MANILA — Typhoon Hagupit made its first landfall late Saturday in the eastern Philippines, where more than 650,000 people have fled to safety. The strong storm comes barely one year after Super […]
Powerful typhoon slams into eastern Philippines
In the Philippines, hundreds of thousands flee approaching typhoon
Hundreds of thousands of people across a wide stretch of the Philippines sought refuge Friday in churches, schools and other makeshift evacuation centers as the island nation braced for another a powerful […]
Technology connects one hope, one dream for peace
MANILA, Philippines–While the sounds of soldiers’ gunfire fighting Islamic militants raged through parts of southern Mindanao on Nov. 14, there was an even louder sound echoing throughout Cotabato and Zamboanga cities: more […]
The fight to make divorce legal in the Philippines
Manila (CNN) — When Rowena Festin leaves her job as a congressional aide in Quezon City, Metro Manila each day, she returns home to three children and a husband. But her marriage, […]
Recovery from Typhoon Haiyan
MANILA — Six months after the most powerful typhoon ever recorded tore through the Philippines, killing more than 6,000 people and throwing into disarray millions of lives, life is getting better. But […]
Obama lauds alliances on final day of Asia trip
Pays tribute to Filipino soldiers who fought alongside US military during the World War II, recognizes the injustice that they had had to wait for compensation for their efforts. Click Here […]
Resilient Filipinos still struggle a month after typhoon
MANILA — Despite a massive mobilization of assistance from countries around the world, a representative for a U.N. relief agency says emergency aid remains “in the red” in the Philippines one month […]
Four Haiyan stories of fear, the fight for survival
Four people caught in Typhoon Haiyan in recall the horror, the fear, the fight for survival brought about by Typhoon Haiyan. A GRANDMOTHER’S LOSS Narcissa Abordo, a 65-year-old grandmother from Tacloban, awoke […]
Doctors overwhelmed by sick, needy in Philippines
MANILA — Hundreds of injured people, pregnant women, children and the elderly have been crowding into a small building behind the control tower of this city’s airport, one of the few places […]
Philippines sifting through horror in Typhoon Haiyan
MANILA — Typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands faced a huge relief effort Monday as bodies lay in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine. Police guarded stores to prevent people from […]
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