Security forces were sent to guard government warehouses and commercial centers to prevent looting after people raided a rice warehouse in a coastal area in Davao Oriental province.
That is why air strips from Cheju in Korea to Davao in the Philippines to Medan in Indonesia are busy turning themselves into international airports that can handle giants like the Boeing 747-400.
The senator has filed a bill to set up appeals courts in key cities outside Manila: Baguio and Naga in Luzon island, Iloilo and Cebu in the Visayas, and Cagayan de Oro and Davao in Mindanao.