(This piece was composed on my way back home after an emotionally and physically exhausting trip to typhoon-devastated Tacloban City and Guiuan in Eastern Samar.) — It’s exactly two years[...]
It was an unforgettable day, November 8, for local journalist Ricky Bautista who described Super Typhoon Yolanda as “unimaginable”. Days before Super Typhoon Yolanda pummeled the island of Samar[...]
Super Typhoon Haiyan left Tacloban City and nearby areas in Leyte and Eastern Samar fighting for survival. The impact of the typhoon devastated the land, crops, infrastructure, houses and lives[...]
CEBU CITY– Palo Archbishop John Du has likened Typhoon Yolanda to the ‘Angel of Death.” In a press conference at the Archbishop’s Residence in Cebu last Thursday to appeal for[...]
BANTAYAN ISLAND, CEBU– Local and international aid has been pouring into the central Philippines, but minima the amounts of these aid have reached the worst-hit areas, including the remote island[...]
(This piece was composed on my way back home after an emotionally and physically exhausting trip to typhoon-devastated Tacloban City and Guiuan in Eastern Samar.) — It’s exactly two years[...]
It was an unforgettable day, November 8, for local journalist Ricky Bautista who described Super Typhoon Yolanda as “unimaginable”. Days before Super Typhoon Yolanda pummeled the island of Samar[...]
Super Typhoon Haiyan left Tacloban City and nearby areas in Leyte and Eastern Samar fighting for survival. The impact of the typhoon devastated the land, crops, infrastructure, houses and lives[...]
CEBU CITY– Palo Archbishop John Du has likened Typhoon Yolanda to the ‘Angel of Death.” In a press conference at the Archbishop’s Residence in Cebu last Thursday to appeal for[...]
BANTAYAN ISLAND, CEBU– Local and international aid has been pouring into the central Philippines, but minima the amounts of these aid have reached the worst-hit areas, including the remote island[...]
TACLOBAN CITY— Unimaginable destruction. Heartbreaking situation of tormented survivors. Signs of mortal decay on main roads. No enough food, clean water, medicine and shelter. Toppled and cut-off power and communication lines.[...]
Climate Change · International
The Philippines placed 2nd among 178 countries that have suffered the most extreme weather events such as flooding and typhoons last year, according to the 2014 Global Climate Risk Index[...]
Taming the Cagayan River 
Angat Dam can survive strong quakes but vulnerable to overflow, says Napocor exec 
Who will finance the Angat Dam rehab? 
Philippine forests are rapidly disappearing 
Polluted waters of Manila Bay can be saved 
Typhoon Yolanda aftermath: survival, rebuilding lives 
Victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda still waiting for aid 
Desperation and destruction at the ground zero of Super Typhoon Yolanda’s wrath 
A reflection: Huge challenges ahead in finding new hope after Typhoon Yolanda 
Bohol, Cebu reeling from impact of killer quake as death toll rises to 156 
