In Masbate thousands of residents need shelter

LIGAO CITY –– At least 70 percent of the population in Cataingan town in Masbate province is in dire need of tents or temporary shelter after last Tuesday’s magnitude 6.6 earthquake left most houses too dangerous to be occupied.

“Most of the houses were damaged by the shake and out of the 50,000 population, 60 to 70 percent are affected.” Mayor Filipe Cabataña told the Inquirer in a phone interview on Wednesday.