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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 »

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 »

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 »

Mga nasawi sa bagyong Yolanda, ginunita

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 11:47 AM

PALO, Leyte - Isang misa ang ginanap bilang paggunita sa mga nasawi sa bagyong Yolanda may limang taon na ang nakalilipas. 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 »

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 »

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 »