Japanese actress donates $10,200 for Yolanda survivors
TACLOBAN CITY- A Japanese actress and writer Misako Konno has donated 1 million yen (approximately US$ 10,200) to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to help rebuild Yolanda-hit communities. The donation came as the...
With P2 million damages asked N.Samar Gov. Ong files libel rap against ex-Rep. Daza
TACLOBAN CITY- Northern Samar Governor Jose Ong slapped a libel charge against former congressman and governor, Raul Daza, for allegedly claiming that he was in Hong Kong and Macau while their province was reeling...
Korean soldiers give free lessons of their language to students in Leyte
PALO, Leyte- Aside from helping in the rehabilitation of damaged or destroyed public buildings due to supertyphoon Yolanda, the Korean contingent has also offer a part of their culture to the Leytenos: their language....
Tacloban media observed World Press Freedom Day
TACLOBAN CITY- Six months after her horrible experience due to supertyphoon Yolanda, radio broadcaster Jazmin Bonifacio said that could now sleep peacefully at night, but only when it is not raining outside. “When it...
Foreign donors for Yolanda now reached to more than $440 M
TACLOBAN CITY – Six months after supertyphoon Yolanda slammed into the central Philippines, foreign aid supporting the United Nations (UN) Strategic Response Plan (SRP) have already reached US$ 441.26 million or 56 percent of...
GIZ: Storm surge cause of 94 percent deaths of Yolanda
TACLOBAN CITY - A study of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) concluded that 94% of the total number of the supertyphoon Yolanda casualties were killed by storm surges. In its report recently released,...