Flood evacuees leave Laguna tent city
By Maricar CincoA day after Christmas, 444 families living in a tent city here since the August monsoon rains finally returned to their homes.
A day after Christmas, 444 families living in a tent city here since the August monsoon rains finally returned to their homes.
A day after Christmas, 444 families living in a “Tent City” here since the August monsoon rains will finally be returning home.
Last week, we looked at five of this year’s Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Teachers, who teach mathematics and science.
The escape routes have been mapped out. Fiberglass rescue boats, fabricated by the residents themselves, are on standby, and so are life vests and emergency kits. When the sirens go off, trained rescuers are ready to push out and pluck anyone out of rising floodwaters.
On the water or up in the air, something stinks in the fleet of vehicles kept by the Philippine National Police. At least 75 rubber boats bought by the PNP for P131.5 million shortly after the 2009 killer storm “Ondoy” have never been used because they ended up with the wrong type of engines. The [...]
