablish more slitadt.
settlements for dislocated
.esidents," said Defensor.
Human Settlements Secre-
tary Eduardo del Rosario
want to have a ooDulace be ihe chairman of the task
evacuated but qiisbrablv group. Then when a DDR is
ailing," said Garin, a doc- estabushed and its fust ser-
tor b], profession. retary is appointcd, the
In a related
develoD- DDR secretary shall serve
ment. Deoutv SDeaker a;.1 as co-chairm;n. The vice
l-Pacmai o'artv-llst Reo
clhirmarBhip's Dost should '
Mikee Roniero'sueeestdd be with the lreiartment of
to the adviseB of P;6ident
Finance or DeiarLment of
Rodrigo "Rody" Duterte Budget and Management
the cr;fting of an Inter-
to make sure the task crouD
Agency TaaJRehabilita tion, is adequatety tunded,Y saiil
Recovery and Livelihood
Program and th€ matching
Romerb, pre;i den t of the 54
strong larty-.list Coalition
task to run it - Foundation; lnc. (PCFj).
"\ryhile wedo ftut fiave
Quezon Citv Reo. Al
yet a Department of Disas, fred vargas hai ureid the
ter Resilience (DDR), this House oT Represei'tatives
will do for now. Housine.
fo expedite the passaqe ot
iobs, and livelih(r)d sho,,ld a bill providing for thelon
of the sLrucLion of a iilrltiDumos€
gym in all murliclpalities
be'lieve the and cities to serve as evac
Magsasaka partv-list
Rep. Aigel Cabaibat
ialed
on the Provincial Govpm-
ment of Batangas and the
Departrnent of Acriculture
(DA) to allocate i portion
of Calamitv Funds an.i
Quick Resp6nse Funds to
eas_e the damage to
l:lp.
ruplno iarnets due to thp
Volca-
"The number of farm-
eruD-
8as ang naipabaU tane aDe-
ktado ;t kailanearls"hr;i -
kas. Pero ilan aodn ang
magsasaie na iniwan hinl
di lang arg bahav kundj
ang kabuhavan- nila?"
Ca6atbat ask6d
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