{"id":51911,"date":"2015-06-15T22:03:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T14:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51911"},"modified":"2015-06-15T22:03:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T14:03:40","slug":"santiago-urges-passage-of-bills-for-typhoon-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/15\/santiago-urges-passage-of-bills-for-typhoon-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago urges passage of bills for typhoon preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA — Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago yesterday urged her colleagues for the immediate passage of the bills she filed to improve the country’s typhoon preparation and disaster risk efforts.<\/p>\n

Senate Bill No. 2561 or the National Flood Insurance bill aims to augment state funded assistance for disasters.<\/p>\n

The bill filed by Santiago in January seeks to meet escalating costs of repairing damage to residential and other buildings and their contents.<\/p>\n

It will enable people in flood-prone areas to purchase insurance against loss that are due to the physical damage or destruction of real or personal property caused by any flood.<\/p>\n

These efforts will be through the creation of a National Flood Insurance Program.<\/p>\n

At least five typhoon related laws have been filed by Santiago and are still pending in the Senate’s committee level.<\/p>\n

Other bills include\u00a0SB 394, the Flood Recovery Fund bill; SB 1576, the National Flood and Research Education bill; and SB 1724, the Culvert Safety bill.<\/p>\n

SB 394 or the Flood Recovery Fund bill seeks to allow flood victims to avail of financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans from the fund which the bill seeks to create.<\/p>\n

The National Flood and Research Education bill or SB 1576 , meanwhile, will create the Office of Flood Research Policy that aims to develop best measures for predicting, preventing and minimizing flooding and its effects.<\/p>\n

Santiago, then urged her colleagues to prioritize the passage of these bills in preparation for the coming typhoons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Philippines is on the western rim of the Pacific Ocean, the most tropical cyclone-prone waters on Earth, making the country very susceptible to typhoons. We cannot afford further tragic loss of lives or damage to property caused by floods,\u201d Santiago said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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