Straits Times: Defending his government against criticism that it is moving too slowly in rebuilding communities ravaged by a super typhoon exactly one year ago, President Benigno Aquino appealed for patience, saying reconstruction takes time.
"I am impatient like everyone else, but I have to stress that we can't rebuild haphazardly," Mr Aquino said in a speech yesterday during a stop in the hard-hit town of Guiuan in Leyte province, where Haiyan first made landfall.
"Curse me, criticise me, but I believe...