{"id":88507,"date":"2017-02-08T18:39:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T23:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=88507"},"modified":"2017-02-08T18:39:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T23:39:15","slug":"pres-duterte-makes-govt-housing-free-for-typhoons-yolanda-pablo-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/08\/pres-duterte-makes-govt-housing-free-for-typhoons-yolanda-pablo-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Pres. Duterte makes gov\u2019t housing free for typhoons Yolanda, Pablo victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_88508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88508\" style=\"width: 3600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/013117_ACE37-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88508\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/013117_ACE37-1.jpg\" alt=\"\u201dYour housing, after a few years, you have to pay Php200,000 both the (typhoons) Yolanda and Pablo. For as long as I am the president, it will be free,\u201d President Duterte said during the National Housing Summit in Quezon City.(Photo: ACE MORANDANTE\/Presidential Photo)\" width=\"3600\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/013117_ACE37-1.jpg 3600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/013117_ACE37-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/013117_ACE37-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/013117_ACE37-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3600px) 100vw, 3600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201dYour housing, after a few years, you have to pay Php200,000 both the (typhoons) Yolanda and Pablo. For as long as I am the president, it will be free,\u201d President Duterte said during the National Housing Summit in Quezon City.(Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/pcoo.gov.ph\">ACE MORANDANTE\/Presidential Photo<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013Exactly three months after visiting the typhoon Yolanda-ravaged areas in Tacloban City, President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Wednesday that beneficiaries of the government housing for Yolanda and typhoon Pablo need not to pay monthly amortization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dYour housing, after a few years, you have to pay Php200,000 both the (typhoons) Yolanda and Pablo. For as long as I am the president, it will be free,\u201d President Duterte said during the National Housing Summit in Quezon City.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of the President drew loud cheers and clapping from the beneficiaries of the government housing projects particularly for typhoons Yolanda and Pablo victims.<\/p>\n<p>President Duterte did not elaborate his announcement but NHA General Manager Marcelino Escalada Jr. told the media that NHA board has recently approved a recommendation to President Duterte to give free the government housing for the two typhoons\u2019 victims.<\/p>\n<p>Escalada said a total of 205,000 victims will benefits from the house and lot package cost almost Php290,000 each.<\/p>\n<p>The NHA official said Php50 billion has been allotted for the housing grants.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit to Tacloban City in November last year, President Duterte said he is not satisfied with the housing projects for Yolanda victims.<\/p>\n<p>Yolanda, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the land, devastated the Visayas areas, leaving over 6,300 people dead and Php89.5 billion worth of damage property.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, typhoon Pablo ravaged Mindanao areas in 2012, particularly Campostela Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013Exactly three months after visiting the typhoon Yolanda-ravaged areas in Tacloban City, President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Wednesday that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":88508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[4099,14873,13135,14872],"class_list":["post-88507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-housing","tag-pablo-victims","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","tag-yolanda-victims","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88507","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}