HELP ORMOC CITY! Facebook from Ormoc Facebook-savvy Filipinos took to the social networking site to draw attention to Ormoc City yesterday. Corporate executive Ricardo Villacrusis used Facebook the whole day yesterday to relay a cry for help for the thousands of people that Yolanda had displaced. Villacrusis told The STAR his friend Iñigo Larrazabal was able to send a text message to him regarding his family’s plight, as well as others in typhoon-devastated Ormoc. “But Tacloban is the one that is given media focus,” he said. “Ormoc also needs our help. Nothing is coming out about Ormoc.” Villacrusis rallied his friends through Facebook to help Larrazabal and others like him whose homes were razed, and who were not able to send out calls for help due to lack of power and a cutoff of communication. Villacrusis said that he got the first distress text from Larrazabal at 7 a.m. yesterday. Larrazabal told Villacrusis people in his neighborhood were taking turns using a cellphone and being charged from a car battery to send out text messages or make calls for help. Villacrusis said only Smart has a signal in Ormoc, and that Globe is out of operation. “Help Ormoc City: Just got a call from Iñigo, and from his voice the urgency and the need for help,” he said. “They need canned goods, water and tents for Metro Manila please send to Bike Town 2240 Chino Roces Ave, Makati City. For Cebu Address is 15 Wilson St. Lahug Cebu City. Please label for Iñigo Larrazabal Ormoc Villa hotel which is now an evac center. “The City has been devastated! Please inform our Friends in Media. Iñigo and Poochie literally had their roof blown away all of their belongings and their house are gone! Families in Ormoc have no more businesses or livelihood. Now is our time to help! “ Villacrusis said Larrazabal sent out a text yesterday from Ormoc City. “They really need our help their house has been destroyed,” he said. “Media has been concentrating on Tacloban, but Ormoc City has been badly hit. No electricity and limited communication. They need water, food and tents. Please get the word out!” – With Rainier Allan Ronda
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:11:30 +0000
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