Taal residents still without sufficient aid
INDANG, Cavite – Local businessman and former village officer Cristituto Lamano spent years building a small fortune from his fish farm, where at least 200 small fisherfolk are employed. But all these were reduced to rocks and ashes when the Taal Volcano erupted last year.
“We just plucked up the courage to go through this. We know that when dust settles, we will be able to recover from this,” Lamano, 42, said in an online interview.
President Rodrigo Duterte, in a speech before evacuees in Sto. Tomas, Batangas back in January 2020, said at least $598 million would be allocated to rehabilitate the affected communities in the province.