THE government has relocated more than 800 families in less than a month after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered providing Typhoon Yolanda-affected families decent homes, a Palace official said.
In a press briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, December 6, Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said that based on the report of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino, the government has successfully relocated 827 Yolanda families out of 911 that was ruffled to their new homes as of Dec. 3, 2016.
This is done just 26 days after President Duterte issued an instruction to relocate the beneficiaries to their new homes.
“OPAV expects more families to be relocated to their new homes before Christmas as soon as other relocation sites are ready complete with electrical connection and potable water supply,” Abella said quoting Dino.
Also, Abella said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III presented last night, during the Cabinet meeting, the proposal to acquire Postbank and convert it into an OFW or a workers’ bank.
“And this particular move is an undertaking to show appreciation for the OFWs as our modern-day heroes,” he said.
Remittances account for 9.8 percent of gross domestic product and 8.3 percent of gross national income. Therefore, there’s a need now for a more specialized financial institution for OFWs to cater to their needs and aspirations, Abella added.