Tag: Typhoon Haiyan

Turnover of Japan-Funded Farm inputs to farmers and fishers of Typhoon Yolanda Affected Areas

GUIUAN, EASTERN SAMAR – In simple rites held on September 24, 2015, Embassy of Japan’s First Secretary Kenji Terada, JICA’s Senior Representative Yuko Tanaka together with Guiuan SB of Committee on Agriculture Cornelio Sison, Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries Executive Director Ariel T. Cayanan, and around 500 beneficiaries, led the turnover ceremony for the “AKBay – Agrikultura: Kaagapay ng Bayang Pinoy (Agriculture: A Partner in Philippine Progress) Program Phase II” for Typhoon Yolanda-Affected Areas under […]

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Japan Provides Funding for the Construction of Classroom Building for Calintaan Central Elementary School in Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro

OCCIDENTAL MINDORO – First Secretary and Labour Attaché Hiroyuki Enoki attended the turnover ceremony last July 27, 2015 for “The Project for the Reconstruction of Six Classroom Building for Calintaan Central Elementary School” in Municipality of Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro. This is part of the Japan Official Development Assistance (ODA) under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). The ceremony was attended by Ms. Lily Estoya, Municipal Mayor of Calintaan, Mr. Ferdinand J. Gotoy, District […]

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Filipinos awarded by Queen Elizabeth II for work on Typhoon Yolanda

MANILA – Two Filipino staff members of the Consular Section at the British Embassy Manila were recently honoured by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for their exemplary work in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda (International Name: Haiyan). Vice Consul Victoria Buenaventura and Pro-Consul Joanna Teh have been awarded an MBE, conferring them as Members of the Order of the British Empire for their exemplary service to the British community and to the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. […]

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‘Suits’ star Gabriel Macht visits typhoon victims in the central Philippines

American actor Gabriel Macht visited the typhoon stricken central Philippines on Saturday (March 8) to give support for recovery efforts, four months after Haiyan slammed onto coastal towns. Macht, who plays cutthroat lawyer Harvey Specter in the American TV series “Suits”, met children and listened to the stories of the victims from Ormoc City. The actor traveled to the Philippines to support a local charity programme called “Project Wonderful”, which aims to give livelihood opportunities […]

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