On Tuesday (Oct. 4), the 20th Davao City Council approved a resolution of the Davao City Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (LDRRMC) to utilize the city’s Quick Response Fund (QRF) to extend financial assistance to the victims of calamities in the country.
The city recommends P1 million cash aid to identified provinces and P300,000 each to municipalities.
A total of P3.8 million in cash assistance was approved to help two provinces and six municipalities declared under a state of calamity due to Super Typhoon Karding that hit the country this October.
Other areas that will be given cash assistance are the provinces of Quezon and Nueva Ecija and the municipalities of Macabebe, Pampanga; San Miguel, Bulacan; Patnanungan, Quezon; Candaba, Pampanga; Dingalan, Aurora; and Cabangan, Zambales.
Another fund worth P1.9 million was also allocated for areas affected by the Magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Luzon last July . These provinces are Abra, and the municipalities of Besao, Bauko, and Tadian in Mt. Province.
Meanwhile, Tampakan in South Cotabato, which declared a state of calamity in July due to floods and landslides will get P300,000.
Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) Head Alfredo Baloran, said that the recipient provinces and municipalities have complied with the documents needed before the cash aid will be released.
“We have a basis before we give them financial assistance so there are requirements that they submit to our office and we process it. We submitted it to the City Budget for funding. It is not easily distributed, the council must approve it first, and then they release the ordinance of their approval,” Baloran said in a report from the City Information Office.
Baloran said the city is committed to hand over the financial assistance to the treasurer and/or the city mayor of the identified areas.
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