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FACT CHECK: No, UN officials did not accuse Liberal Party of misusing Yolanda funds

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 05 09:25 AM

A Facebook post claims the UN accused the Liberal Party of misusing disaster relief funds for election campaigning, citing a press conference given by a UN special rapporteur. The rapporteur told AFP he never made that claim and his report on the Philippines does not make the claim. Read more »

OPINION: 5 years later, Yolanda survivor continues to wait for resettlement

Karim Raslan -- Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Nov 30 05:44 PM

Whilst Tacloban City Mayor (a relative of former First Lady and Tacloban native, Imelda Marcos) Cristina Romualdez recently declared that its people “have moved on and forward”, for people like Richelle, the disaster is ongoing, as neglect and disinterest supplant raging winds and driving rain. Read more »

Ika-5 anibersaryo ng Yolanda, ginunita sa photo exhibit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 02:28 AM

Ginugunita ngayon ang ika-5 taon matapos ang trahedya ng bagyong Yolanda. Read more »

'Mabagal na rehabilitasyon' idinaing ng Yolanda survivors

Jenette Ruedas at Gigi Grande, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 10:20 PM

Limang taon matapos manalasa ang bagyong Yolanda, idinadaing pa rin ng mga survivor ang umano ay mabagal na rehabilitasyon. Read more »

Philippines marks five years since its deadliest storm

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 08 05:11 PM

TACLOBAN - Survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) recalled their terror and loss while gathered Thursday at a mass grave for thousands killed 5 years ago in the country's worst storm on record.   Read more »

Why super typhoon Yolanda was so deadly

Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 05 07:18 PM

When Super Typhoon Haiyan struck in 2013 it was the disaster-prone Philippines' worst storm on record, with 7,350 people dead or missing. Read more »

'Life goes on': Long road for super typhoon Yolanda survivors

Ayee Macaraig, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 04:49 PM

The Philippines' catastrophic Super Typhoon Haiyan stole almost everything from Juvilyn Luana and Joel Aradana -- their spouses, children and homes -- but in each other they found love and the strength to start a new family. Read more »

Five years after Yolanda, scores still in harm's way

Ayee Macaraig, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 03:47 PM

Diofel Llamado fled for his life when Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines in 2013, yet today he is back living in the same coastal area -- even if it puts him in the crosshairs of a future killer storm. Read more »

5 years after Yolanda: How do you weather-proof the Philippines?

Arlene Burgos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 10:53 PM

The Philippines yearly has about 20 typhoons, many of them destructive. How can the country protect itself from storm surges, rain-induced landslides and flooding? A geologist thinks he has the answer. Yolanda’s Ground Zero may just be trying it out.  Read more »

Yolanda survivors join evacuation drill for storm surge

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 03:37 PM

Nearly 5 years after super typhoon Yolanda ripped through the Visayas, female survivors in this coastal town on Saturday joined a drill on storm surge evacuation and a demo on solar power, Saturday.  Read more »

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 »