I almost forgot how seeing your photos printed on an actual newspaper felt like. It's always nice to see your work published. Especially on a major newspaper that still prints actual copies just like the good old days. It can be quite a rarity in today's digital, web–fueled world.
Yolanda
The Dead Still Wait /
State of Bislig /
Images from the town of Bislig, Leyte November 26 2013.
The damages and casualties in Bislig is not as bad as the towns of Palo and Tanauan that come before it from the direction of Tacloban, but they also have been devastated. Aid has been reaching them although not on a regular basis. Mobile phone signal has been restored (3G from both Smart and Globe worked amazingly well) and might be a good place for people to file or send data. The people are good in spirits and the primary concern now is building materials for homes as well as temporary shelters for the victims that have made homeless.
Tanauan Mass Grave /
A woman grieves for a loved one at a mass grave in Tanauan, Leyte.
I don't know who particularly she was crying for. I don't know how many. I wasn't even able to ask her name. All I know is that her unguarded grief was the first one that I've seen to be let out seemingly natural ever since I got here. Then you realize that most people here never really had the time to grieve - because they immediately had to worry about their survival until now.