Despite the assurances of Interior Secretary Mar Roxas that the government has sufficient relief packs for victims of the earthquake, residents of some towns in Bohol province had started lining up on roads to beg for food and water.

The Red Cross said that people in Maribojoc town are going hungry after the mayor ordered Red Cross staff to leave when they refused to surrender food aid to local officials.

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