Tenderness Trumps Chaos Inside Crowded QC Evacuation Center

Tenderness trumps chaos inside crowded QC evacuation center

Judy Bertuso, 63, leans forward inside a bright orange tent set up on the floor of a basketball court in Quezon City, carefully spooning porridge into her husband Apollo’s mouth. Apollo, 65, sits in a wheelchair as he recovers from a stroke, his frail frame outlined against the translucent plastic walls of the tent. Judy,

42K evacuated in QC, Caloocan, Valenzuela, Malabon

MANILA, Philippines — The cities of Quezon, Valenzuela, Caloocan and Malabon reported that a total of 11,669 families or 42,947 people remain in evacuation centers due to Typhoon Uwan.Caloocan City Mayor Dave Gonzalo Malapitan told The Manila Times that most of the 1,606 families (6,540 individuals) that were brought to the evacuation centers came from Llano and Talipapa areas near the Tullahan River.“No one was affected by flooding and we broug…