The search for the answer to one question keeps him going. When Melvin Castro lost 18 of his relatives in the devastation wrought by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” four months ago, the first question he asked God was, “Why did you spare me?”
Better late than never. Of the 250 bunkhouses the government promised to put up for survivors of supertyphoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan) in Eastern Visayas, 248 have risen in storm-ravaged areas in the provinces of Leyte, Eastern Samar and Western Samar.
Bodies are still being found under the wreckage almost four months after Super Typhoon “Yolanda” ravaged the Philippines as survivors struggle to rebuild their lives, officials said Thursday.
People paid little attention when Tacloban City-born Cadet First Class Kerlyn Asuncion stepped up to the grandstand to greet former Sen. Panfilo Lacson at the end of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) alumni homecoming in Fort Del Pilar in Baguio City on Feb. 15.
Angel Mae Basibas, a 19-year-old tourism student of ABE College here, has found a way to continue her schooling after storm surges brought by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” washed away her parents’ jeepney and store—the family’s sources of livelihood—along with their house and other belongings.
MANILA, Philippines—Expect heads to roll in the coming days as the President’s patience is wearing thin over the seemingly disjointed efforts, particularly at the local level, to help victims of disasters since December 2012. President Benigno Aquino III appealed Tuesday for more patience from disaster victims amid the overwhelming challenges confronting his administration in [...]
President Benigno Aquino arrived at the airport here, on Monday, at around 4 p.m. on board the presidential plane.
The government will spend at least P650 million to restore and repair 25 historical structures damaged in the Visayas by last year’s massive earthquake and Super Typhoon “Yolanda.”
At least 200 classrooms will rise or be rebuilt in northern Cebu after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” ravaged the area in November last year.
More than 100 days after Super Typhoon “Yolanda” all but wiped out towns in northern Cebu province, two mayors are wondering aloud where the funds donated by foreign governments and groups have gone, as their towns have yet to receive help from the national government.
Letting local leaders take charge of reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in typhoon-ravaged areas would hasten recovery in these devastated places, according to lawmakers from an independent bloc in the House of Representatives led by Leyte Representative Ferdinand Martin Romualdez.
Malacañang on Monday said it won’t stand in the way of Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. if he wanted to probe the rehabilitation efforts in typhoon-hit areas.
The government vowed Sunday to “build back better” 100 days after its deadliest typhoon left thousands dead and millions without homes.
