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Philippines moves human rights probe on climate change to New York

Sebastien Malo, Reuters
Posted at Sep 28 06:39 AM

NEW YORK - A Philippine human rights commission opened hearings in New York on Thursday into whether oil companies violate human rights by causing climate change, hoping to attract the attention of world leaders meeting at the United Nations. Read more »

How Ompong compares to Yolanda

Research by TJ Billones, infographic by Pamela Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 11:15 AM

Comparing typhoon Ompong to super typhoon Yolanda. Read more »

Paghahanapbuhay, daan sa pagbangon ng ilang 'Yolanda' survivors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 12:17 AM

Nagpursigi ang ilang biktima ng bagyong "Yolanda" sa Tacloban para makabangon mula sa naranasang trahedya. Read more »

SONA 2018: Yolanda survivors, may 'hiling' kay Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 02:48 PM

Hindi umano palalampasin ng Yolanda survivors ang ikatlong State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Ilang na-'Yolanda,' tuloy sa paghahanap ng mapagkakakitaan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 01:22 AM

Patuloy ang pagsisikap ng ilang mag-anak para lang makahanap ng iba pang puwedeng pagkakitaan para maipantustos sa kanilang gastos sa araw-araw. Read more »

Government eyes death declaration for those missing since 2013 Yolanda devastation

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 05:28 PM

Government is now looking for ways to secure a formal and legal declaration of death for people still missing nearly five years since Super Typhoon Yolanda devastated several areas of the Visayas. Read more »

4 years after Typhoon Yolanda

Roi Lagarde or ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 02:40 PM

Residents light candles amid heavy rains during a memorial for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda at Fatima Village in Tacloban City on Wednesday evening.  Read more »

Only 5 of 86 resettlement sites in Tacloban have water supply: IBON

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 07:46 PM

While super typhoon "Yolanda" devastated many provinces in Visayas 4 years ago, rehabilitation efforts are also a tragedy, the IBON foundation said.   Read more »

Kabuhayan, matibay na pabahay, hiling ng mga Yolanda survivor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 06:54 PM

Makalipas ang apat na taon, wala pa sa kalahati ang natatapos sa ipinangakong pabahay para sa mga nasalanta ng bagyong 'Yolanda'. Read more »

College students in Yolanda-hit areas get P5k cash grants

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 09:04 PM

Students enrolled in state universities and colleges in areas hit by super typhoon Yolanda will each receive a "one-time cash assistance" this school year from the government, an education official said Tuesday. Read more »

Hacked emails put Beckham’s Typhoon Yolanda charity work in spotlight: report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 06:04 PM

Beckham was hit by a media onslaught on Monday after a series of hacked emails made public raised questions over his charity work. Read more »

Samar travel notes for investors, retirees and returnees

Buddy Gomez
Posted at Feb 03 03:58 AM

My annual pilgrimage to the good old, beloved hometown and home grounds (usually exclusively devoted to visiting kin and recharging emotional batteries) has failed to give due notice to the sights and sounds of pulsating commerce. This time around, however, pieces of evidence abound that are truly unmistakable. You simply cannot miss them. Read more »

'Wait and see' no longer an option for disaster response - IFRC chief

Astrid Zweynert, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 18 07:45 AM

LONDON - Governments need to step up efforts in preparing for disasters to cut the rising bill for helping people hit by crises, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said. Read more »

Philippines remembers super typhoon 'Yolanda' disaster

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 08 07:54 PM

MANILA - The Philippines commemorated Tuesday the third year since its central region was ravaged by super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), amid unfinished rehabilitation efforts by the government in areas affected by the calamity.  Read more »

Red tape slows down construction of 200,000 Yolanda houses: Robredo

Kimberly Jane Tan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 03:23 PM

Bureaucratic red tape is still slowing down the completion of more than 200,000 houses meant for victims of Typhoon Yolanda, three years after the deadly cyclone battered the Philippines, Vice President Leni Robredo said Monday. Read more »

Bishop warns vs complacency after disasters

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 11:40 AM

Nearly three years after the onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda, a Catholic bishop believes the Filipino public should always be prepared for disasters.  Read more »

Some Yolanda victims in Iloilo still live in bunkhouses

Bea Mary Zaragosa, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 06:07 PM

ILOILO- Several families in Estancia, Iloilo still live in bunkhouses in Barangay Gogo, three years since typhoon Yolanda wreaked havoc in the country. Read more »

DSWD: Some 200,000 'Yolanda' victims didn't get aid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 07:14 PM

Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo on Monday spoke before members of the press, where she revealed that some 200,000 victims of supertyphoon “Yolanda” from Regions 6 and 8 did not receive assistance from the government. Read more »

DSWD discovers 'Yolanda' aid irregularities

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 02:42 PM

MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development on Monday said it has discovered cases of irregularities regarding monetary donations for victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) in 2013. Read more »

'Lawin' nears super typhoon status; signal no. 5 possible in 2 areas

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 19 04:39 PM

Potentially destructive cyclone ''Lawin'' is poised to reach super typhoon status as it continues to threaten northern Luzon, state weather agency PAGASA announced Wednesday morning. Read more »