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With the confirmed death toll now at 77 after a survivor's death this week, here is what bereaved families and survivors are entitled to under maritime rules and insurance, and where in Coron to go for help.
The Office of Civil Defense says storms and the southwest monsoon have damaged ₱3.5 billion in infrastructure and ₱1.42 billion in agriculture and displaced 5.39 million people, as government aid disbursed so far — ₱796.98 million — covers a fraction of the losses and questions persist over the ₱1.94-trillion spent on flood control since 2011.
The Department of Budget and Management has released an initial P362 million from the Local Government Support Fund to rebuild public facilities wrecked by the June 8 magnitude 7.8 earthquake, with the money going directly to Sarangani, South Cotabato and General Santos City — a fast-track disbursement that also shifts accountability for the funds onto local chief executives.
Glan, Sarangani Mayor Victor James Yap Sr. appealed for immediate national assistance, saying the magnitude 7.8 Mindanao earthquake has affected more than 109,000 residents, left 21 dead and nine missing in his town alone, and drained the municipality's ₱10-million quick response fund — even as the official regional death toll rose to 47.
The World Bank has pushed the closing date of its $309.5-million Philippines Seismic Risk Reduction and Resilience Project to December 31 from June 30 after rating it "moderately unsatisfactory," with no civil works completed and just $66 million — about 22% of the loan — disbursed nearly five years in, even as the project is meant to retrofit 425 public buildings against a catastrophic Metro Manila earthquake that experts say could kill 48,000 people.
Three days after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Sarangani province, the NDRRMC confirmed 45 dead and 17 missing as of June 10 — with over 145,000 people displaced, 3,169 homes damaged, and the government drawing on a ₱13.14-billion Quick Response Fund pool to sustain relief operations.
