17 Quotes by Rosette Lerias

I have a glimmer of hope, based on the rule of thumb: Within 24 hours, you can still find survivors. After that, you move on to the recovery phase.

There are no signs of life, no rooftops, no nothing.

It is impossible to relocate everyone. This is a lesson for us but a lesson to which we have no permanent solutions.

The problem is that we cannot bring in heavy equipment because of the mud.

We asked them to leave yesterday. I had some of the villages checked again today, because some people didn't want to leave their homes.

We have decided to move on to recovery and rehabilitation of survivors because our greater responsibility ... is to rebuild the lives of those who have been devastated by this disaster.

We have decided to end our search and rescue operation... to give way for the construction of evacuation centers.

Presently we have more than 300 rescue members from the Army, Air Force and even mountaineer volunteers at the disaster site.

This is one of the last chances we have. The reports of the text messages, you'd like to believe them and hope that they are true because it's the only inspiration that keeps us going.