More than 100 families near Tacloban City haveasked shipowners for financial assistance after the vessels destroyed their homes when they were forced ashoreduring super-typhoon Yolanda last November.

They want PHP 50,000 ($1,100) per family, the SunStar daily reported.

The ships are named as UnilinkShipping Corp's RKK 1, the Star Hilongos of Roble Shipping Corp, the David Legaspi ofCandano Shipping Corp, and the LCT Rosman, owned by businessman Richmond Ng ofManila.

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