Rising but remembering – Ormoc years after the deadly flood
Ormoc was once devastated by a powerful typhoon. The painful experience taught the city valuable lessons that can be used in rebuilding communities ravaged by Typhoon Ulysses.
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Ormoc flood survivor’s lesson: drop everything and run for your life
ORMOC CITY – In an emergency, drop everything and run for your life.
Missing in the 2019 election campaign discourse: protection of environment
At the homestretch of the 2019 election campaign, environment groups are dismayed that the issue of environment protection has not been given much attention by the candidates.
Journalists learn firsthand about climate-smart farming
What better way to learn about how Climate Change affects people’s daily lives than a visit to a farm and talk with farmers?
Ormoc learns to tame nature’s wrath after killer flood
Revisiting the day of the flash flood, there is a sense that all the elements that could make a disaster happen happened that day.
Rising but remembering – Ormoc 28 years after the deadly flood
Residents share their experience of the flood 28 years ago.
Journalists told to be aware of threats they face
Vera Files President Ellen Tordesillas was giving a background on the Earth Journalism Network to the 20 journalists attending a safety seminar when they heard a loud, insistent knock on the door.
A cleaner Boracay awaits tourists but work is unfinished
BORACAY–Residents and employees of tourist establishments wear masks as they pass through diggings, or ride e-trikes over dusty roads to prevent possible health problems resulting from exposure to dust, contaminated water and garbage waiting to be collected.
Philippine journalists to revisit ‘cold’ environment disasters
MANILA - For the 18 journalists and journalism students who attended VERA Files’ training workshop on Reporting “Cold” Environment Cases at the Richmonde Hotel in Pasig City last June 28, it was a look-back, a review, and for some, a jarring reminder of the horrors of covering an environmental disaster.
