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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 […]

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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.

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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. […]

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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, […]

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‘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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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