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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 »

Remembering Yolanda

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 02:00 AM

UP Diliman students join other climate justice advocates commemorate the 5th anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda during a candle lighting event in Quezon City on Thursday. The students called on the government to take bolder action to address climate change to prevent life-threatening weather events like Yolanda. 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 »

Prayers for Yolanda victims

AFP Photo
Updated as of Nov 08 07:14 PM

A survivor places flowers and candles at a mass grave for victims of super typhoon Yolanda to commemorate its fifth anniversary, in Tacloban City, Leyte on Thursday. Read more »

Pinsala ni 'Rosita' sa mga manggahan sa Pangasinan aabot sa P36 milyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 07:50 PM

SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan - Aabot sa P36-milyong halaga ng mangga ang nasira dahil sa pananalasa ng bagyong Rosita dito sa probinsya noong nakaraang linggo, ayon sa mga opisyal Miyerkoles.   Read more »

Yolanda's path: Then and now

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 07:04 PM

Five years ago, super typhoon Yolanda, the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines, made six landfalls and left a trail of destruction in its path. 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 »

Duterte needs emergency powers for typhoon response: Agri chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 11:15 AM

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Monday urged local officials to support his proposal for Congress to grant President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to assist farmers after typhoons. Read more »

Agri chief denies getting scolding from Duterte over Isabela absence

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 08:49 AM

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol denied Monday that Pesident Rodrigo Duterte chided him over his absence at a command conference in Isabela province, which was ravaged by typhoon Rosita last week.   Read more »

Search for bodies in landslide-hit DPWH building to continue until Friday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 06:37 PM

Disaster officials extended the search and retrieval operations in the landslide-hit building in Natonin, Mountain Province until Friday. Read more »

Agri chief explains absence in Duterte's Isabela visit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 04:12 PM

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol on Sunday explained his absence at President Rodrigo Duterte's command conference in typhoon-ravaged Isabela province, which reportedly prompted a rebuke from the latter. Read more »

Rains to dampen VisMin - PAGASA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 09:46 AM

An intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) or band of clouds will bring rains over large swaths of the country on Sunday, the state weather bureau said.  Read more »

Rosita leaves P1.82 billion in agriculture damage, says Piñol

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 10:33 AM

MANILA - The onslaught of Typhoon Rosita in Northern Luzon resulted in P1.82 billion in agricultural damage, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said Friday. Read more »

3 days after typhoon Rosita

King Rodriguez, Malacanang Photo
Posted at Nov 02 02:22 PM

This aerial photo taken on Nov. 1 shows the damage caused by typhoon Rosita in some parts of the Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Regions following the typhoon's landfall. Read more »

Palo’s mass grave

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 01:16 AM

Relatives pay tribute to their departed loved ones at the mass grave at San Joaquin Parish Church in Palo, Leyte on Thursday. Thousands of those who perished during the onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda five years ago, many still unidentified, were buried in similar mass graves in Tacloban and other municipalities in Samar and Leyte. Read more »

Duterte wants normalcy back in typhoon-hit areas

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 02 12:22 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he wants government officials to work on making the areas hardest hit by typhoon Rosita “return to normalcy as soon as possible.” Read more »

DFA to help displaced Pinoys after Yutu devastation in US Pacific islands

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 01 06:45 PM

A two-man consular team would travel to Saipan to help Filipinos affected by the typhoon. Read more »

No rest for rescuers

Harlington Palangchao, Reuters
Posted at Nov 01 04:43 PM

Rescuers and policemen search for victims of a landslide in Natonin, Mountain Province on Thursday.  Read more »

Duterte to visit typhoon-hit areas on All Saints’ Day

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 01 09:01 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is set to visit typhoon-hit areas on Thursday, as rescuers race against time to save dozens believed to buried under the ruble after a landslide in Mt. Province. Read more »

NDRRMC: At least 15 dead due to 'Rosita'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 01 09:18 AM

MANILA - Typhoon Rosita has left at least 15 people dead after its onslaught in the country's northern provinces, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Thursday.   Read more »