Mt Prov gov’t sets financial aid to victims of calamities

BONTOC, Mountain Province -- The  provincial government  will provide financial assistance to victims of vehicular accidents and calamities in the province  to help families cope with the situation.

This, as the SangguniangPanlalawigan approved a resolution authorizing the provincial governor to draw an amount from the Quick Response Fund of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund  as assistance to victims of natural and man-made calamities, according to Vice Gov. BonifacioLacwasan, Jr.

“Unfortunate incidents or calamities are unpredictable that sometimes victims are helpless and oftentimes seek financial assistance from the provincial government’, the resolution states, thus the need of having a stand-by fund as assistance. 

This year’s PDRRM  Fund is pegged  at P30.2 million of which P9.08 million is the quick response or reserve fund.

Meanwhile, PDRRM officer AnacletoTangilag  reported  during the PDRRM council meeting, the provincial government through the PDRRMO has  given relief assistance to families of misfortunes and calamities.

Relief assistance was provided by the provincial government, Office of Civil Defense, the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Philippine National Red Cross – Mt. Province Chapter.

Recipients of relief assistance the two months include families of Special Action Force troopers from the province who were killed by Muslim separatists recently in Maguindanao.

The family of one from Betwagan, Sadanga has yet to receive  assistance including  four families whose  houses were burned. -- Andrew Doga-ong