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The center of the Philippine archipelago was hit on December 16th by a super typhoon whose effects are particularly devastating. The Mihands solidarity network, partner of the ESSF association, immediately mobilized to bring emergency aid to some of the most affected provinces.
The Philippines (...)
Three weeks after the typhoon struck southern and central islands, aid groups warn of a ‘mounting health crisis’ as they scale up the disaster response Some 895 people have been struck by diarrhoea since the typhoon struck, mostly among those left homeless, with nine people dead
Nine people have (...)
The Philippines adds little to global emissions but faces some of its worst effects in extreme weather. Climate justice is needed
A few days before Christmas, Super-typhoon Rai – known locally as Odette – ravaged the Philippines. The morning after the onslaught, on my way back to Iloilo City (...)
Some areas still cut off a week after disaster, with power outages and shortages of food and clean water
More than 3 million people have been directly affected by the devastation wreaked by Typhoon Rai, which caused widespread power outages and water shortages, and has left some areas (...)
At least 375 people are now known to have died after a powerful storm struck the Philippines on Thursday, police say.
[Watch this video that walks through the destruction caused by the typhoon in Cebu City - Not reproduced here]
Super Typhoon Rai - with winds of about 195km/h (120mph) - sent (...)
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, Alberto Toscano warned the left that it would have to confront its “contradictory desire for the state”. What could we desire from the state? From Hobbes onward, its legitimacy has been staked on its claim to secure the bases for life. In that sense, (...)
At least 227 cities and towns have been without electricity after Typhoon Rai hit the country, with power only being restored in 21 areas
At least 146 people have died in the Philippines after its strongest typhoon of the year caused devastation across the country.
Governor Arthur Yap of (...)
MANILA — Laban ng Masa standard bearers Ka Leody de Guzman and Walden Bello, along with senatorial aspirant Luke Espiritu, released the following joint statement, Saturday, December 18:
More than donations, we need an emergency government relief package for those devastated by Typhoon Odette (...)
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 (...)
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