DISASTER FUNDS. Dumaguete Councilor Rey Lyndon Lawas (center) presides over a meeting on Monday (Sept. 19, 2022). The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has allocated PHP50.3 million for disaster response and rehabilitation projects for 2023. (Photo from Councilor Rey Lyndon Lawas' Facebook page) DUMAGUETE CITY - The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRMC) here has approved the allotment of more than PHP50 million for various projects for disaster response and rehabilitation next year. Councilor Rey Lyndon Lawas, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, told the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday that he presided over the meeting on Monday to discuss the allocation to be taken from the city's 5 percent Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF). "One of the priority projects for next year's implementation is the construction and rehabilitation of structures, such as canals, to address the perennial flooding problem in Barangay