While the bunkhouses in Tacloban might have been built with substandard materials they were not overpriced, according to the secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson said on Monday that teams they deployed in Tacloban, which was severely ravaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), found that materials used in constructing bunk–house roofs, walls and floors were not prescribed by the department.

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