Typhoon Odette Survivors in Bohol Celebrate New Lease on Life
Boholanos celebrate the Christmas season with vigor a year after Typhoon Odette robbed them of holiday joy.
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A year after Odette, Siargao folk put the pieces of life back together
Siargao resident affected by 2021 typhoon Odette: We are doing better right now because we already recovered. There are many tourists again and it’s like we are going back to normal days.
Waiting for another disaster in Ubay?
It needs strong political will from both the local and national leadership to first protect its people from natural and man-made disasters. The people should be spared from a bigger disaster, that is, politics.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Old photos FALSELY passed off as Paeng’s effect on farmers
Various Facebook (FB) pages are sharing an album of images supposedly showing the ramifications of Typhoon Paeng (international name: Nalgae) on Filipino farmers. The album erroneously used old photos and passed them off as new. Uploaded on Oct. 29, the posts featured eight images of devastated crops, crying farmers and dead livestock. Its caption read:
Bumagyo, Bumaha … Ganito Pa Rin Tayo?
Ilang Bagyong Paeng pa ba ang raragasa sa Pilipinas bago natin ayusin ang paghahanda para makaiwas sa malaking pinsala, na mas pinalalalá ng climate change? Pakinggan ang pananaw ni Dr. Mahar Lagmay sa unang bahagi ng Episode 15 ng What The F?! Podcast.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Typhoon Nanmadol DID NOT cause damage to solar panels in Japan
Nanmadol, which swept across parts of Japan early this week, left severely damaged properties and establishments in its wake. Actual images taken then were included in the FB post, except that of the wrecked solar panels.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming no media coverage of Duterte relief operations after Rolly FALSE
Local media also reported on the president’s aerial inspection of the Bicol region and his visit to Guinobatan, Albay on Nov. 2.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: More FB posts MISLEAD with photos of storm devastation in Vietnam
The circulating photos actually show victims of Tropical Storm Wipha in Vietnam, which ravaged the country’s northern provinces in August last year.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Clips of Laos, Thailand flooding WRONGLY used to show ‘Cagayan’ during typhoon Ulysses
All four clips featured in the 46-second video show different instances of flooding in Laos and Thailand.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No new low pressure areas seen in PAR; viral photo is MANIPULATED
No LPAs or storms have been observed forming near the country or in the PAR, at least for the next few days, according to latest forecasts.
