The Aquino administration is toying with its response to threats posed by climate change, showing that it has not truly learned from the lessons of Typhoon Yolanda.

Ako-Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe, chairman of the House Special Committee on Climate Change, issued the statement on Sunday over an admission of Palace deputy spokesman Abigail Valte that the absence of guidelines to implement Republic Act(RA) 10174 caused a delay in release of the People’s Survival Fund (PSF).

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