SAFE PLACE. A glimpse inside one of the amenities in the newly inaugurated Maatasnakahoy evacuation center in Batangas province. Two other similar disaster-resilient facilities in Sta. Teresita and Alitagtag towns were turned over to the local government units on March 30, 2022. (Photo courtesy of DHSUD) MANILA - Families in three towns in Batangas province needing to temporarily relocate due to calamities, like the ongoing Taal Volcano unrest, will now have safe places to go to. Thanks to newly constructed inauguration centers that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) to erect, families in Sta. Teresita, Alitagtag, and Mataasnakahoy will have less worry in case of future disasters. The President on Monday inspected the Mataasnakahoy facility. DHSUD Secretary Eduardo del Rosario said the evacuation centers, worth PHP40 million, can each accommodate 150 families or 600 individuals. "The technical specification of these
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday expressed confidence that the new evacuation centers currently providing temporary shelter for residents displaced by Taal Volcano's unrest would be of "great service" to all affected Filipinos before another disaster should strike. "Now that we are experiencing challenges brought by the recent eruptions of Taal Volcano, I am confident that the evacuation center in Mataasnakahoy would be of great service to our affected kababayans," Duterte said in a speech after inspecting the evacuation center located in the municipality of Mataasnakahoy in Batangas. The Mataasnakahoy evacuation center is one of the three evacuation centers strategically located outside the danger zone of a Taal Volcano. The other two are in the municipalities of Santa Teresita and Alitagtag. Each evacuation hub can house 150 families or 600 individuals during calamities. Duterte commended the people inv
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