Luis Liwanag Archives

Like a post-apocalyptic Hollywood movie

Nov 17, 2013 9:01 AM

Text and photos by LUIS LIWANAG NATURAL disasters and extreme weather phenomena have become so routine lately that to hear the impending landfall of another supertyphoon failed to whet my appetite for another adrenaline-charged news coverage. Spending time with family and keeping my word on commitments to friends were at the top of my list […]

Cebu, Haiyan, Luis Liwanag, Ormoc, Tacloban, typhoon Yolanda

A war amid disaster?

Nov 14, 2013 3:28 PM

Text and photos by LUIS LIWANAG TACLOBAN, Leyte–Residents of this city and nearby towns joined an exodus toward safety Wednesday, after hearing of reports of an alleged gunfight between soldiers and leftist guerillas, who were supposed to have held hostage food convoys. People scampered away from Alang-alang town where an alleged gunfight involving New People’s […]