Model evacuation center opens in Tondo
By Erika SaulerA four-story evacuation center complete with kitchen and bathroom facilities was inaugurated Friday in Tondo, Manila.
A four-story evacuation center complete with kitchen and bathroom facilities was inaugurated Friday in Tondo, Manila.
Filipinos are a tough breed. Nowhere was this more evident than in heartwarming scenes that unfolded in New Bataan town in the province of Compostela Valley in the aftermath of Typhoon “Pablo.”
Due to inadequate power in the evacuation area in barangay Tisa, Cebu City, fire victims had to walk about two kilometers to the barangay hall just to get food.
DISASTER relief needs do not always come in small packages. Volunteers of the Philippine Red Cross came with “surprise” guests—a party clown and a magician—when they visited an evacuation center in Calamba City early this month.
With floods being a regular occurrence in their community, residents of Purok 5 and 6 in Barangay Salomague here have developed an efficient system of evacuation whenever floodwater creeps into their homes and farms.
Henry Lazola, 38, a radio broadcaster, arrived at the office of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club wearing muddied rubber boots. He was fuming mad. A month after the floods, the street outside his home in Barangay (village) Carmen is still filled with mud.
