Tacloban employees urge halt to flag ceremony amid extreme heat

TACLOBAN CITY — Tacloban City employees have asked Mayor Alfred Romualdez to temporarily suspend the city government’s weekly flag-raising ceremony due to extreme heat amid the prevailing El Niño. In an endorsement dated Oct. 5 and received by the City Mayor’s Office on Oct. 6, the Government Association of Tacloban Employees (GATE) said unusually high