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Church groups say the gap in the government’s humanitarian response manifests its "unpreparedness” when it comes to addressing disasters
She knows that help is not coming, and the only way to keep body and soul together after a devastating typhoon is “to beg.”
For more than two weeks now, Annalyn (...)
The scale of the disaster wrought by three successive typhoons still has to be fully grasped but the images of utter desperation of people begging for rescue from rooftops all over Luzon, from Catanduanes to Cagayan, spell the story much better than the numbers. These images are far worse than (...)
MANILA, Philippines
Was there a lapse in protocol, gaps in communication, or both? Who should have taken the lead?
Super Typhoon Rolly (Goni) has been the strongest tropical cyclone to hit Earth so far this year , yet it was the 3rd storm after that, Typhoon Ulysses (Vamco) that had the (...)
Listen to our scientists
’It’s not just about Magat Dam protocols.... It’s about us, it’s the way we live — as if we are apart from nature, as if what we do does not come back to us.’
In December 2019, the Municipality of Alcala, Cagayan experienced what they call a “100-year flood” — a flood with (...)
MANILA, Philippines — Officials offered various explanations on Saturday for the worst flood to hit Cagayan Valley in 40 years.
Being a catch basin, the water from other provinces and the water released from the Magat Dam flowed toward Cagayan, causing the flood, said Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba. (...)
• The far north of Luzon island, where many areas remained submerged even days later, was hit by some of the worst flooding in more than four decades
• Six cyclones have now hit the Philippines in a span of just four weeks, including Vamco and Goni – the world’s most powerful this year
The (...)
Considering the frequency, range, and gravity of the natural disasters that visit our country every year, it is hard to imagine any other people that are as resilient (and as positive in disposition) as the Filipino nation. We are a nation that “eats” calamities for breakfast. We are used to (...)
The Philippines’ contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emission does not even reach one half of one percent of the world’s total, but Filipinos are paying a hefty price for the massive loss of lives, injuries, loss of jobs, and the physical destruction of shelters, farms, and government (...)
Thousands rescued as Vamco hit on the heels of Typhoon Goni, one of the strongest storms in the world this year.
Thick mud and debris have coated many villages around the Philippine capital after a typhoon caused extensive flooding that sent people fleeing to their roofs and killed at least 39 (...)
Vamco, the 21st cyclone to hit the Philippines this year, also caused the worst flooding in years in parts of the capital.
Six cyclones hit the Philippines in a span of just four weeks, including Vamco and Super Typhoon Goni, the world’s most powerful this year.
More than 180,000 people were (...)
(CNN)At least six people have died and 10 others are missing after Typhoon Vamco made landfall in the Philippines on Wednesday night, according to a report by CNN affiliate CNN Philippines.
Citing national police, CNN Philippines reported a 68-year-old and 70-year-old were among those killed. (...)
’An important issue, though less discussed in online debates, is the anti-terror bill’s implication on people’s access to humanitarian support’
Two weeks ago, House Bill No. 6875, or the proposed “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020,” hurdled its second reading at the plenary, after it was certified as (...)
Rising carbon dioxide emissions globally could double the number of intense storms and floods in 13 years, which could severely damage the environment, hamper socioeconomic progress and threaten the lives of millions worldwide, according to a new paper published on Thursday.
Such scenario (...)
Indigenous people, women and children are the most affected by the recent earthquakes and flooding in Cotobato Province. ESSF is supporting local progressive initiatives to support these communities. Supporters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and local big landowners have been spreading (...)
URGENT APPEAL FOR THE AFFECTED FAMILIES OF MINDANAO EARTHQUAKE
In October 2019, 3 succeeding strong earthquakes hit the province of Cotabato in Mindanao, Philippines. The first was the magnitude 6.3 on October 16, the second with magnitude 6.6 on October 29, and two days thereafter on October (...)
DAVAO CITY – A major quake measuring 7.2-magnitude on the Richter scale rocked Mindanao before Saturday noon, triggering the issuance of a tsunami advisory off the coasts of the Philippines and neighboring Indonesia.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded the (...)
Independence, a significant step of People’s Organizations (POs) towards empowerment:
In the past 3 years, humanitarian and community development works of MIHANDs in the island of Leyte resulted concrete evidence of community empowerment. Begins in a simple relief response after the super (...)
More than 100 injured in Hong Kong and 2.4 million flee in Guangdong. Heaviest casualties in the Philippines in Benguet province.
Tropical storm Mangkhut continued on its destructive path on Sunday as it hit the southern coast of China, killing two, after leaving at least 64 dead in the (...)
Urgent Appeal for Humanitarian Assistance for the Families Affected of Armed Conflict in Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines
On December 24, 2017 at around 10:00 in the evening, about 61 Teduray families in Sitio Makun, Barangay Limpongo of Datu Hoffer Municipality in Maguindanao province (...)
Lanao del Norte MiHands Incident Command Center Updating and Planning. MiHands is a movement of at least 50 grassroots organizations for humanitarian actions against disasters convened by TRIPOD and RDRRAC since 2013. This is only a partial report on ongoing activities, it does not cover the (...)
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