The proclamation will also allow local governments to spend their calamity funds without restrictions, he said. “[Places] under a state of calamity will become the area of top priority for all agencies in the provision of necessary relief goods and, of course, the task of rehabilitation,” Roque said. NIA chief Ricardo Visaya said he was open to any investigation into the release of water from the dam. “Pagasa will tell us that we are in a preemptive level so we have to release water, and that is about two to three days . It also recorded P334 million in damage to flood control facilities and P1.1 billion to government buildings and infrastructure.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 18, 2020 21:22 UTC