{"id":11947,"date":"2014-05-26T01:09:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T17:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=11947"},"modified":"2014-05-26T01:09:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T17:09:10","slug":"palace-no-red-tape-in-release-of-yolanda-rehab-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/26\/palace-no-red-tape-in-release-of-yolanda-rehab-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace: No \u2018red tape\u2019 in release of \u2018Yolanda\u2019 rehab funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9617\" style=\"width: 846px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sonny-Coloma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9617\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sonny-Coloma.jpg\" alt=\"Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. answers questions from the media in a press briefing on Malacanang Friday when he advised people to remain vigilant until the exit of Typhoon Yolanda from the Philippine area of responsibility. He also commended the people along the typhoon path for heeding the call of the government to evacuate and take the necessary precautions as the typhoon approached.  (Photo by Robert Vi\u00f1as\/Rodolfo Manabat\/Malacanang Photo Bureau)\" width=\"846\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sonny-Coloma.jpg 846w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sonny-Coloma-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. (Photo by Robert Vi\u00f1as\/Rodolfo Manabat\/Malacanang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; There is no \u201cred tape\u201d behind the release of funds for typhoon \u201cYolanda\u201d rehabilitation, Malacanang said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said this in reaction to the statement by Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez saying that red tape slowed down rehab efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Romualdez insisted that there was red tape and confusion with the national government\u2019s release of funds (including cash donations from international and local groups) to calamity-hit local government units.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are following a policy. First, the creation of post-disaster needs assessment because this is the policy under the law&#8212;the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act,\u201d Coloma said.<\/p>\n<p>The PCOO chief said that rehab czar Panfilo Lacson himself said that a plan has been developed for provinces affected by Yolanda.<\/p>\n<p>Also, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte earlier said that she recently saw P32 billion released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in mid-May for post calamity efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Coloma further noted that the government will continue to live up to its mandate of addressing the needs of those affected by Yolanda which wreaked havoc to most part of the Visayas Region in November last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; There is no \u201cred tape\u201d behind the release of funds for typhoon \u201cYolanda\u201d rehabilitation, Malacanang said on Sunday. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":9617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[250,4020,2939,641],"class_list":["post-11947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-haiyan","tag-red-tape","tag-rehabilitation","tag-yolanda","mauthors-azer-n-parrocha","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}