Arroyo creates reconstruction body
MANILA - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Tuesday signed an executive order forming a special commission for the infrastructure rehabilitation in areas devastated by landslides and floods caused by tropical storms Pepeng (international codename Parma) and Ondoy (Ketsana).
Mrs. Arroyo announced the approval of the executive order during a Cabinet meeting at the West Central Elementary School in Dagupan City, Pangasinan province, which was badly hit by floods during Pepeng's onslaught.
The new body, called Special National Public-Private Reconstruction Commission, will be headed by PLDT Chairman Manny Pangilinan, with Finance Secretary Margarito Teves and Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Vidal as co-chairs.
Members of the special commission will come from various government agencies, including the Department of Public Works and Highways, business groups and other non-government organizations.
The executive order mandates the new commission as a "clearing house" for all international assistance coming in for the victims of Ondoy and Pepeng.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said the creation of the commission will ensure transparency on the international aid received by the government for the typhoon victims.
The two storms devastated a large part of Luzon, particularly Metro Manila and northern provinces.
The National Disaster Coordinating Council said more than 6 million people were affected by the two storms, with hundreds of thousands still displaced.
The two storms' combined cost of damage to infrastructure has been pegged at P4.78 billion and P12.86 billion to agriculture.
The NDCC's latest report showed that 56 roads and 9 bridges were destroyed during Pepeng's onslaught, and the combined number of houses damaged by the two typhoons has reached more than 68,000. Report from Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Bakit Ba Kailangan Pa Yang Reconstruction Body?
Mayroon nang reconstruction body ang NDCC itong ideya ni Pandak ay politically motivated na naman. Narito ang mga trabaho ng bawa't miyembro ng NDCC, lahat ng trabaho ng reconstruction ay nasa kanila:
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Tasks of NDCC Chairman and Member-Agencies
The Chairman and members of the Council have the following tasks, namely:
a. Chairman - Convenes the Council as often as necessary and calls on all other departments/bureaus/agencies, other instrumentalities of the government and the private sector for assistance when the need arises.
b. Administrator, Office of Civil Defense - Coordinates the activities, functions of the various agencies and instrumentalities of the government, private institutions and civic organizations to implement the policies and programs of the NDCC; disseminates materials relative to disaster prevention, control and mitigation; advises the Chairman on matters concerning disaster management.
c. Secretary of Interior and Local Government - Oversees the organization of DCCs, the establishment of Disaster Operations Centers of all local governments, and the training of DCC members in coordination with OCD, DSWD, PNRC, and other appropriate agencies.
d. Secretary of Social Welfare and Development - Extends relief assistance and social services to the victims as necessary.
e. Secretary of Health - Provides health services during emergencies as necessary, and organizes reaction teams in hospitals, clinics and sanitary and other health institutions.
f. Director-General, NEDA - Responsible for the determination and analysis of the effects of disasters and calamities on the socio-economic plans and programs of the country, and development of damage assessment scheme.
g. Secretary of Labor and Employment - Provides emergency employment opportunities to disaster victims, implements the industrial civil defense programs and measures, and organizes and trains Disaster Control Groups in all factories and industrial complexes.
h. Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports - Provides assistance in the public education and campaign regarding disaster preparedness, prevention and mitigation, makes available school buildings as evacuation centers, and organizes and trains disaster control groups and reaction teams in all schools and institutions of learning.
i. Secretary of Trade and Industry - Maintains normal level of prices of commodities during emergencies, and organizes Disaster Control Groups and Reaction Teams in large buildings used for commercial and recreational purposes, maintains normal level of prices of commodities during emergencies.
j. Secretary of Agriculture - Undertakes surveys in disaster areas to determine the extent of damage of agricultural crops, livestock and fisheries and renders technical assistance to disaster victims whose crops or livestock have been destroyed.
k. Secretary of Budget and Management - Releases funds required by the departments for disaster operations.
l. Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources - Responsible for reforestation and control of areas which tend to cause flooding, landslides, mudflow and ground subsidence, provide seeds, seedlings and saplings and technical assistance regarding mines, forests and lands, formulates rules and regulations for the control of water and land pollution.
m. Secretary of Finance - Issues rules and regulations with the relevant agencies concerned for the funding by local government of the requirements for organizing, equipping, and training of their disaster coordinating councils and reaction teams.
n. Secretary of Public Works and Highways - Restores destroyed public structures such as flood control, waterworks, roads, bridges, and other vertical and horizontal facilities/structures and provides heavy and light equipment for relief, rescue and recovery operations.
o. Secretary of Tourism - Organizes and trains disaster control groups and reaction teams in hotels, pension houses, restaurants and other tourist-oriented facilities.
p. Secretary of Transportation and Communications - Restores destroyed communication and transportation facilities such as railroads and vertical structures, and organizes emergency transport services from the national down to the barangay level; and restores destroyed communication and transportation facilities such as railroads and vertical structures.
q. Director, Philippine Information Agency - Provides public information service through dissemination of disaster mitigation measures.
r. Secretary-General, Philippine National Red Cross - Conducts disaster leadership training courses, assists in the training of DCCs at all levels; and assists in providing emergency relief assistance to disaster victims.
s. Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines - Responsible for the provision of security in disaster area and provision of assistance in the reconstruction of roads, bridges and other structures and transportation facilities for rapid movement of relief supplies and personnel and for the evacuation of disaster victims.
Pinaghalo Na Naman Ang Politika At Relihiyon
Kapalpakan na naman itong ginagawa ni Pandak, ano ba ang parte ng simbahan sa gobyerno at kailangan pa ang isang pare? Sa halip na hirangin niya ang mga taong may nalalaman at karanasan sa construction at urban planning kung sino sino na lamang ang pinulot. Maaasahan ba niyang gumawa ng madaliang hakbang ang mga taong ito, tiyak na aabutin na naman ng taon at walang katapusang debate ang mangyayari diyan.
Kung sabagay pagkakataon na upang magpagawa ng mga karatulang magsasaad na ang mga pagawaing iyan ay mula sa kagandahang loob ng inyong pangulo na nagmamahal sa taong bayan. Papogi na naman!