BONN, Germany — It has been four years since Typhoon Yolanda, internationally known as Haiyan, hit the Philippines. Hataman said that regional government officials were in talks with other agencies to divert the unused funds. Yolanda rehabilitation not yet doneIn a statement, think tank group IBON Foundation criticized the Duterte administration’s plan to rechannel the funds from Yolanda rehabilitation to Marawi. Some five million people were left homeless, following the trail of destruction left by Typhoon Yolanda in November 2013. This represents only 30 percent of the 56,000 permanent houses that were pledged for Yolanda-stricken areas, IBON said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 08, 2017 10:30 UTC