GUIUAN, Philippines—Armed with a Bible, nine weapon-wielding guards, and a Goldilocks polvorón—a powdery shortbread popular in the Philippines—Jorge “Don Don” Agnes Jr. sat at attention at his desk, ready to open his bank for the first time since supertyphoon Haiyan leveled this town three weeks ago.
Until Mr. Agnes’s Philippine National Bank branch reopened this week, the people of Guiuan—the first town struck by the typhoon—had no immediate way to get cash for food and supplies to rebuild their homes. With…
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