Auditors flag DOH anew for slow fund use
The Commission on Audit has again flagged the Department of Health (DOH), this time for failure to use its disaster ...
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House bats for P5B hike in calamity funds for next year
The House of Representatives is seeking an increase of P5 billion in the 2021 calamity fund for the reconstruction of ...
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Ombudsman finds cause to indict gov over calamity fund
GOVERNOR Roel Degamo of Negros Oriental is facing 11 counts of malversation through falsification of documents and one count of ...
Read moreDownload El Niño funds, Recto urges
Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto on Thursday made an appeal to Malacañang to download at the soonest time the billions ...
Read moreRed tape hampers El Niño fund flow
Complicated rules and cumbersome requirements governing the request, release and use of national calamity funds are equally liable for the ...
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Manila beefs up calamity fund
Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada has made available P600 million in additional funds for the city’s disaster preparedness program to mitigate the ...
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