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Stay or go? As weather gets wilder, states urged to prepare for displacement

Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at May 20 11:25 PM

GENEVA - Warned that Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) would slam into the coastal part of the Philippine town of Dulag in November 2013, Leah C. Caminong's family rented a room 300 meters back from the shoreline where they planned to ride out the storm. Read more »

Produksiyon ng hito sa Iloilo, apektado ng tagtuyot

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 12:25 AM

Pahirapan naman ang supply ng tubig sa Yolanda relocation sites sa Tacloban City dahil sa epekto ng El Niño. Read more »

Remarkable Women: Helping Yolanda-hit city with solar power

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 03:26 PM

"Recharge Pilipinas" not only helps bring renewable energy to the mainstream, it gives the typhoon-prone communities a power source during disasters. Read more »

Ombudsman suspends Guiuan mayor over alleged post-Yolanda rehab fund misuse

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 04:44 PM

MANILA - The Office of the Ombudsman has preventively suspended the mayor of Guiuan town, Eastern Samar for 6 months as he faced investigation over alleged misuse of funds for rehabilitation efforts following devastation due to Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013. Read more »

2 timbog dahil sa 'smuggled' na mga damit sa ukay-ukay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 08:59 PM

Nasa 130 kahon ng ukay-ukay items ang nasamsam ng NBI at Customs, kabilang ang mga package na donasyon na para sana sa mga biktima ng bagyong Yolanda. Read more »

Mar confident ghosts of past admin won't haunt Senate bid

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 11:05 PM

Mar Roxas' name has been dragged into some of the controversies of the administration of former President Benigno Aquino III. Read more »

School building para sa Yolanda survivors, pormal nang binuksan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 10:54 PM

Bilang pakikibahagi sa pagbangon ng mga nasalanta, pormal nang binuksan ang isa sa apat na legacy projects ng Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation sa Ormoc City. Read more »

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 »

Carlo Delantar on rising with the tides

Redge Tolentino
Updated as of Nov 24 10:02 AM

One of Forbes' "top 30-under-30," Carlo Delantar's future looks as clear and bright as the water he believes everyone should have Read more »

'Mga nagpabaya' sa Yolanda housing, pinakakasuhan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 10:21 PM

Naglaan ng higit P852 milyon na pondo ang pamahalaan para sa housing projects pero wala pang kahit isang housing unit ang natitirhan, base sa ulat ng Commission on Audit. Read more »

TINGNAN: Solar panels, gamit sa Yolanda relocation site sa Tacloban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 10:53 PM

Gumagamit na ng solar panels ang isang Yolanda relocation site sa Tacloban City.  Read more »

COA recommends charges vs NHA officials over unfinished Yolanda housing projects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 10:26 PM

The Commission on Audit recommended the filing of charges against officials of the National Housing Authority over unfinished shelters that were meant to be used by survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda. Read more »

ALAMIN: Ilang pinagkakakitaan ng Yolanda survivors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 10:40 PM

Naging daan ito para makatulong din sila sa mga katulad nilang dumadaan sa matinding pagsubok. 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 »

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 »

Tacloban still reeling 5 years after 'Yolanda'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 11:29 PM

Survivors of super typhoon Yolanda complained of slow rehabilitation efforts five years after the monster storm devastated the Eastern Visayas region. Read more »

Ilang dating biktima ng Yolanda, tumutulong na sa ibang nasalanta

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 10:46 PM

Ang dating nangangailangan ng tulong, sila na ngayon ang tumutulong para ipasa ang pag-asa sa iba. 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 »