Marcos vows to fulfill Yolanda commitments

On the 11th anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda yesterday, President Marcos vowed to fully deliver on the promises given to the victims of the strongest typhoon in history to make landfall.

"All unfulfilled commitments made in the past for Yolanda rehabilitation are responsibilities we fully assume," the President said in a statement.

"Though no singular fault of anyone, many of these pledges remain unredeemed, and we shall see to it that what the state owed to impacted people and places will be satisfactorily settled," he said.

Under the Yolanda Permanent Housing program in Eastern Visayas, the government has completed a total of 52,319 units as of June.

Around 5,758 units are under construction. There were 4,647 units with titles already distributed to the beneficiaries, with 45,194 awarded family-beneficiaries.

Eastern Visayas was the worst hit area by Yolanda in 2013, leaving thousands of people dead.

Marcos said the country commemorated Yolanda as it still struggles to recover from the devastation left by tropical cyclones Kristine and Leon.