CADIZ City and Manapla have moved on from the wrath of Super Typhoon Yolanda, which hit the country three years ago.
Cadiz City Mayor Patrick Escalante said that "all structures damaged by Yolanda are now repaired."
He said that construction of relocation houses are expected to be completed next year.
Cadiz had received P308 million financial assistance from the National Government, he said.
Cadiz City was the worst hit area in the province, with 4,500 houses destroyed while 17,000 others were damaged.
Manapla Mayor Lourdes Escalante said that "almost 100 percent of the infrastructure that was destroyed during the onslaught of the super typhoon is now repaired."
"Relocation of the affected families is now at 95 percent while the overall rehabilitation is at 90 percent," she said.
The amount given by the National Government to Manapla is P93 million, the mayor said.
A total of 1,101 houses were destroyed while 6,000 were damaged by Yolanda in Manapla.
In Negros Occidental, a total of 83,950 families, or 396,590 individuals, were affected in 31 towns and cities when Yolanda made landfall on November 8, 2013 — prompting the Provincial Government to declare a state of calamity.
Yolanda also left a total of P1.205 billion worth of damage in the province.
Of the country’s P167-billion rehabilitation fund for areas affected by the super typhoon, P3.9 billion was allocated to Negros Occidental.
