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No. 178 . ruESDAy, JANUAR' 21, 2020 .
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THE PHILIPPINE STAR
Reurs . TUESDAY
.toRody g.rges Congress
expedite Taal
President Duterte vester_
day. urged Congress td soeed
up the passage of a p3O-biilion
supplemental budget for areas
affected by Taal Vol-cano,s con_
trnumg uru€st.
Duterte said the supole_
mental budget would bjtised
to provide assistance and live_
iihood to displaced residents
'fie budgei for next vear
is being prepared now, "this
year. T\is incident was r6t
considered in the budgetins-
We did not expect it tjeruni
|Ve Jnight have a supplemeniJ
Dudget trom Conqress.,, the
President said duri"ne the ce"_
emonial di stribu tion"of assis_
tance to evacuees in Batansas.
"It would be good if C"on_
gress can provide the monev
together with... ysul assisl-
talce. They have eshmates.
I think it was Congressman
*'PAg"-or'
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bldget
(Luis Raymund) Villafuerte
0r) who made the... It,s about
P30 billioru" he added.
The Chief Executive said
Congress may also raise the
amount to P50 billion so that
the government can build
evacuation centers in areas
faclng the Pacific Ocean like
Isabela Cagayan and Sarnar_
"In the miantime that we
are expecting another erup_
tion, it would be sood if ;e
start building the "evacuation
center(s)," he said. ,,But anv_
way, everybody is easer io
hetp. The goveniment iieaser
to help, especially now,, "
The Presidentbrovided p5
million each to nine affected
areas, includinq Lipa Citv.
Agoncillo, Tanaian.'Mabin'i
Batangas Cih/, San Luis. Sto.
Tomas and Sin Jose. Aiexis-
-
Romero, Edith Rega.lado