Australian navy ship arrives in Cebu for relief operations

AUSTRALIA’S amphibious navy ship HMAS Tobruk arrived at the Cebu International Port last Dec. 2 to help in the relief efforts for Yolanda survivors.

The ship brought 110 tons of relief goods supplied by the United Nations World Food Programme.

The goods are intended for the typhoon victims in Bantayan Island, Malapascua, and Kinatarkan Islands in northern Cebu and in Ormoc City, Leyte.

Operations officer Lt. Cdr. Tor Sorensen said the relief items are composed of high energy biscuits, tents, portable stoves, water purifiers and bottled water.

Sorensen said the ship first docked in Ormoc last Nov. 22 to unload 102 soldiers who helped in the cleanup operations.

The ship left the CIP port in the morning of Dec. 3 and headed to the affected islands in northern Cebu before going back to the northwest coast of Leyte and Ormoc. /Correspondent bjorn abraham tabanera