Govt takes 19 years to compensate flood victims

According to the Auditor General, Robby Sebopeng, 37 victims were paid P2,500 in the financial year ended March 31, 2013 a full 19 years after the natural disaster struck the flood prone region where the two settlements were located.

“While the occurrence of the disaster at that time may not be in doubt, it is nevertheless disheartening to note that relief measures to assist victims in distress from the impact of a disaster could be so delayed by as much as 18 years,” Sebopeng noted in his latest report released last week.