2,000 Clark revelers display support for ‘Pablo’ victims
At least 2,000 Christmas revelers formed a heart-shaped chain here on Thursday night, lit candles and prayed for hope and courage for survivors of Typhoon “Pablo” in northeastern Mindanao.
At least 2,000 Christmas revelers formed a heart-shaped chain here on Thursday night, lit candles and prayed for hope and courage for survivors of Typhoon “Pablo” in northeastern Mindanao.
The death toll from Typhoon “Pablo” will likely hit 1,500, making it the second deadliest since the country began keeping records, Benito Ramos, head of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), said on Saturday.
A year ago, just as residents of the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan were getting ready for Christmas, Tropical Storm “Sendong” swept through the region, sending flash floods and leaving 1,200 people dead.
This time, the city will not be caught by surprise. Unlike in December 2011, the city is prepared should tropical storm “Bopha” (to be called “Pablo” when it enters the country) intensify and dump even more rain than storm “Sendong” did, disaster officials said on Friday.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro on Friday urged Filipinos to “look kindly at our teachers and give them the recognition they deserve” as he led some 5,000 educators from all over Mindanao in celebrating the 2012 World Teachers’ Day at the Lim ket Kai Center here.
The lack of land is hindering efforts to build permanent houses for families made homeless by Tropical Storm “Sendong” here in December last year, a United Nations (UN) agency said.
Some 900 families displaced by armed conflict and Tropical Storm “Sendong” in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will see the first foundation of their new houses after Ramadan.
THE 302nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army (PA) received recently an award of command plaque of merit in recognition of its search and rescue and relief operations during the tropical storm Sendong and the powerful earthquake that hit Negros Oriental.
Vice President Jejomar Binay has approved the purchase of seven relocation sites in northern Mindanao and the Visayas for the construction of 15,000 new homes for victims of Tropical Storm “Sendong.”
Berjaya Phils., a local unit of Malaysian conglomerate Berjaya Group, broke ground last week with Gawad Kalinga (GK) for the 200 houses it had donated to Tropical Storm “Sendong” victims in Cagayan de Oro.
On what would have been the 79th birthday of former President Corazon Aquino, her son, now the President, spent the day rallying people, especially the victims of the most recent natural disaster in the country, to live the spirit of People Power.
A month after Tropical Storm “Sendong” brought deadly destruction to northern Mindanao, schools are now filling up with returning students since classes resumed last week.
Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp. on Wednesday unveiled the single largest corporate social responsibility project in the country for victims of Tropical Storm “Sendong.”
