Celebration of life, tears, prayers, protests

11/09/2014

Survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda yesterday shed tears in celebration of life as they descended on mass graves to mark one year since the storm took away their loved ones and devastated much of  central Philippines. But even…

Some move on, others agonize

11/09/2014

Four months after she lost her husband and home to supertyphoon Yolanda’s fury, Agnes Bacsal gave birth to their sixth child — a sprightly boy, whose presence has eased the family’s pain. Other survivors, like fisherman Ben…

BOHOL: New homes for quake survivors

Contributor 09/02/2014

Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary Evangeline Avilla, 43, and her family moved into their temporary shelter in barangay Ubojan in the municipality of Tubigon, Bohol along with other 82 families whose houses were damaged by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake.…

Survivor’s birthday wish: More chocolates

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/25/2013

Her only wish for her 12th birthday on Wednesday is to have more chocolates. Rizza Flores, the girl who had to endure pain for over two weeks after she was pinned down by a wooden beam when…

Pacquiao-Rios fight made survivors forget their woes

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Norman V. Mendoza 11/25/2013

For a moment, the distressing trauma caused by supertyphoon Yolanda was forgotten by the people who were evacuated to Cebu from Eastern Visayas as Manny Pacquiao battled his way into boxing supremacy yesterday. Thousands of survivors of…

‘Respect privacy of evacuees’

Doris C. Bongcac 11/19/2013

REPORTERS can only interview evacuees upon their arrival in Cebu and are not allowed to talk to them in evacuation centers, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said yesterday. “We were lambasted by the media…

Mandaue ready to host Tacloban evacuees

Jucell Marie P. Cuyos 11/17/2013

MANDAUE City Hall has prepared the Barangay Banilad gymnasium as a temporary shelter for evacuees from Tacloban City who are scheduled to arrive today. Violeta Cavada, Mandaue City Hall’s Social Welfare and Services (CSWS) chief, said the…

Trader recounts ‘Yolanda’ experience

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera 11/15/2013

As he watched his daughter Katsy being interviewed by Anderson Cooper on CNN, 56-year-old businessman Peter Borromeo tried to connect the pieces of his harrowing encounter with super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name Haiyan). He thought “Yolanda” was…

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