THE Regional Intelligence Division (RID) of the Police Regional Office asked for the records of 700 escaped inmates from Leyte and Tacloban City who broke out in the aftermath of typhoon Yolanda.
Supt. Paul Labra, RID director, said there were 550 prisoners from the Leyte Provincial Jail and 150 detainees from the Tacloban City jail who escaped hours after last Friday’s typhoon.
Labra said personnel were sent to monitor the entry points in Cebu for these escaped inmates.
REP. Benhur Salimbangon of Cebu’s 4th district called on President Benigno Aquino III to visit his district and the rest of northern Cebu so he can extend assistance to the affected families there.
He said 80 percent of the half a million residents in his district are still without food, water, power and housing five days after super typhoon Yolanda struck the country.