Navy distributes 52,000 liters of potable water to Tacloban City residents

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 14): Navy distributes 52,000 liters of potable water to Tacloban City residents

The Philippine Navy (PN) on Thursday announced that its water sanitation teams has distributed 52,000 gallons of purified water to the residents of "Yolanda" battered Tacloban City in Leyte province.

Navy spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Fabic said that BRP Federico Martir (PG-385), which is carrying 6.19 tons of relief goods, has left Cebu City Thursday morning and is expected to arrive later in the day at Ormoc City.

He added that another PN logistics ship, BU-295, has departed Cebu for Guian town, Samar carrying some 85 tons of relief goods which will be distributed to the typhoon devastated residents there later Thursday.

Fabic also stated that PN diving teams and those from Office of Civil Defense in Region 5 has recovered 90 bodies off Tacloban Bay.

These are now subject to identification, he added.

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