tacloban city

Yolanda Aftermath: Aid Delivery Picks Up Pace as Government Criticism Grows

Christian V. Esguerra and Marlon Ramos

The distribution of food, water and medicine to typhoon survivors here picked up speed on Thursday after a barrage of criticisms from aid workers and the Philippine and international press forced the Aquino administration to bring order to its response to the calamity caused by Supertyphoon “Yolanda.” But President Aquino, smarting from the international criticism over his slow response to Yolanda, appealed to the press for “greater accuracy in reports.”

 

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