Philippine president to oversee Haiyan relief efforts

Aquino spent the night in Tacloban City in the worst-hit province of Leyte, where he said he would stay until he is satisfied with the relief operation, after the government's initial response was criticized for being too slow.
"You know me, I am never satisfied," he told reporters on Sunday.
The death toll from Haiyan's destruction has reached 3,976, with 1,598 missing and more than 4 million displaced, according to the national disaster relief agency. More than 18,000 were injured.
Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said the government was working to restore electricity and fuel supply as well as open banks and businesses in Tacloban and other affected areas.
"We need to get money into the hands of the people so that the local economy can be started again," he told reporters in Tacloban.
Roxas said authorities were also talking with company owners to open their stores in Tacloban. "Even if nobody goes in, it will be a good normalization signal to the city," he said.
Haiyan slammed into the eastern Philippines on November 8 with record winds of more than 300 kilometers per hour. A storm surge of up to 4 metres destroyed more than a million houses.//DPA