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
Evacuation center in Batangas province (Photo courtesy of DHSUD) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte may provide additional funding for the construction of more evacuation centers, a Cabinet official said Sunday. Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Eduardo del Rosario bared the development and confirmed that Duterte will be visiting Batangas on Monday to check if the evacuation hubs outside Taal Volcano's danger zone are compliant with design standards. "Si Presidente nga pupunta bukas, Monday, sa Batangas para tingnan ang isa sa tatlo naming pinagawa na evacuation centers. Sabi niya gusto niya makita para makita kung yung ginawa namin ay in accordance with the design standard na siya ang nagbigay sa 'min at nag-approve last 2018 (The President is going tomorrow, Monday, to Batangas to inspect one of the three evacuation centers we constructed. He said he wanted to see them to check if they were constructed in accordance with the design s
PRESIDENT Duterte may provide additional funding for the construction of more evacuation centers, a Cabinet official said Sunday. Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Eduardo del Rosario bared the development and confirmed that Duterte will visit Batangas on Monday to check if the evacuation hubs outside Taal…
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