Australian & British Forces Set To Leave Yolanda-Hit Areas

The Australian and British Forces currently (–foul word(s) removed–)igned to the Philippines are scheduled to leave the Yolanda-hit areas in the Visayas Region. According to Armed Forces (–foul word(s) removed–)istant deputy chief of staff Navy Captain. Rafael Mariano, the pullout of foreign forces is expected since the relief operation is now shifted into rehabilitation.

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According to a news report by ABS-CBN, the 400 to 500  British forces in the country will provide (–foul word(s) removed–)istance in Panay and Palawan island. The troops will then visit Manila on Wednesday before heading home the following day.

The Australian ship stationed in the Visayas helping Yolanda-torn areas is set to leave on Tuesday while a C-130 plane carrying around 350 Australian troops will follow suit.

Few international forces will be left in the Philippines, among them are troops from Japan, Canada, Italy, and China. The US Forces and the South Koreans were the first to pull out, although the Koreans hinted that a fresh number of troops may be sent to help in the reconstruction efforts in areas affected by super typhoon Haiyan.

The Philippine Navy also stated that there is no timetable yet as to when the other forces currently helping the Philippines will leave, but they expects taht the pullout will be within this month of December.

Based upon the currentl records from the Philippine national government, the cost to agriculture and infrastructure damaged by Yolanda is at least P35.52 billion. Some analylist believe that the rehabilitation will take around 10 years.

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