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Excerpt from : http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/11/15/1256897/police-official-sacked-over-10000-fatality-estimate




MANILA, Philippines - The police general who said Super Typhoon Yolanda could have left 10,000 people dead was ordered relieved from his post yesterday.

Eastern Visayas police (PRO8) regional director Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria was quoted as saying that 10,000 people could have perished in Tacloban City alone, citing the extent of the damage brought by the monster storm in the city.

“He was relieved of his command as PRO8 director,” an official revealed, adding that Soria would be replaced by his military academy classmate, Chief Superintendent Henry Losañes, currently head of the PNP Maritime Group.

The PNP leadership has yet to announce Soria’s relief, but sources said Losañes will take over in the next few days, as soon as he could get a flight to the region.

A police official said the relief had nothing to do with Soria’s statements, but was done to allow him to take a break after the tragedy.

Soria incurred the ire of government officials for expressing his view on Yolanda’s rampage in Eastern Visayas.

PNP chief Director General Alan Purisima clarified that the reported 10,000 deaths remain unconfirmed.

Purisima said he would call the attention of Soria to verify the basis for his statement.

Purisima said police officers should remember that any pronouncement should be supported by hard evidence.

“We rely on the actual body count, we do not rely on perception reports or anecdotal reports,” he said.

He said policemen should only state the number of deaths if they saw the bodies, buried them and after making the report to the NDRRMC.

“We are not trying to hide anything here, but what we want is the factual report and not speculation,” Purisima said.

However, Soria’s assessment had a semblance of truth as many devastated areas had yet to be reached. Being the police commander of Eastern Visayas, he knew the region well.

“He could be correct in his assessment but he expressed his views too soon without any documents to back this claim,” the official said.

Of 983 policemen of the regional headquarters in Palo, Leyte, only 34 have so far been accounted for, with the remaining 949 officially declared as missing.

A disaster official admitted the official NDRRMC list of 2,357 fatalities only represented the bodies recovered by the local government units.

As of yesterday, there are still many corpses to be retrieved in Tacloban and nearby Samar, posing health hazards to hundreds of hungry storm survivors.

The official said the number of fatalities could even double or even surpass the 10,000 estimate by Soria if all the bodies strewn across Tacloban are accounted for by the NDRRMC. – Jaime Laude, Non Alquitran, Cecille Suerte Felipe
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Noynoy is an as$hole. He shouldve let it go na lang. Besides, i think dahil naexaggerate ang numbers, biglang nagrespond agad ang international aid groups and countries.

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^ baka naman di na maniwala ang ang international community sa susunod dahil mali mali ang mga opisyal natin? kilala na nga sa pagiging corrupt ang mga opisyal ng pinas, makilala pa sa pagiging incompetent hahaha

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sablay talaga... naniniwala kasi sa sabi sabi hahaha!

e dito nga humihingi ng handsign eh to prove the claim e...

e si mr. pnoy mailig makinig sa kwentong barbero haha!


buong bansa pinahamak sa maling balitang pinakalat nya sa intl media..

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what is the govt turning into? pati freedom of speech gusto nila kunin? There should be a line about speech..the only thing illegal is threat and lies, not opinions. do we have law expert here? their heading into you cant question the govt,a lie.

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ang dami kong kakilala sa cebu na nag panic when they heard that statement. that guy is an idiot and deserves to be sacked.

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Eastern Visayas police (PRO8) regional director Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria was quoted as saying that 10,000 people could have perished in Tacloban City alone, citing the extent of the damage brought by the monster storm in the city.

kung babasahin maigi at kung totoo yun quote dun may kinabit na could or posible

iba po a statement na "10,000 people have perished" sa "10,000 people could have perished"

at kung titignan mo po nyo ang footage after day 1 e wala kang makikitang bahay at bubong sa isang normal na pag-iisip e iisipin mo posible ngang may namatay na 10,000 sa lawak ng pinsala wala pa dyan yung nadala sa dagat