1.   The provinces needed to sell shares to raise money to cover budget deficits, traders said.

2.   Camiguin Gov. Pedro Romualdo said he expected the death toll to rise and said the province will need more coffins.

3.   He argued that the province needed a new leader who was wise and understood the needs of the people.

4.   He insists the federal government is holding back revenue the provinces need to pay state workers and meet their own obligations.

5.   He said he expected the death toll to rise and that his province will need more coffins.

6.   Romualdo said he expected the death toll to rise and that the province will need more coffins.

7.   Romualdo said he expected the death toll to rise and that his province will need more coffins.

8.   Rofiq said the province needed a new governor who was credible and had the support of the majority considering the crucial political situation engulfing the country.

9.   Kong Xiangyun, Shanghai office director of the Anhui provincial government, told AFP that the province needed medicines, food and temporary shelters for millions made homeless.