LEGAZPI, Philippines — Philippine troops on Monday pressed the last 3,000 villagers who have refused to heed government warnings to leave the da...
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 10.30.2009 | Home
Manila prepares for the worst as fourth storm in last two months makes landfall....
GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home
Two deadly storms struck Philippines in the last two weeks killing more than 500 people. The first storm triggered the worst flooding in Metro Manila...
Ann M. Veneman | Posted 10.10.2009 | World
Earlier this week I returned from a trip to the country, seeing first-hand some of the extensive damage and visiting with victims and relief workers.
Save the Children | Save the Children | Posted 12.02.2009 | Home
A category 5 storm, Typhoon Parma, is heading directly toward the Philippines, less than a week after Tropical Storm Ketsana submerged much of ...
World Vision | Posted 11.30.2009 | World
"It was like the sea; my father put me in a Styrofoam box and swam me to safety. I felt so cold and I thought I would drown," said seven-year-old Jabez Gonzaga.
Posted 11.30.2009 | Impact
In the last week and a half, a number of natural disasters have struck locations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean. After two catastrophic typho...
Posted 11.29.2009 | Impact
Huffington Post Impact has been detailing relief efforts in the Philippines since Typhoon Ondoy hit on Saturday. If you've read the news and want to h...
Piers Fawkes | Posted 11.29.2009 | World
Typhoon Ondoy was a tragedy. Hundreds have died in the Philippines. But without the rapid-response heroism of ordinary Filipino citizens enabled by technology, it could have been much worse.
The Jersey City Independent | The Jersey City Independent | Posted 11.28.2009 | Home
Over the weekend, Typhoon Ketsana (known in the country as Ondoy) dumped massive amounts of rain on the Manila metro area in the Philippines. Now loca...
Richard Walden | Posted 11.28.2009 | World
LOS ANGELES, CA (September 28, 2009)-- Los Angeles-based International relief agency Operation USA announced that it was preparing relief supplies to ...
Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 11.27.2009 | World
An overburdened city is an overburdened city and on Saturday, regardless of whether you lived in a shanty town or in a utilities-paying neighborhood, it was time to pay the price.
Posted 11.27.2009 | Impact
Typhoon Ondoy dropped one month's worth of rain on the Philippines in a single day. Flooding in Manila has forced millions out of their homes and resc...
AP | JIM GOMEZ | Posted 11.26.2009 | World
MANILA, Philippines — Many Filipinos tried to rebuild their lives Monday after saving little more than the clothes they wore in a tropical storm...
Jim Luce | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York
Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."
GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home
Tremor Hits Manila, No Damage Reported A mild earthquake struck parts of Metro Manila, the capital of the Philippines, at around 2:24 PM ...
AP | JIM GOMEZ | Posted 11.08.2009 | World
MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine air force helicopter plucked to safety Monday a woman who drifted for about 30 hours in choppy seas after the sin...
AP | JIM GOMEZ | Posted 10.22.2009 | World
MANILA, Philippines — Passengers leapt into the dark sea and parents dropped children into life rafts when a ferry carrying nearly 1,000 people ...
Los Angeles Times | John M. Glionna | Posted 08.27.2009 | World
Reporting from Puerto Princesa, Philippines -- Roel Robles had been on Pagasa Island for less than a week when he found himself wondering, with someth...
Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.28.2009 | Home
Southeast Asia is one of the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change and could face conflict over failing rice yields, lack of water and hig...
AP | TERESA CEROJANO | Posted 05.24.2009 | World
MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine court overturned the rape conviction of a U.S. Marine whose case became a rallying point for activists demand...
Michael Shrage | Posted 05.09.2009 | Entertainment
Thrilla in Manila looks at the famous Muhammad Ali/Joe Frazier rivalry from Frazier's perspective in a transparent representation of the fighter's tumultuous relationship with his better known rival.
The National Newspaper | Posted 01.18.2009 | World
MANILA, Philippines // Two crude bombs packed with nails exploded minutes apart today at a department store and a nearby clothing shop packed with Chr...
AP | BULLIT MARQUEZ | Posted 12.21.2009 | World