Tacloban airport mess

IF there is one city in this country of indecent airport facilities that deserves a respectable airport, it is Tacloban. After all that typhoon Yolanda did in Leyte including blowing the Tacloban airport away, it is only just and meritorious that the DOTC replace the facilities that were there and bring them a level up.

But it is not so. I went to Tacloban about six months after Yolanda rampaged through Tacloban and was met with a roofless and waterless facility that nevertheless was pretty busy with the comings and goings of relatives, international institution personnel, and non-governmental organizations trying to contribute their bit to help put Leyte back on its feet. I expected that the next time I came back I would see a quantum leap forward, or maybe a modest step up in comfort and convenience.