Duterte orders Cabinet members to oversee post-Auring rehab

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night asked members of his Cabinet to come up with a progress report on the rehabilitation of flood-stricken provinces following the onslaught of Tropical Storm Auring.

“Kindly address the problem… Give me a report of what you have done, just a memo para I can keep track, para hindi makalimutan,” Duterte said in a televised briefing.

Duterte also directed the heads of the department concerned with the relief and rehabilitation efforts to make sure they send representatives to Surigao del Sur if they would not be able to return to oversee efforts to help the storm-hit province.

“You have one week to do it, all of you. Padala kayo dito, ‘pag may kulang, if there’s anything that needs to be fixed, do it, come back here. Kung ‘di kayo, send a competent, ‘wag ‘yong imbecile,” Duterte said.

“If you cannot come back here at least send a representative who can work kasi I’m a very impatient man not because by design but kakaunti na lang kasi panahon ng pagka-presidente ko… Gusto ko ‘yong dapat gawin, gawin na kaagad,” he added.

Earlier, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said a total of 31,884 families in Caraga, Davao, Northern Mindanao, and Bicol Regions were affected by the weather disturbance.

A total of 18,996 families in Caraga, Davao, Northern Mindanao, Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, and Western Visayas have evacuated from their homes due to the threat of Auring.

In Caraga and Davao Regions, at least 60 houses were totally damaged while 180 were partially damaged.

A total of 12 roads and one bridge were affected by the weather disturbance in Bicol Region, Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, and Davao Regions, the NDRRMC said. -NB, GMA News