00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assured that the government is ready for the next typhoon to enter the country.
00:08According to the Presidential Communications Office, the President wants the machinery and other equipment of private contractors
00:17with contracts with the national government to be prepositioned before the typhoon enters outside the Philippine area of responsibility.
00:26Aside from that, the President also instructed the Budget Department to raise the Calamity Fund sufficiently.
00:32This is the story of Clayzel Pardilia.
00:36The typhoon Nika has not yet left.
00:39Two more typhoons are expected to enter the country.
00:43On the other hand, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assured that there is enough funds to support the upcoming typhoons.
00:52According to Presidential Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez,
00:56although the Calamity Fund is being reduced, which is usually felt in the last quarter of the year,
01:02President R. Marcos assured the Department of Budget and Management that the Calamity Fund is sufficient.
01:09The government always has funds and we have assurance from DBM that we have enough funds for the next calamities until the end of December.
01:21The Calamity Fund is usually used to provide assistance to the victims of the disaster,
01:27to repair the damaged infrastructure, and other assistance to the calamities.
01:33For 2024, they raised P22 billion for the Calamity Fund.
01:41Meanwhile, the Department of Public Works and Highways and Department of Transportation
01:48were abused by their private contractors to quickly deploy their trucks and equipment before the typhoon procession arrived.
01:58This is important for the clearing operations on the roads and for the government to provide assistance quickly.
02:07The TouchAgencies of the Department of Transportation and DPWH are its clowns.
02:13Their trucks, their machinery, their private contractors who have contracts with the government,
02:19DOTR, DPWH, should be prepositioned.
02:23They have instructions from the DOTR, they have instructions from the Department of Public Works and Highways,
02:31in-attached agencies of DOTR and DPWH,
02:35the trucks of the contractors who have contracts with the national government should be prepositioned.
02:44Now, we expect that the Ophel and Pepito typhoons will hit the country.
02:49Kalei Zalpar Diliya for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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