The rehabilitation of Marawi City will be partly funded by the money allocated for victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda, according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana.

Lorenzana on Thursday said the Budget department allotted Yolanda “savings” for the Islamic city’s rehabilitation. He explained that Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno allocated P5 billion of the P7.5 billion fund meant to help victims of Typhoon Yolanda, particularly those in Tacloban City.

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