CEBU CITY: Some 1,000 families who lost their homes during super typhoon Yolanda still live in tents in Santa Fe town in Bantayan Island off the northernmost tip of Cebu mainland, an official said.

Artemia Degamo, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 7 focal person on disaster response, said DSWD has allocated Php4 billion for emergency and core shelter assistance to survivors in northern Cebu.

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