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Tag: Yolanda

  • Categories Arts & Culture Yahoo

    Yolanda-ravaged school in north Iloilo still roofless

    Jun 21, 2014 11:58 PM

    By ALFRED JOHN TAYONA and HAZEL P. VILLA Photos by ALFRED JOHN TAYONA Perched on top of a hill in Islas de Gigantes, one and half hours pump boat ride away from the mainland of Carles in northern Iloilo, a school ravaged by super typhoon Yolanda (International name: Haiyan) struggles to educate students despite roofless […]

    Carles Iloilo, Yolanda

  • Categories Top Stories

    Human trafficking continues in Yolanda-hit areas

    May 27, 2014 10:10 PM

    By REYAN ARINTO

    TACLOBAN CITY — After super typhoon Yolanda swept away her home in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, 14-year-old Noemi was forced to beg for food. Her family lost everything, and had nowhere to go.

    human trafficking, Yolanda

  • Categories News Yahoo

    Post-Yolanda Visayas no place for mamas

    May 08, 2014 10:19 PM

    By JANE DASAL THE devastation wrought by supertyphoon “Yolanda” and the slow pace of rehabilitation have made the Visayas a difficult place to be a mother. The mothers’ lack of access to basic services pulled down the Philippines ranking in the 2014 State of the World’s Mother index (SOWM), which was launched in Manila on Tuesday. […]

    Haiyan, Mothers, Philippines, Yolanda

  • Categories News Video

    Red Cross to build storm-resilient houses for Yolanda victims

    May 07, 2014 11:52 AM

    By KIERSNERR GERWIN TACADENA AFTER typhoon Yolanda struck the Philippines last November, Jimmy Gagarino found himself, his wife and nine children living under a makeshift shelter with a tarpaulin for a roof. Gagarino, a fisherman from Eastern Samar, is one of 16 million people whose houses were destroyed by Typhoon Yolanda. Known internationally as Haiyan, […]

    Red Cross, typhoon Yolanda, Yolanda

  • Categories Arts & Culture Yahoo

    ‘Yolanda’ fiberglass boats modern-day Noah’s ark

    Apr 23, 2014 8:25 AM

    By JANE DASAL IF you want to save the earth, build a boat. That’s what a group of environmentalists is saying, especially if you want to save both the forests and fishermen affected by supertyphoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan). “Haiyan sank about 30,000 bancas. Fishermen in hard-hit communities need to get back in the water and on […]

    Earth Day, environment, Haiyan, Palawan, Tacloban, Yolanda

  • Categories Banner

    The ghost of a remembered place

    Nov 19, 2013 7:18 PM

    Text and photos by LUIS LIWANAG TACLOBAN City — A palette of magenta and orange filled the eastern skies at daybreak, the silhouette of windswept trees whispered poetry, and a sea breeze cooled my face. This was my fleeting memory of Tacloban, a city I had passed through just a few months ago, on the […]

    disaster, Haiyan, Leyte, Yolanda

  • Categories News Photos Video

    Yolanda survivors arrive in Villamor

    Nov 17, 2013 11:25 AM

    Text and photos by LITTLE WING LUNA VILLAMOR Air Base has become the first stop for Typhoon “Yolanda” victims fortunate enough to board the military’s C-130 planes from typhoon-ravaged Cebu and Tacloban. Friday was the third day that hundreds of hungry, weary and grieving souls landed at the Philippine Air Force hangar in Pasay City, […]

    Haiyan, typhoon Yolanda, Villamor Air Base, Yolanda

  • Categories Photos Top Stories Video

    Mass burial in Tacloban

    Nov 15, 2013 12:40 PM

    Text and photos by LUIS LIWANAG TACLOBAN CITY—The city government of Tacloban finally buried the dead in a shallow ditch that officials said was just a temporary resting place for those who perished from the wrath of Typhoon Yolanda. Cadavers wrapped in body bags, blankets, mats and even GI sheets collected from all over the […]

    Haiyan, mass burial, Tacloban, typhoon Yolanda, Yolanda

  • Categories Banner News

    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 […]

    Haiyan, Leyte, Luis Liwanag, Tacloban, Yolanda

  • Categories Banner Video

    A city in ruins

    Nov 14, 2013 6:44 AM

    Text and photos by LUIS LIWANAG ORMOC City—The city of Ormoc in Leyte was just a speck in the horizon but to 38-year-old Marie Jean Decio, it was a place she could see and smell, a place that would bring her closer to her six children. Marie Jean traveled almost four hours by fast craft […]

    disaster, Haiyan, Leyte, Ormoc, Tacloban, typhoon, Yolanda

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