Duterte may provide additional funds for more evacuation centers

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte might grant extra funding for the construction of more evacuation hubs, according to a Cabinet official.

Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Eduardo del Rosario revealed the development and confirmed that Duterte will be visiting Batangas on Monday to see if the evacuation centers outside Taal Volcano’s danger zone are in compliance 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 standard he approved in 2018),” he said in a radio interview.

The three evacuation hubs constructed in the municipalities of Santa Teresita, Alitagtag, and Mataasnakahoy were inaugurated on Wednesday, Del Rosario said.

Each center could accommodate 150 families of four or five members.

He added that there are separate restrooms for men and women, shower rooms, prayer rooms, kitchens, clinics, and a storage room to receive supplies.

Del Rosario stated that Duterte may grant extra funding should there be a need to construct more evacuation hubs.

“Actually, isa sa intention ng ating mahal na Pangulo kaya siya pupunta dun ay maglaan ng pondo, additional funds, para sa pagpapagawa (one of the intentions of our dear President to visit is to provide additional funds),” he said.

Del Rosario mentioned that 392 evacuation center projects nationwide were initiated by the Department of Public Works and Highways from 2016 to 2021.

Of the total, 299 have been completed, 92 are under construction, and only one has yet to begin.

The cost of the evacuation center projects is estimated to be PHP14.3 billion.

Ang sabi kasi ni President Duterte nung last Cabinet meeting, ‘mayroon pa akong sobrang pera, gusto ko ibigay, para kung itong evacuation centers gusto ko madagdagan pa (President Duterte said ‘I have excess funds that I want to give in case I want additional evacuation centers)’,” he added.

When asked if the evacuation centers could endure heavy storms, he claimed they could withstand earthquakes as well because they were built with large steel bars.

Sa nakita kong process na ginamit ay masinsin na masinsin. Kung pag-uusapan naman natin ay lindol na foundation, ay nagrereklamo nga sakin ‘yung mayor. Bakit daw napakalalaking mga bakal ‘yung ginamit sa ilalaim (In my assessment, the construction was thorough. Bigger steel bars were used and could even withstand earthquakes),” he said.

The evacuation hubs, he stated, are not covered by the election spending ban since they were constructed in compliance with the department’s Balanced Housing Development Program which is required from the developers before they can sell their projects.

“What I used here is the Balanced Housing Program where developers have to construct housing and help disaster-affected areas, that’s the fund we used which come from housing developers. The government only facilitate them with necessary checks and balance to implement the project. Government funds were not used to erect them,” del Rosario explained in Filipino.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Sunday logged 17 earthquakes in Taal Volcano during the past 24 hours.

Since March 26, the volcano has been under Alert Level 3.

Taal Volcano Island, a permanent danger zone; and Bilibinwang and Banyaga villages in Agoncillo; and Boso-boso, Gulod, and Bugaan East villages in Laurel, Batangas province are considered high risks due to the possible hazards of pyroclastic density currents and volcanic tsunami should stronger eruptions occur.

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