He said the inquiries came from individuals who saw the photos of the typhoon’s devastation at the city’s website www.iloilocity.gov.ph.

“The City Treasurer’s Office will be opening the trust fund account for us to be getting all the aid we can get. It will depend on the mayor on how to spend the donations,” Mabilog added.

He said those willing to donate cash may inquire with executive assistants Snow Chua and Francis Cruz of the mayor’s office.

Mayor Jerry Treñas was expected to arrive yesterday from a six-day trip to Morocco where he spoke before a global anti-poverty forum.

Relief goods and financial assistance have been pouring in from various groups and individuals while some affected residents have returned home to rebuild their lives.

The City Hall activated its P15-million calamity fund Monday to address the plight of disaster-stricken residents in the aftermath of typhoon Frank which struck the metropolis over the weekend.

“In view of the immediate need to give relief and support to the typhoon victims and to rehabilitate and reconstruct infrastructure damaged by the storm,” the City Council declared the City of Iloilo under state of calamity during its special session Monday.

With the declaration, Majority floorleader Eduardo Peñaredondo said the City Hall can spend its calamity fund during and after the disaster.

He noted the city has a total of P18million in calamity funds which represents five percent of its P360-million Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share this year. But Peñaredondo explained P3million had already been spent during the previous flooding.