LEGAZPI CITY: The implementation of the P167-billion Yolanda rehabilitation fund failed because the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) did not release the funds, resigned rehabilitation czar Panfilo Lacson told The Manila Times.
Lacson, former head of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (OPARR), said the result is the snail-paced implementation of reconstruction in 171 cities and municipalities hit by Super Typhoon Yolanda two years ago.
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