Find out what’s needed first before giving. Work with partners who have the expertise that you don’t have. Let storm survivors help themselves in the spirit of “bayanihan”. Keep your promises and say thank you afterward. These…
One of the most shocking reports that came out as the trauma of supertyphoon Yolanda slowly receded in the background and 2013 faded away was the Christmas Day raid of a huge shabu manufacturing facility in Lipa…
Cebu business leaders described 2014 as a year of “massive reconstruction” and more challenges as the province and Central Visayas continue to recover from the devastation caused by the Oct. 15 earthquake and supertyphoon Yolanda last Nov.…
Libertad, Ormoc City—Ten-year-old Janina Fe Quiroz has two wishes for Christmas. First, she wanted her family to recover from the devastation caused by supertyphoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan). The second is for her school to be repaired…
SM Group will build a village with 200 typhoon-proof concrete houses for survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda in barangay Polambato, Bogo City under the “Adopt a Barangay Project.” “We choose areas affected by the storm that have not…
To be a beauty queen with a purpose is something that Anna Maris Igpit knows too well. Crowned Binibining Pilipinas World 2006 at 18, she has been practically on the spotlight ever since. So much so that when…
A big yellow star was plastered in the middle of 12-year-old Nikka Aleria’s painting. “Ito po ang symbol ng pag-asa dahil nakaligtas kami at nandito na kami ngayon sa Cebu,” she explained. (This is a symbol of…
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…
At least 1,000 volunteers are needed to help prepare 50,000 family food packs a day for typhoon victims in Eastern Visayas, officials said yesterday. Repacking is being done at the Benito Ebuen Air Base in Mactan and…
Advent, the liturgical preparation to the Christmas season starts in less than a fortnight, but several government offices and private firms have decided to cancel or simplify Yuletide celebrations in view of the widespread suffering caused by…
HIT by frequent natural disasters herself, Turkey sympathizes and stands by the people and government of the Philippines to recover from the deadliest ever typhoon that left huge devastation in its trail and loss of human lives.…
“The typhoon was really very strong. It was so unusual. When it hit Palo, it was like the angel of death. It looked like a white smoke that went inside every room, destroyed the doors, blew the…
