MANILA, Philippines — House leaders admitted yesterday that additional funds could be needed to address needs in the relief and rehabilitation operations in areas affected by the eruption of Taal Volcano. “This Taal Volcano eruption is just the first of many disasters this year; P16 billion may not be enough until December. “The Department of Finance may have some more billions from the $500-million World Bank disaster resilience funds. Romero also called on fellow lawmakers to convene a special session to authorize additional funding for disaster response measures and to also tackle the disaster resilience bills. But he admitted that not the entire P16-billion fund could be used for the Taal calamity alone as it is intended for all calamities nationwide for the entire year.

Source: Philippine Star January 15, 2020 17:03 UTC