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Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo MARC JAYSON CAYABYAB/INQUIRER.netSocial Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo on Monday said the government was not asking for foreign aid for the victims of Typhoon Karen international name Sarika and Supertyphoon Lawin Haima because it had the funds to cover relief operations i stanley cups n the stricken provinces in northern and Central Luzon.Taguiwalo was addressing concerns of possible repercussions to President Dutertersquo assertions the country could do without aid from the United States, European Union and the United Nations, all of which he had assailed for criticizing his bloody war against illegal drugs.Article continues after this advertisement We are not asking for foreign assistance or donations from other countries for [victims of] Karen or Lawin because we have identified enough government funds to help the affected families, Taguiwalo said.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk stanley trinkflaschen cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for stanley cup disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderShe said the government was open to aid and donations, including foreign assistance from friends. But she noted that true friends gave freelymdash;not as loansmdash;without asking for anything in return.Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto agreed with Taguiwalo, saying that with P37 billion in unspent calamity funds, there was no nee Dqcv Passengers evacuate bus in Pasay due to suspected bomb threat
Rescuers carry an injured woman worker pulled out from the rubble of a building that collapsed on the outskirts of Chennai, India, Sunday, June 29, 2014. The 12-story apartment structure the workers were building collapsed late Saturday while heavy rains and lightning were pounding. Police said 31 construction workers had been pulled out so far an stanley quencher d the search was continuing for more t stanley isolierkanne han a dozen others. APNEW DELHI ndash; Police in southern India detained five construction company officials Sunday as rescuers using gas cutters and shovels searched for dozens of workers believed buried in the rubble of a building that collapsed during monsoon rains. It was one of two weekend building collapses that killed at least 26 people.Nearly 90 contract workers were believed to have been in the basement of stanley thermos the 11-story structure to collect their wages when it collapsed Saturday on the outskirts of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state.Article continues after this advertisement Police said eight died on the spot and another seven succumbed to injuries in a hospital. Another 20 people have been pulled out alive.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsJ.Jayalalitha, the statersquo top elected official, visited the site on Sunday and said another 40 people may still be trapped under the debris, according to the Pres |
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