Yolanda funds did not reach victims – COA

Instead of spending badly needed funds on post-Yolanda relief and rehabilitation, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) used them for operations or kept them in banks. According to the Commission on Audit, “petroleum, oil and lubricants” accounted for 98% of OCD’s Yolanda-related operations. Local and foreign cash donations have not been used by the NDRRMC either, but have “remained intact with the depository bank,” COA reported.

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