Aquino drops Tacloban visit

AMID threats of a massive protest by People Surge, a group composed of victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda, President Benigno Aquino 3rd decided not to proceed to Tacloban City and instead spend time with residents of Guiuan in Eastern Samar, the town where the howler first made landfall last year.

Malacañang on Thursday said the President decided to skip other towns due to “limited time.” Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said the first anniversary of the catastrophe comes at the thick of preparations for Aquino’s participation in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in China.