Manila Conflict & Tragedy News

A Quezon City councilor is eyeing the allocation of P30 million for the study and planning of an alternative rainfall drainage to lessen the possibility of flooding during heavy rains. In a proposed ordinance, city councilor Bernadette Herrera-Dy is proposing...

Another 11 bodies have been found in the mass grave where dozens were killed in election related slaughter in the Philippines. The death toll now stands at 57, including 24 women, Reuters reports. The government has imposed emergency rule on...

A state of emergency has been declared in two provinces of Philippines after the massacre of 46 people in election related violence. The military and the police have been given sweeping powers to arrest or detain suspects. It seems one...

The national election in May 2010 has not even started but on Monday, Nov 23, a terrible massacre of supporters of a local aspirant was ambushed and killed. The Philippine Star reported that supporters of the candidate, Ismael Mangundadatu were...

Tropical storm Ketsana has taken at least 80 lives apart from rendering thousands homeless and stranded in the middle of nowhere. The rains have been devastating and worst in the last 40 years. The US Government has dispatched aid including...

In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ketsana, plenty of Filipinos remain helpless on top of their roofs greatly awaiting rescue. For the first time in 40 years, the Philippines was besieged by the ruthless act of nature. Typhoon Ketsana did...

MANILA, Philippines — More than a month's worth of rain fell in just 12 hours Saturday as Tropical Storm Ketsana slammed ashore in the Philippines, killing at least 40 people and stranding thousands on rooftops in the capital's worst flooding...

I was lucky to have survived this disaster, I have have walked more than 5 kilometers just to be be home, my experience about this is really unforgettabel but that is nothing compared to other people who havelost their love...

MANILA (AFP) - – Hundreds of thousands of exhausted Philippine flood survivors crammed into schools, gymnasiums, churches and other makeshift shelters on Tuesday as the death toll from the weekend disaster soared to 246. Three days after a once-in-a-generation storm...