THE House of Representatives declared November 8 of every year as a special non-working holiday in Eastern Visayas to remember the victims of Supertyphoon “Yolanda,” which hit the country in 2013.

This developed after 219 lawmakers approved on third and final reading House Bill 6591, making November 8 “Typhoon Yolanda Resiliency Day”.

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