00:00It will be difficult to respond, it will be difficult to decide if the refugees will be allowed to return home because of the Nika typhoon.
00:08The government's quick response fund is running out and a new typhoon has entered.
00:15The President's response to Ivan Mayrina's statement.
00:22The typhoon Nika and Ophel are in the Philippine Area of Responsibility today.
00:27The typhoon Nika, which hit Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, and several provinces in the north of Luzon,
00:33and the typhoon Ophel, which continued to rise after entering the PIR earlier this morning,
00:38both hit in the same direction.
00:42The next typhoons, which are almost equally strong,
00:45will be difficult to respond to, according to President Bongbong Marcos.
00:49I don't remember seeing this many typhoons of this strength.
00:54It's possible for one to be strong and the next to be weak.
00:58But not the next to be strong.
01:01And the next to be weak.
01:03We haven't been given a week.
01:06This is one of the decisions of the Office of Civil Defense of the Cordillera Administrative Region.
01:10If the refugees are allowed to return home,
01:12then another typhoon may hit them.
01:16Those who are in the evacuation center,
01:18those who are still staying in the evacuation center,
01:22and our local DRM council is assessing
01:26if they will be allowed to return to their families
01:29because we are expecting another typhoon.
01:33In this situation, the government is spending a large amount of funds.
01:37According to the President last week,
01:39the government is spending a quick response fund.
01:42But don't worry, it will be funded again.
01:44Historically, as early as October, sometimes September,
01:47the calamity fund of the nationals and locals is running out.
01:51But the government always has a fund
01:53and we have assurance from DBM
01:56that we have sufficient funds for the next calamities
02:00until the end of December.
02:02According to the data of the Department of Budget and Management,
02:05as of October 24,
02:06there are 30 billion pesos in the quick response fund
02:09allocated to various agencies related to calamities
02:12such as DSWD, DILG, DPWH, and DOTR.
02:16More than half has already been used.
02:18But there is also the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Fund
02:22to fill the QRF.
02:24There is also the Contingent Fund,
02:26Unprogrammed Appropriations,
02:28and Local Government Support Fund.
02:30For GMA Integrated News,
02:32Ivan Meirina, Kaputok, 24 Hours.
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