Typhoon Mirinae hits Philippines
Manila prepares for the worst as fourth storm in last two months makes landfall....
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 10.02.2009 | 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 09.30.2009 | 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 10.06.2009 | 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 09.29.2009 | 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 09.29.2009 | 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 09.28.2009 | 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 09.29.2009 | 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 09.28.2009 | 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 09.29.2009 | 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 09.28.2009 | 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...
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 10.30.2009 | Home