Diocese hits Iligan City gov’t response to Typhoon Sendong
MANILA, Jan. 17, 2012— A Roman Catholic diocese has criticized Iligan City government’s response in the relief efforts to Typhoon Sendong and its aftermath. Atty. Leo Saragoza, legal counsel of the Diocese of Iligan, said the criticism consisted primarily of condemnations of mismanagement and the lack of preparation in the relief effort. The diocese, he said, questioned the slow spending of the P360 million funding for the rehabilitation efforts for the victims of the typhoons in an area under a state of calamity for a month now. “To my shock and surprise, as of January 9, the amount spent by the city was only P4.7 million,” Saragoza said over Manila archdiocese-run Radyo Veritas Tuesday. “I was among the victims and that’s why I was so furious because it seems that they are not doing anything,” he said. To date, according to him, the situation of victims in evacuation centers remains “tragic” with at least seven people already lost their sanity. “Who will not lost sanity in a ...