{"id":275734,"date":"2020-11-17T20:27:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T01:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=275734"},"modified":"2020-11-17T20:28:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T01:28:07","slug":"duterte-places-luzon-under-state-of-calamity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/17\/duterte-places-luzon-under-state-of-calamity\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte places Luzon under state of calamity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his remarks during the virtual 15th EAST ASIA Summit at the Malaca\u00f1ang Golf (Malago) Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang Park, Manila. KING RODRIGUEZ\/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the entire Luzon under a state of calamity after the successive typhoons that ravaged the country’s largest island.<\/p>\n

In a taped speech aired Tuesday night, Duterte bared that he signed the proposal of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) to place Luzon under a state of calamity.<\/p>\n

“Last night, I think, I signed the proclamation,” he said.<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang has yet to release the proclamation.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the NDRRMC announced that it approved a resolution recommending Duterte to put Luzon under a state of calamity due to the damage brought by Super Typhoon Rolly and Typhoons Quinta and Ulysses.<\/p>\n

A declaration of a state of calamity hastens rescue, relief, and rehabilitation efforts of the government and the private sector, including any international humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n

It also effectively controls the prices of basic goods and commodities in the affected areas.<\/p>\n

“Quinta”, which made landfall on October 25, left PHP1.56 billion and PHP2.66 billion worth of damage to agriculture and infrastructure, respectively.<\/p>\n

“Rolly” left PHP5 billion worth of agricultural damage and PHP12.9 billion worth of infrastructure damage.<\/p>\n

Typhoons Siony and Tonyo did not cause significant damage but “Ulysses” left PHP2.1 billion and PHP483 million worth of damage to agriculture and infrastructure, respectively.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, Duterte created a task force to implement immediate solutions to disaster rehabilitation and recovery of typhoon-hit areas outside of the current bureaucratic framework.<\/p>\n

An executive order to form the task force, which will be headed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, is being drafted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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