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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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ILOILO City – Western Visayas is yet to recover fully from the devastation left by super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) three years ago.
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 6 placed the recovery at “67 percent” so far, citing data from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
“This (67 percent) covered the damage on infrastructures, agriculture and fisheries in all provinces of the region,” said Cherry Mae Naranjo, regional information officer of OCD.
She acknowledged the slow recovery efforts in the area of resettlement.
“Some local government units have a hard time looking for suitable areas where to resettle those displaced by the super typhoon,” said Naranjo.
The resettlement area must be safe, she stressed.
Convincing those affected by “Yolanda” to relocate to safer areas was also difficult, added Naranjo.
They said relocating them would mean removing them far from their livelihoods such as farming or fishing, she revealed.
The super typhoon’s damage in Western Visayas reached P6.8 billion, according to Naranjo.
To mark the third anniversary of the devastation, OCD Region 6 – which also leads the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council – prepared a television program in collaboration with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) and Central Philippine University (CPU).
According to Narajo, the program will be aired at CPU Channel at 1 p.m. today. It features the testimonies of survivors and the government’s recovery efforts.
“Ang mga provinces and municipalities nga na-igo have their own commemorative propgrams,” said Naranjo.
Meanwhile, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office (DSWD) Region 6 said it has so far released P88,007,060,000 in emergency shelter assistance (ESA) to 503,840 families across the region.
Of these families, 188,433 totally lost their houses; 315,407 had partially damaged houses.
The province of Iloilo got the biggest chunk of ESA at P3,304,420,000 covering 162,070 families.
The province of Capiz received P28,94,810,000 for 145,633 families.
Other provinces and the ESA they got were as follows:
* Antique – P726,870,000 for 50,607 families
* Aklan – P1,355,220,000 for 84,972 families
* Negros Occidental – P825,740,000 for 60,558 families./PN
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