The Commission on Audit flagged Cebu City’s release of P50 million worth of assistance to local government units in Luzon that were hit by a strong earthquake in 2022. CDNDigital
held on August 12, 2022, the release of the P50 million financial aid that Mayor Michael Rama promised to Abra province, which was hit by a strong earthquake on July 27 of the same year.The financial aid was divided among the different earthquake-hit localities in Abra province.
The city government of Vigan, Candon, San Fernando, Baguio, and Tabuk, each received P3 million while the municipalities of Tayum, Bangued, and Bucay in Abra; Caoayan in Ilocos Sur and Kabayan in Benguet, each got P2 million.“It is the stand of the Audit Team that the charging of said financial assistance under the City’s Quick Response Fund was inappropriate,” COA said in its report.
“In the present case, the recipient LGUs were the ones which were under the State of Calamity and not Cebu City, thus the CCG cannot tap its own QRF for the purpose. Otherwise, there would be no distinction between the disaster response, rehabilitation, and recovery under the 70 percent allocation and the disaster relief and recovery programs under the 30 percent QRF,” COA said.
COA, however, recognized that a supplemental budget was also passed on the same year, which included a P210 million appropriation for disaster management. Still, government auditors asked city officials to always observe the rules relative to the utilization of the City’s DRRMF to ensure its proper utilization and the city’s preparedness before, during, and after a calamity or disaster may happened within its jurisdiction.
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