Government transitions from relief to rehabilitation

Nearly two weeks after Typhoon Yolanda struck Eastern Visayas, the national government is shifting towards the rehabilitation stage of disaster operations.

"As relief operations at ground zero of the calamity zones are now being actively supervised by the mayors and the municipal disaster management structure, the national government is able to focus on the next vital task: rehabilitation and rebuilding," Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said  Thursday.