SEN. Bong Go has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to prioritize the construction of evacuation centers instead of questionable flood control projects.
The senator made the appeal during the resumption of the Senate blue ribbon investigation on alleged graft-ridden flood control projects.
DPWH told to build evacuation centers
Go asked the DPWH to prioritize the implementation of Republic Act (RA) 12076 or the Ligtas Pinoy Centers Act which he authored and co-sponsored.
RA 12076 mandates the establishment of safe and fire-resilient evacuation centers in every municipality and city nationwide.
DPWH told to build evacuation centers
“I call on the Department of Public Works and Highways to prioritize this law instead of implementing failed flood control projects,” Go said.
He said 60,000 evacuation centers can be established from the reported P1.2 trillion budget for flood control from 2022 to 2025., This news data comes from:http://lqw.jyxingfa.com
With that budget, all 1,493 municipalities and 200 cities would have established their own evacuation centers, Go added.
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said that the DPWH allocated P 3.6 billion to the Ligtas Pinoy Centers in the 2026 national expenditure program.
The Ligtas Pinoy Centers will safeguard the dignity and well-being of disaster-affected communities while accelerating recovery efforts, Go said.
- Afghan quake death toll surges to over 2,200
- Bureau of Customs seeks missing luxury cars of contractor Sarah Discaya
- Japan pledges continued support for Philippine development projects
- UN food agency chief says women and children are starving in Gaza and pressed Netanyahu on aid
- DBP launches P50M program for education
- Comelec at 85: Garcia vows reforms
- Giovanni Lopez pledges to continue and expand DOTr reforms
- Discaya says her family owns nine companies
- Kris Aquino is alive, says friend amid reports of death
- Napoles guilty in another 'pork barrel' case, sentenced to 55 years in jail
