Kung hindi tutulong sana wag na lang dumagdag sa problema, hirap na nga humanap ng daan para maipadala yung relief goods by land (it is time to use helicopters to send aid, ang risk naman dito yung rpg ng mga rebelde), hinaharang pa ng mga pastilan na ito.
TACLOBAN - Soldiers killed two armed insurgents who attacked an aid convoy en route to typhoon-devastated Tacloban on Tuesday, the military said, as soldiers were deployed to quell looting by hungry survivors.
"There were no casualties on the government side," Lieutenant Colonel Joselito Kakilala said, adding that two members of the New People's Army, the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, were killed and another wounded in the clash in Matnog town, some 240 kilometres (150 miles) from Tacloban.Chief Superintendent Carmelo Valmoria told AFP that 500 of his Special Action Forces troops were in place.
"When we arrived here, there was looting everywhere in the city. We have come to restore order and ensure the public safety," Valmoria said."We have been conducting checkpoints around the city everywhere and every night to prevent those who have no business (here) from coming in."
Valmoria said his troops had been confiscating knives and were urgently looking for guns that had been stolen from a firearms store.
Earlier Tuesday, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said four Simba armoured personnel carriers had been dispatched to Tacloban.
"We are circulating them in the city to show the people, especially those with bad intentions, that the authorities have returned," Roxas told DZMM radio, adding checkpoints were being used to prevent people mobbing relief trucks.
"The presence of policemen, military and government forces will definitely improve things (but) it will not be overnight," Roxas said, confirming reports that the Tacloban city government had imposed a curfew from 10:00 pm (1400 GMT) to 6:00 am."It is a tool that we are using to minimise the looting and break-ins. We know some people cannot return home (during curfew) because their homes were washed away, but it is more effective against roving gangs who are looking for targets of opportunity," he said.
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