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Filipino of the Year 2011: The Volunteers

ryanl - Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:38

Were an artist to piece together a collage of the names and faces of the rescuers, relief workers, volunteers and donors who stood and delivered during and in the aftermath of Tropical Storm “Sendong” and other calamities in 2011, the resulting art...

Hundreds flee flooding in Southern Mindanao

ryanl - Saturday, January 14, 2012 16:41

Hundreds of people were evacuated in two Southern Mindanao provinces as floods struck several towns following heavy rains, authorities said.

Mom still hopeful of finding 3 kids lost in flood after almost a month

ryanl - Friday, January 13, 2012 9:56

Lucina Waluhan’s only wish when she celebrated her 32nd birthday on Thursday was to see her three children again. Nearly a month since up to 30 feet of rampaging water inundated the city on Dec. 17, Lucina said she had not lost hope of seeing them on...

Landslide, flood, Davao del Sur, Calabarzon

ryanl - Friday, January 13, 2012 9:53

Two journalists are giving locals and tourists a “techie experience” during the Sinulog festivities, Cebu’s biggest festival in honor of the Holy Child Jesus.

Gov’t withheld funds for barangay disaster preparedness–COA

ryanl - Saturday, January 7, 2012 13:38

Although the country had been stunned by the effects of Tropical Storms “Ondoy” and “Pepeng” the year before, the Department of Budget did not release funds for barangay disaster preparedness and other locally funded projects of the Department ...

Flood diseases killing survivors of ‘Sendong’

ryanl - Thursday, January 5, 2012 8:59

A disease borne by the floods that had killed hundreds here and in Iligan City last Dec. 17 is killing people who had survived the disaster that struck the two cities at the height of Tropical Storm “Sendong.”

Floodwaters surprise Consolacion town and Metro Cebu

ryanl - Tuesday, December 27, 2011 18:42

Water rose chest-high and partly submerged houses in the northern town of  Consolacion, the worst-hit area in reports of  flooding in  Metro Cebu after a night of continuous rain. The Cansaga River overflowed, displacing five barangays and forcing 5...

150 more bodies found in Iligan City

ryanl - Sunday, December 25, 2011 7:14

Some 150 more bodies were recovered in Iligan City on Christmas Eve, bringing the total death toll from the flashfloods and landslides unleashed by tropical Storm Sendong last December 16 to over 1,200, authorities said.

Cagayan de Oro twice warned of floods

ryanl - Saturday, December 24, 2011 7:21

At least twice this year, the Cagayan de Oro city government had been warned about possible adverse effects of the La Niña weather phenomenon, including sudden floods in the wake of strong storms that typically hit land between September and December.


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