Foreign donors for Yolanda now reached to more than $440 M
TACLOBAN CITY – Six months after supertyphoon Yolanda slammed into the central Philippines, foreign aid supporting the United Nations (UN) Strategic Response Plan (SRP) have already reached US$ 441.26 million or 56 percent of...
GIZ: Storm surge cause of 94 percent deaths of Yolanda
TACLOBAN CITY - A study of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) concluded that 94% of the total number of the supertyphoon Yolanda casualties were killed by storm surges. In its report recently released,...
Still helping 6 months after Yolanda Alfred expressed gratitude to international groups, nat’l...
TACLOBAN CITY- Mayor Alfred Romualdez of this Supertyphoon Yolanda-ravaged city expressed his gratitude to the various international humanitarian groups and to the national government which helped the people of the city during the massive...
E. Visayas towns avail financing from an anti-poverty initiative program
TACLOBAN CITY - All municipalities in Eastern Visayas are now listed as beneficiaries of the P4.2 billion National Community-Driven Development Program (NCDDP), a three-year period anti-poverty initiative prioritizing economically-depressed and typhoon-stricken areas.The new program,...
Carigara folks received housing kits from Japan-based group
CARIGARA, Leyte- Residents of various barangays of this town whose houses were damaged due to the onslaught of supertyphoon Yolanda, received shelter materials from a Japan-based group.The Peace Wind has a target 690 families...
Families living in tents wish to transfer in permanent homes
TACLOBAN CITY- Six months after supertyphoon Yolanda battered this city and other parts of the Visayas, thousands are still living under tents or temporary shelters.
And needless to say, the issue on shelter remain to...