DAVAO CITY- Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte cited the kind act of the Cebu City local government in 2003 during a deadly terrorist bombing in his city when the Mayor handed out assistance to quake-stricken local government units (LGUs) in Cebu and Bohol.
"They were here when we needed help and now it's our turn to show our gratitude to these people," Mayor Duterte said.
The Mayor was referring to the act of then Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena and his City Council who visited Davao City in 2003, days after a powerful bomb ripped the passenger waiting area of the Davao International Airport killing dozens of bystanders.
Last Sunday (October 20) Mayor Duterte flew to distribute P5-million to the province of Cebu with quake affected Cebu towns and cities receiving P500,000 each. A P13.5 million budget was allocated to Bohol one of the most devastated during an intensity 7.2 earthquake hit the two provinces last October 15.
Coincidentally, the municipal Mayor of the quake-affected Maribojoc town in Bohol Leoncio Evasco Jr. served under Duterte as his chief-of-staff and as OIC of the City Engineer’s Office before leaving Davao City and successfully running for mayor in the Bohol town.
Last Friday (October 19) the City Council of Davao in a special resolution allocated part of its calamity fund to pitch in aid to the quake devastated provinces of Cebu and Bohol.
Local Government Units helping each other are common in the country which is pounded by man-made and natural calamities. In 2009, Davao City pitched in P10-million to victims affected by typhoon Ondoy in Luzon, in 2011 it gave P3-million worth of aid to those affected by typhoon Sendong in northern Mindanao. In 2012 Davao City allotted P6-million to its neighbors during the onslaught of typhoon Pablo. (PIA/RG Alama)
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