MANILA -- New presidential assistant for rehabilitation and recovery Panfilo "Ping" Lacson visited several typhoon-hit areas in the Visayas on Friday. Lacson's first stop was Guiuan, Eastern Samar where he saw firsthand the devastation left by super typhoon "Yolanda," which struck central Philippines last November 8. Lacson also talked to officials and survivors in Palo, Leyte then headed for Ormoc and Tacloban. At the Tacloban airport, he spoke with Mayor Alfred Romualdez first before flying back to Manila. -- Report from Jose Carretero, ABS-CBN News