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Philippines�The European Commission, the European Union�s executive branch, has allocated an additional �7 million (about P490 million) in humanitarian assistance for the victims of typhoons Ondoy (international code name: Ketsana) and Pepeng (international...
Tags: European Commission, flash appeal, Pepeng, Alistair MacDonald, Philippines, humanitarian assistance, Ondoy, Manila, China, Pacific typhoon season, Typhoon Ketsana, Disaster Accident, Environment, Weather
To mark World Food Day, October 16, established by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) since 1981, peasant groups such as the militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines), Amihan National...
Tags: department of agriculture, international aid, world food day, agriculture, damage, kmp, ondoy, pepeng
For Blog Action Day, I am suggesting that for us all to be united regardless of everything that divide us, let us concentrate on what we can do for earth, our home. Climate change is virtually on everyone's mouth nowadays. Quakes on this part of...
Tags: Blog Action Day, cause, climate change, environment, Greenpeace, nature, Ondoy, pledge
Manila, Philippines, Oct. 12, 2009—In the wake of the devastation brought by successive typhoons to the Philippines, Filipinos face the greater task of rehabilitating the hardest-hit areas of the country. “The country is at a state of emergency,...
Tags: Philippines, Typhoon, Ondoy, Pepeng
Was there a time you felt so alone – with no one to hear you cry – that you seriously contemplated suicide? When, during unexpected moments, you remember the most painful experience in your life, do you still want to run away? The heart...
Tags: titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, oscar, ondoy, starmovies
I have been affected by Tropical Storm Ondoy (a.k.a. Ketsana) more than I care to say, so I won’t say. One of the insights I gained is the difference between personal and professional resilience – you may be mentally and psychologically ready...
Tags: in my life, vilma santos, ondoy, john Lloyd cruz, luis manzano, star cinema
In the face of the devastation and casualties wrought by typhoon Ondoy (international name: Ketsana), the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines head Rev. Angel Lagdameo asks whether God is giving the Filipinos 'hints' of the "future and...
Tags: Arroyo, Catholic Church, coup, death penalty, Joseph Estrada, Ketsana, Ondoy, Philippines
Local officials who do not comply with proper solid waste management laws should be imprisoned for the devastation their neglect caused in the flooding last week, Environment Secretary Lito Atienza said at a hearing in the Senate on Monday. �We have to...
Tags: Senate, Ondoy, tropical storm, Philippines, Manila
The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) criticized the relocation measure of the Arroyo government and said that it was mere sweeping people off Metro Manila of urban poor. The group said that past relocation...
Tags: urban poor, flood, ondoy, quarrying, relocation, typhoon
The recent visit of tropical storm ONDOY that devastated some areas in Luzon particularly the National Capital Region (NCR), Rizal and Bulacan areas that left many people suffering from floods, hunger and lost of properties....