Tag: Yolanda

Gov’t looking to replenish People’s Survival Fund for climate adaptation projects

(Eagle News)–The Philippines is looking to replenish the People’s Survival Fund, intended for climate adaptation projects, with the help of various donors and multilateral financing institutions, the Department of Finance said. According to Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno, among the multilateral financing institutions that could aid countries, including the Philippines, are the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which provided the country assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. He added there are also available donors through multilateral development banks […]

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10 years after typhoon, Philippine city rises from the ruins

By Cecil MORELLA Filipino widow Agatha Ando has learned to laugh again in the decade after Super Typhoon Haiyan smashed into the central Philippines, killing more than 6,000 people and leaving millions homeless. Fierce winds tore apart houses and toppled trees as tsunami-like waves whipped up by the storm obliterated mostly poor coastal communities on November 8, 2013. Ando’s husband and three of her siblings refused to leave their homes in Tacloban City that were […]

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UPDATED: Supertyphoon “Odette” makes record 9 landfalls

Odette (int’l name Rai) has made more landfalls than supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan)   (Eagle News) — Supertyphoon Odette (international name Rai) has made nine landfalls in the country, exceeding the record of Supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan) which only made six landfalls in 2013. Odette made its latest and ninth landfall at 3:10 p.m. on Friday, December 17, in Roxas, Palawan. Earlier at exactly 12 a.m. Friday, December 17, it made its eighth landfall in La Libertad, […]

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Perjury raps to be filed vs “Yolanda” housing contractor

(Eagle News) — Perjury charges are set to be filed against the contractor  who secured an P800-million contract with the government for the construction of houses  for “Yolanda” victims. In a radio interview on Tuesday, Rep. Albee Benitez, chair of the House of Representatives’ housing committee, said the charges would be filed against  JC Tayag after he was found to have lied to congressmen looking into possible anomalies in the implementation of the National Housing […]

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Rep. Benitez says P40B of P60B in “Yolanda” aid released under previous admin “unaccounted for”; seeks “special audit”

(Eagle News) — More than half of the money released by the previous administration as aid for Typhoon “Yolanda” victims are unaccounted for, a lawmaker said. According to Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, as such, he has asked the Commission on Audit to hold a “special audit” to determine where the P40 billion of the P60 billion released by the national government under then-President Benigno Aquino III have gone. He said the audit was also […]

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President Duterte creates interagency task force to monitor rehab efforts in Yolanda-hit areas

(Eagle News) — An interagency task force has been created to monitor the government’s rehabilitation and recovery efforts in areas struck by Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013. The body, to be led by Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr., was created through Administrative Order 5, which President Rodrigo Duterte signed on Aug. 8. The task force will be co-chaired by Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino and Presidential Assistant for Special Concerns Norberto Gonzales. Its members […]

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Second tranche ng financial assistance, ibibigay na sa mga benepisyaryo kung maisusumite na ang liquidation

Eagle News – Naglabas na ng memorandum na nag-uutos sa mga division at regional offices ng Department of Education na magsumite na ng liquidation requirements upang maibigay na ang ikalawang bahagi ng pondo para sa mga tauhan ng naturang ahensya na nasalanta ng Bagyong Yolanda at ng magnitude 7.2 na lindol sa Bohol. Inisyu ni DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones ang naturang memorandum na naglalayong maibigay na ang financial assistance sa mahigit 45,000 na tauhan ng […]

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Pabahay para sa mga biktima ng Yolanda, maari nang matirahan

Tacloban, Leyte — Maaari nang lumipat ang mga biktima ng typhoon Yolanda sa mga itinayong pabahay ng gobyerno. Matatandaang ipinag-utos ito ni Pangulong Dutete nitong Nobyembre sa paggunita sa ikatlong anibersaryo ng supertyphoon Yolanda na ikinasawi ng mahigit na 6,000 katao. Ang pagpapalipat sa 827 na pamilyang nasalanta ng bagyong Yolanda noong 2013 sa mga bagong tayo na ‘relocation sites’ sa Tacloban, Leyte ay naganap nitong Sabado Disyembre 3. Sa tulong ng ‘Office of the Presidential […]

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Updated: Cagayan and Isabela now under signal no. 5 as “Lawin” turns into a supertyphoon

  (Eagle News) — Typhoon “Lawin” intensified into a supertyphoon, with gusts of up to 315 kilometers per hour, and maintained its “serious threat” as it moved closer to Cagayan, according to the latest bulletin of PAGASA, the country’s weather bureau. As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 19, public storm warning signal number 5 is already up in Cagayan and Isabela which will experience winds of up to 220 kilometers per hour.  The eye of […]

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INC dedicates new house of worship in Leyte; 540 houses of worship built by INC in 2015

  (Eagle News)  — The Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) recently consecrated a new house of worship in Leyte, bringing to 540 the number of houses of worship built from January to November this year (2015) alone. INC Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, officiated at the special worship service on Nov. 27 in Sitio New Era, Barangay Langit in Alang-alang, Leyte where the 400-seater house of worship of the New Era local congregation is located. […]

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Mahigit 5000 biktima ng bagyong Yolanda, tumanggap ng Calamity Fund mula sa Gobyerno

Mahigit limang libong pamilya na nasalanta ng bagyong Yolanda sa lalawigan ng Iloilo ang pinagkalooban ng gobyerno ng calamity fund na nagkakahalaga ng 30 thousand pesos. Isinagawa ang pamimigay ng tulong sa mg pamilyang biktima ng bagyong Yolanda sa gym ng Alejo Posadas Memorial Elementary School at dinaluhan ang pagbibigay ng total calamity fund ng Vice Governor ng probinsya ng Iloilo na si Vice Governor Raul “Boboy” Tupas at umabot sa 163,640.000 pesos ang naipamigay […]

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SM Foundation magkakaloob ng pabahay para sa mga biktima ng bagyong Yolanda

Mahigit isang taon ang nakalipas ng nananalasa ang bagyong Yolanda sa Pilipinas at isa ang probinsya ng Iloilo sa bahaging norte ang sinalanta ng nasabing bagyo. Maraming mga kababayan natin ang nawalan ng kabuhayan at tahanan bunga ng hagupit ng bagyong Yolanda. Ngunit nabiyayaan ng pabahay ang bayan ng Concepcion sa lalawigan ng Iloilo na kasalukuyang ipinapatayo ng SM Foundation sa barangay Bakhawan Concepcion. May lawak na isang hektarya at 200 units na semi duplex […]

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