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Billboard operators asked to donate tarpaulins to 'Yolanda' victims

Mike Frialde - The Philippine Star
November 13, 2013 | 4:05pm
MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Wednesday asked billboard operators in capital region to donate advertising tarpaulins to be used as temporary shelter by victims of super typhoon Yolanda in Samar and Leyte.
 
MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said advertising tarpaulins, particularly large ones, are waterproof and can be rigged as tents.
 
“Many residents have lost their homes and even evacuation centers have been destroyed. We have to send all the help we can to these people so they can recover the soonest possible time,” he said.
 
"Instead of these tarpaulins rotting in their warehouses, it is better that advertising agencies hand them over to government relief units where it can be put to good use,” Tolentino added.
 
Meanwhile, the MMDA has started gathering all illegal billboard tarpaulins it had earlier collected for distribution to Samar and Leyte.
 
When typhoon Pablo struck Mindanao in December last year, the MMDA sent a truckload of confiscated tarpaulins to New Bataan, Compostela Valley and Cateel, Davao Oriental. ### (Mike Frialde)

COMPOSTELA VALLEY AND CATEEL

DAVAO ORIENTAL

FRANCIS TOLENTINO

METROPOLITAN MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

MIKE FRIALDE

MINDANAO

NEW BATAAN

SAMAR AND LEYTE

TOLENTINO

YOLANDA
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