00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assured that the government is ready for the next typhoon to enter the country.
00:07The President also told the Budget Department that the Calamity Fund is sufficient.
00:13Details in the national news of Clayzel Partilla.
00:18The typhoon Mika has not yet left.
00:21Two more typhoons are expected to enter the country.
00:25On the other hand, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assured that the government is ready for the next typhoon to enter the country.
00:34Presidential Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez said that although the Calamity Fund is being reduced,
00:41which is usually felt in the last quarter of the year,
00:44President Marcos assured the Department of Budget and Management that the Calamity Fund is sufficient.
00:51The government will always collect funds and we have assurance from the DBM that we have sufficient funds for the next calamities until the end of December.
01:03The Calamity Fund is usually used to provide assistance to victims of the disaster,
01:09to repair damaged infrastructure, and other calamities.
01:15For 2024, the Calamity Fund will be raised to P22 billion.
01:22Meanwhile, the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Department of Transportation were attacked by their private contractors
01:33to quickly deploy their trucks and equipment.
01:37Before the typhoons came, it is important for the clearing operations on the roads to be carried out and for the government to provide assistance quickly.
01:48The attached agencies of the Transportation Department and DPWH are behind this.
01:54Their trucks, their machinery, and the private contractors who have contracts with the government,
02:01DOTR, DPWH, should be prepositioned.
02:05It has instructions from the DOTR,
02:08it has instructions from the Department of Public Works and Highways,
02:13in attached agencies of DOTR and DPWH,
02:16the trucks of the contractors who have contracts with the national government should be prepositioned.
02:26This week, the Ophel and Pepito typhoons are expected to hit the country.
02:31Kalay Zalpardilla for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.
