The national government has raised by P2.1 billion the budget it is asking for the Yolanda rehabilitation effort.

Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. of the Presidential Communications Operations Office announced the revised budget Saturday, a day after President Benigno Aquino 3rd met Cabinet members to identify the priorities in the rehabilitation and reconstruction program.

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