House eyes P20 billion Rehab Fund for Yolanda victims under 2014 budget

House of Representatives will push for amending the proposed P2.268 trillion budget to earmark a P20 billion Rehabilitation Fund for the victims of super typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan), Speaker Feliciano Belmonte said on Tuesday.

Belmonte made the announcement four days after super typhoon Yolanda—the strongest typhoon in the world ever recorded in 2013—smashed the provinces of Leyte, Samar, Capiz and some parts of Palawan that left thousands of people dead, destroyed house, business establishments, roads and bridges as well as knocked down power and communication lines.