Nearly four months after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake devastated parts of Bohol Island in the Philippines, the United Nations (UN) resident and humanitarian coordinator, Luiza Carvalho, is calling on donors to provide an additional $19 million for urgent shelter needs, as well as health, education and early recovery efforts in the affected areas.

In a related development, the pre-reconstruction phase of ten ruined churches declared as government properties was suspended after the Department of Budget and Management failed to release the P650-million allocated fund.

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